Worst Foods for Kids

We all know that childhood obesity is a big issue these days. But the crazy schedules of today’s working families make it hard to avoid the quick meal solutions offered by fast food restaurants and the freezer section of the grocery store. If you want to do better for your kids, read on…
A recent article [...]

Cooking with Toddlers Encourages Sensory Learning

Our senses are the root of all discovering and learning. Toddlers love to actively explore through their senses. It is how they test their learning tools. There is no better way to put the senses to work than through cooking!
When you cook with toddlers, not only to they get to try out ALL of their [...]

A Garden Project Grows Young Minds

Large projects are a great way to make learning a fun, real and unforgetable experience for young children. Planning, preparing, planting, tending and harvesting a vegetable garden is a great way to tie in all sorts of important concepts including:

plant life cycles
living and non living
seasonal cycles
weather
insects
food/food groups/nutrition
healthy habits

Gardens also tap into children’s energy and natural [...]

Simple Steps for Heathy Kids

The health of our country’s children is at risk. The good news is that public awareness is growing. We are also learning that a few simple changes in habits can make a big difference to a child’s overall health. The New Hampshire State Department of Health and Human Services created a series of simple downloadable [...]

Healthy Eating is a Community Effort

My daughter loves YoGos. She discovered them at a friends house and has begged for them ever since. If you aren’t familiar with this popular kid snack, it’s basically sugar, disguised as yogurt. It’s a convincing disguise and these treats have popped up in the cupboards of people who I generally think of as nutrition [...]