Child Care Feeding Policy

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FEEDING POLICY Our child care facility adheres to Ellyn Satter’s division of responsibility in feeding: Feeding demands a division of responsibility— Adults are responsible for what, when, and where We provide nutritious, regularly scheduled meals and snacks Meals and snacks are an important part of our program day. We take time to help children relax and prepare to eat. We sit down to eat with children and have good times. We help children learn to behave well at meal and snack times. We follow federal and state guidelines to plan meals and snacks. We keep in mind the special food needs of small children. We offer familiar and popular foods along with unfamiliar foods. We let children eat what they like and also try out new foods. We follow guidelines on wellness to cook food moderate, not low, in fat.  We use meat, poultry, and fish as well as cooked dried beans. We use lean red meats but do not restrict red meat. We serve whole or 2% milk. We let children help themselves to salad dressings, butter and/or margarine. Children are responsible for how much and whether We trust children to manage their own eating Children will eat, they will eat what they need, and they will learn to eat the new foods that we offer. We let children pick and choose from the food we make available. We let children eat as little or as much of the food as they want. Some days children eat a lot, other days, not so much. But they know how much they need. We do not limit the amounts children eat. We do not force children to eat certain foods or certain amounts of food. Also see Ellyn Satter’s books, Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Harming, Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense, Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family and How to Get Your Kid to Eat...But Not Too Much.

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