Health, Seniors and Active Living

This checklist will help you:

• Review a new or current menu
• Review your mealtime environment
• Highlight strengths and areas for improvement
• Set achievable goals

View the checklist here!

A webinar is an on-line learning opportunity. Register to participate in a free Nutrition for Early Learning and Child Care webinar or watch the recorded version at your convenience. Each webinar is approximately 1 hour.

View the recorded webinars here!

This series of short videos (60-90 seconds) provides parents and care givers information on many topics related to healthy growth and development for children up to 12 years of age.

Share this link with parents or choose a few videos to showcase at a staff meeting.

vimeo.com/raisingourhealthykids

For more information, these websites will provide credible information.

Click here!

Check out our recipes!

Try them in your facility and maybe you’ll find a new favorite!

View or download the recipes here!

Check out our fact sheets!

These 1/2 to 1 page nutrition fact sheets can be used as handouts for families or staff, or cut and paste them into your facility newsletter!!

View or download the factsheets here!

Use this handbook to help build relationships with families around food; learn more about the nutrition challenges you encounter; provide children with nutritious food choices; and create a healthy eating environment in your facility.

This handbook supports the best practices licensing manual by providing practical advice to help you put the regulations and guidelines into place. The information in this handbook can be individualized to meet the needs of your unique facility.

View or download the handbook here!

Use this booklet as a reference when feeding and nourishing children from ages 1 to 5. You may want to share this resource with parents.

View the booklet here!

This Manitoba initiative supports positive school environments by promoting healthy eating and comprehensive school health.

Check out this website for information on healthy fundraisers, packing lunches, healthy celebrations and much more.

manitoba.ca/healthyschools/foodinschools/

Visit the Early Learning and Child Care Program website at:

manitoba.ca/fs/childcare/index.html

Nutrition inquiries from licensed Manitoba child care facilities can be directed to the facility’s assigned child care coordinator.

General inquiries from the public about nutrition in early learning and child care can be emailed to cdcinfo@gov.mb.ca.