This toolkit, designed by ShapingNJ Child Care Workgroup memebers, provides simple and easy to use tools, practices and guides to impelment low cost, safe and appealing options for young children to eat healthy and play actively in child care centers.
Cover Page
i. Preface
ii. Contributors
iii. Toolkit Table of Contents - June 2012
a. Introduction & Background
b. NJ State Report Card - Child Care - C+
c. NJ Rating Child Care Regulations 2010
d. Link to: Five-Two-One-Almost None
e. ShapingNJ Strategies
1. Child Care At A Glance
f. Let's Move! Child Care - Overview
g. Let's Move! Child Care - 5 Goals
h. Let's Move! Child Care Checklist Quiz & Action Planning Tool
1. Checklist Tool for Providers that serve Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers
2. Checklist Tool for Providers that serve Infants or Toddlers
3. Checklist Tool for Providers that serve Toddlers or Preschoolers
4. Checklist Tool for Providers that serve Preschoolers
a. Caring for Our Children (3rd edition) - Standards for Best Practice
b. NJ Requirements for Child Care Centers - Nutrition, physical activity and obesity standards (presentation)
c. Draft NJ Quality Standards for Afterschool - Nutrition
d. Draft NJ Quality Standards for Afterschool - Physical Activity
a. Recommendations
b. Categories of Foods to Offer
c. MyPlate: 10 Tips To A Great Plate
d. Beverage Recommendations
e. Sugar-sweetened Beverages - Coming Soon
f. Foods Brought From Home - Sample Policy (See also: Sample policies)
g. Family Style Meals in Child Care Settings
h. Farm to Preschool
i. Food Allergies - A Guide for Youth Group Leaders
j. Nutrition Policy (See: Sample Policies)
a. Recommendations
b. Physical Activity: How Much Is Needed?
c. Fun Physical Activities
i. Infants
ii. Toddlers
iii. Preschoolers
iv. Active Play Outdoors
v. Non-Competitive & Active Games for Preschoolers
vi. Touch It
d. Physical Activity Policy (See also: Sample Policies)
a. Recommendations
b. TV Viewing & Computer Use Policy (See also: Sample Policies)
a. Recommendations
b. Proper Handling and Storage of Breast Milk
c. Breastfeeding Policy Guidance
d. Link to: The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding
a. Childhood Obesity
b. Eating Better On A Budget
c. Encourage Healthy Eating Habits
d. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
e. Physical Activities for the Family
f. Link to: Family Checklist for Physical Activity in Early Care and Education
g. Link to: Family Checklist for Nutrition in Early Care and Education
h. Letter to Families - Reducing Screen Time
a. Healthy Snacks, Recipes, and Menu Ideas
b. Healthy Kid Recipes
i. Fruit Kabobs
ii. Fruit Cones
iii. Moo Shakes
iv. Fruit & Yogurt Parfaits
c. Snacks Menus - Older Infant/Toddler
a. Healthy Holiday Celebrations - Winter
b. Birthday Candle Movement Activity
a. At-Risk Afterschool Meal Program
b. Water Availability in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
c. Nutrition Fluid Milk and Fluid Milk Substitutions in Child Care Facilities
d. Summary of Child and Adult Care Food Program Provisions in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
a. Physical Activity and Academic Performance
b. The Importance of a School Wellness Council in Your School
c. Physical Activity - School Age
d. Fun Physical Activities
i. "A" my name is...
ii. Black Ice
iii. Can you...
iv. Go for the Goal
v. Hoop It Up
vi. Hoops Stations
vii. Jackhammers
viii.Kick-Kick
ix. Me and My Beanbag
x. Para-Jaws
xi. Partner Sit-Up
xii. Rocket Runner
xiii. The Rhythm Train
xiv. Top Dog Badminton
xv. Whoa Food Tag
a. NAP SACC Child Care Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies
a. Provider Newsletters/Communications
i. Child Care Environment is Key to Healthy Children
ii. A Garden of Curricula for Early Childhood Educators
iii. Early Care Issues: Revising NJ's Child Care Regulations to Support Healthier Childhood Behaviors
b. Healthy Fundraising Alternatives
c. Alternatives to Using Food As A Reward
d. Guidelines for Healthy Meetings - NY State Dept. of Health Center for Community Health
