1. Handout A-8



      Handout A-8

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      Meal Planning Guide

       
      Name PerDate
       
      Using your textbook pages 140-153, plan a one day’s menu ensuring RDAs of Vitamin A and C are met. Note serving size for each food.
       
      Food
      Average Serving Size Under 3 Years
      		Average Serving Size 3 to 6 Years Average Serving Size 6 Years & Over
      Breakfast
      		   
      Mid-morning snack
      		   
      Lunch and/or supper
      		   
      Mid-afternoon snack
      		   





      Handout A-7


       

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      Meal Planning Guide

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      Information Sheet


       

       

      Use this information and pages 140-153 from your textbook, Child Care Center Licensing Guidebook, to help you complete Handout_

       

      Children need a variety of foods from each of the food groups. The regulations provide the following guidelines:

      Breakfast must contain:



      ·   Fruit or vegetable or100% juice

      ·   A dairy product

      ·   A grain product

      Lunch or dinner must contain:



      ·   A dairy product

      ·   Source of protein – meat, fish, legumes, tofu

      ·   A grain product

      ·   Fruit and Vegetable – or two of one of these

      Snack must offer a beverage and at least two of the following:



      ·   Milk or milk product

      ·   Source of protein – egg, legumes, meat, tofu

      ·   A grain product

      ·   Fruit or Vegetable



       

      Snack and mealtimes are social times-- make sure you sit down and eat with the children. Serve family style, so that each child can serve himself to satisfy his hunger. This also gives the children opportunities to practice motor and social skills, to engage in conversation, and to have plenty of time to enjoy each other around the table.

       

      Childhood obesity is a growing concern around the country. One in six children is overweight or obese by age six. Healthy eating habits established at a young age will carry through into adulthood. Remember “We are what we eat.”

       

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