Upgrading for Parents with Pre-Schoolers

 

Theme 3 – Healthy Eating

Instructors’ Guide
 
 
Materials to Print Out
 
Food Sayings
Canada’s Food Guide (get pdf download, both viewing version and printer-
friendly version) (Or order print copies from the Health Canada website.)
Canada's Food Guide - First Nations, Inuit and Métis (get pdf download, both viewing version and printer-friendly version) (Or order print copies; see above.)
Canada’s Food Guide Questions
Create Your Own Food Guide
Recommended Daily Servings
There’s no Mystery about Metric
Food for Thought, pages 8 - 11, 20 – 24 (See link below.)
Food at Work
Parents’ Help Line
UPP with Bread!
UPP with Metric Bread!
Healthy Snacks
Bisphenol A: Is it safe?
Links

Canada’s Food Guide

Links to food puzzles

Food Concentration

What’s That Food Word?

Food Guide Word Search

Food for Thought (Resources/Materials > Free Books > Food for Thought)

Early Literacy and Nutrition Activity Cards

Nutrition Videos

Community Food Advisor Program

Free teaching resources

 

Children’s Program

Children’s Program

 

Above and Beyond
 
bulletBrush up on basic fractions and metric math needed for cooking
bulletSearch for child-friendly recipes on the Internet and compile a personal cook booklet.
bulletLearn more about text formatting and graphic layout.
bulletTake a small group on a supermarket tour. Give specific research topics.
bulletExplore a variety of healthy, low-cost meals.
bulletKeep a food journal for a whole week and compare food intake to the recommended servings in Canada’s Food Guide.
bulletDesign a series of survey questions about eating habits (e.g. Which do you buy most often—whole grain or white bread?). Survey others at the learning centre about food habits. Present the results in a bar graph.
bulletExplore the website www.dieticians.ca (especially Eat Well, Live Well).