The meals that young children eat in care play a crucial role in their growth and development.
Click on the following links to view sample menus and checklists for early childhood education centres that support the nutritional requirements of young children. If you are a childhood educator or a parent, looking at these menus may give you inspiration for ways to improve the nutritional value of foods you offer to young children. If you have found other useful examples of healthy menus or would like to share your own please copy and paste the link to these resources in the comments section.
Find out how early childhood services can support good nutrition for young children through menu planning.
Imagine you are a Director/Manager of an early childhood education centre. Create a menu for one week at your centre (including all meals).
Discretionary foods (foods high in energy that contain a high amount of saturated fat, sugar or salt) should not be included on the menu.
If not, go back to the menu to see what you can change.