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Culinary Math

Whether you’re making a snack for six children or lunch for sixty, good culinary math skills are essential and make cooking easier, more accurate, and less stressful. This Mealtime Memo from our partners at ICN explains how to convert recipes and adjust ingredient amounts to keep your food consistent and accurate every time.

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Outdoor Learning

Our partners at Sesame Street in Communities is dedicated to supporting children’s growth through everyday experiences and have launched new outdoor learning resources to help nurture children’s curiosity and early development. The new resources include three videos, two articles, three printable pages, and a web-based adult learning app to help early childcare providers plan and play outside activities

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Boost Your Program with Social Media

Social media is a simple and low-cost way to share the great things happening in your program. You can post about healthy meals, celebrate staff and children, or show your involvement in the CACFP. This Mealtime Memo from our partners at ICN provides creative ideas to engage with families while promoting the high-quality work your program does every day.

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Ready, Set, Vroom

Our partners at Vroom have created tips for New and Expecting Parents to help them have brain building moments for their selves and their babies during this time of great change.

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Power Up with Protein

Protein is a key part of a healthy diet. It helps children grow strong by building muscles, repairing tissues, supporting the immune system, and giving the body energy. Our partners at the Institute of Child Nutrition define protein, highlight its importance, and provide common food sources.

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Healthy Habits with Sesame Workshop

Our partners at Sesame Street in Communities are working to help families establish healthy habits for children early on to reduce the risk of illness and lay the foundation for lifelong well-being. Their new resources include five videos, one activity book, one storybook, five printable pages, and two articles.

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Fueling Young Minds

Every day, you do more than care for children—you help them grow strong and healthy. One of the best ways to support this growth is by serving nutritious meals and snacks. Our partners at ICN explore how healthy eating supports brain development, learning, and lifelong habits.

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Preventing Lead Poisoning

This Mealtime Memo from our partners at ICN defines lead, identifies lead sources, describes the health effects of lead exposure, explains why children are at risk, and shares important information on how to prevent lead poisoning.

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Healthy Families

Our partners at Sesame Street in Communities work to support families in raising healthy, happy children. They have developed new resources designed to help parents and caregivers foster strong connections and promote emotional and physical well-being in little ones.

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