Early Childhood Educators, Directors and Cooks

This guide has been developed to help cooks and directors meet the nutritional requirements of children attending Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services. It was adapted from the Cooks in Childcare book developed by the Health Promotion Service at Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. The guide has information on the Australian Dietary Guidelines, food quantities, information on allergies and safety and using a menu checklist tool. There are tips, healthy food ideas and a sample menu to help services make it easier to meet children's nutritional requirements.

This webinar will be delivered by a child and family health nurse and accredited practicing dietitian. The webinar will include information on: Creating a breastfeeding friendly service; Responsive bottle feeding; Safe storage, preparation and handling of expressed breast milk and formula; Introducing solids for infants in their first year of life. This online workshop is suitable for educators, directors, early childhood teachers and cooks.

In this webinar you will learn how to: Identify fussy eating from problem feeding; Identify when a child needs to be referred to a health professional​; Improve children's eating behaviours. This webinar is suitable for educators, directors and early childhood teachers.

In this webinar, you will learn strategies for building partnership relationships with parents and communication strategies for promoting healthy nutrition with parents.

This short interactive webinar provides you with ideas to: Talk to children about food; Embed food-based learning experiences within your service; Foster a healthy relationship with food. This online workshop is suitable for educators, directors and early childhood teachers.