Educate parents/families on healthy eating and active living.

Sample Activities:

• Provide families with tools and resources for healthy eating and active living.
• Provide information to families about food assistance programs.
• Promote awareness of the link between healthy eating and physical activity and improved school readiness skills.
• Integrate the topics of nutrition and physical activity into existing parenting programs and other community resources.
• Encourage caregivers to attend continuing education on effective programs for nutrition and physical activity.
• Inform families of children enrolled about the benefits of breastfeeding.

Tools:

Families Eating Smart Moving More

Cooking with a Chef

Feeding Infants: A Guide for Use in the Child Nutrition Programs

Kids in Action: Fitness for Children birth-age five

NASPE Appropriate Movement Practices for Children Ages 3-5

South Carolina Healthy Options

SC Breastfeeding Resource Guide

Healthy Helpings – Family Nutrition Programs

Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids: A Nutrition and Activity Guide for Parents

Center for SCREEN-TIME Awareness

Food and Nutrition Fun for Preschoolers
MyPyramid for Preschoolers – Grow It, Try It, Like It! Preschool Fun with Fruits and Vegetables