Childcare Center Fact Sheets

Be a healthy role model:

• Eat healthy foods. 
• Limit use of handheld devices.
• Participate in physical activity.
• Drink water.

Message to Send Home to Families

5 or more fruits and vegetables every day

• Tips on How to Get 5+ a Day
  • Limit unhealthy choices for snacks and celebrations
  • 5 fruits and veggies every day
  • Healthy party sign-up sheet
  • Conduct taste tests
  • Feeding toddlers and preschoolers
  • Feeding infants

2 hours or less of recreational screen time every day  

• Tips to Reduce Screen Time
  • Why it's important to limit screen time
  • Screen time for children under 3
  • Tips to limit screen time
  • Reading to young children
  • Play ideas for infants

1 hour or more of physical activity every day  

• Fun Ways to Get Active
  • Move an hour every day!
  • Make physical play part of every day!
  • Take it outside!
  • Using activity as a reward
  • Tips to adapt physical activity to be more inclusive

0 sugary drinks - more water 

• Choosing Healthy Drinks
  • Limit or eliminate sugary drinks
  • Water is fuel for your body
  • Juice as a treat
  • Best drinks for young children