2. Draw a picture of your favorite fruit or veggie

3. Child Care Program Name Your Favorite Fruit or Veggie
Introductions
Your Name
Child Care Program Name
Your Favorite Fruit or Veggie
When is it in season in NC

4. Teaching Kids about Fresh, Local Produce
Goals for Training
Share methods to develop a daily atmosphere that supports healthy eating habits
Begin to collect learning activities about fresh, local produce

5. Healthy Eating for a Lifetime
What
Where food comes from
What’s healthy
Why it’s healthy
Ultimate Goal:
Healthy Eating for a Lifetime

6. How Daily Atmosphere Variety of foods served - exposure to new produce
Teachers eating with children
Teachers interactions during
meals/snacks
Planned Learning Activities
Ongoing activities – gardening, science center, etc.
Planned lesson plans
So when we talk about Farm to Child Care in Wake County, we’re talking specifically about buying fruits and vegetables from farmers in NC or businesses that buy from farmers in North Carolina. For most if not all of you, this is will be a change in the way you buy (and ultimately serve) fruits and vegetables.
Your teachers will also start to include activities about these fruits and vegetables the children are eating and you’ll let families know that you are buying local fruits and vegetables and share information with them to keep the learning and exploration going at home.

7. Daily Atmosphere Exposure to new foods Taste Tastings
Adding items to menu – Seasonal planning
Cooking activities
Gardening –
from farm to fork
So when we talk about Farm to Child Care in Wake County, we’re talking specifically about buying fruits and vegetables from farmers in NC or businesses that buy from farmers in North Carolina. For most if not all of you, this is will be a change in the way you buy (and ultimately serve) fruits and vegetables.
Your teachers will also start to include activities about these fruits and vegetables the children are eating and you’ll let families know that you are buying local fruits and vegetables and share information with them to keep the learning and exploration going at home.

8. Activity Daily Atmosphere
So when we talk about Farm to Child Care in Wake County, we’re talking specifically about buying fruits and vegetables from farmers in NC or businesses that buy from farmers in North Carolina. For most if not all of you, this is will be a change in the way you buy (and ultimately serve) fruits and vegetables.
Your teachers will also start to include activities about these fruits and vegetables the children are eating and you’ll let families know that you are buying local fruits and vegetables and share information with them to keep the learning and exploration going at home.

9. Tips for Setting a Good Example
Daily Atmosphere
Tips for Setting a Good Example
Eat together. Eat meals with your child whenever possible. Let your child see you enjoying fruits, vegetables, and whole grains at meals and snacks.
Making good choices. Show your child how to make healthy choices. Eat only healthy food in front of children
Share the adventure. Be willing to try new foods, and try new foods together. Discuss the new foods during meal times
Cook together. Encourage your preschooler to help you prepare meals and snacks. Teach your child to tear lettuce or add veggie toppings to pizza.
Keep things positive. Discourage older children and other family members from making yucky faces or negative comments about unfamiliar foods.
So when we talk about Farm to Child Care in Wake County, we’re talking specifically about buying fruits and vegetables from farmers in NC or businesses that buy from farmers in North Carolina. For most if not all of you, this is will be a change in the way you buy (and ultimately serve) fruits and vegetables.
Your teachers will also start to include activities about these fruits and vegetables the children are eating and you’ll let families know that you are buying local fruits and vegetables and share information with them to keep the learning and exploration going at home.

10. Incorporate into activity areas
Outdoor Place Space
Science Center
Dramatic Play Center
Book Center

11. Gardening

13. Seed Matching Game

14. Seed Matching Game

15. Science Experiment

18. Planned Learning Activities
Prepare lessons that focus on
Where food comes from
What’s healthy
Why it’s healthy

19. Planned Learning Activities
Activity Time

20. Lynn Policastro
Farm to Child Care
Program Coordinator