Tickle Your Appetite: Team Nutrition's Education Kit for Child Care.

Nutrition and Technical Services Division, Food and Consumer Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 609, Alexandria, VA 22302. Tel: 703-305-2556; Fax: 703-305-2874 (Kit contains 17-minute VHS videotape and audiocassette. Limited number of kits available).

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Child Caregivers; Day Care; Eating Habits; Foods Instruction; Learning Activities; Nutrition; Nutrition Instruction; Preschool Children; Preschool Education

Adapted for child care and Head Start providers, this educator's kit contains activities and information to improve nutrition experiences for preschool-age children. In addition to the educator's guide, the kit includes a short videotape and audiotape with three segments that teach about trying different types of foods; about the taste, touch, and smell of foods; and about how foods grow. The guide is divided into nine sections, identified by labeled tabs in a three-ring binder. The sections cover the following: (1) an overview of the kit's mission, principles, and messages, and the kit's organization, elements, and program features; (2) an in-depth explanation of the Department of Agriculture's Team Nutrition; (3) a facilitator's guide; (4) 12 classroom activities; (5) 10 at-home activities that encourage family members to become active participants in food-related educational experiences for their children; (6) 12 suggested activities/procedural guides to involve the community; (7) family at-home activity handouts and community activity handouts; (8) resources; and (9) reproducible artwork to assist child caregivers in carrying out the various activities being promoted in the kit. (HTH)

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