Early Childhood Education

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Facts on Snacks

Facts on Snacks Pamphlet

This guide for parents, caregivers and teachers of young children provides tips for healthy snacking, dental health information, delicious snack suggestions and recipe ideas.
FREE

Food Picture Cards

Food Picture Cards

This set of 103 colour photographs of foods is printed on 5" x 7" (13 x 18 cm) cards. Reverse of each card includes food name (bilingual) and food group symbols according to Canada's Food Guide.
$20/set

Preschool Food Puzzle

Good Beginnings Preschool Food Puzzle

This large interactive puzzle will help you explore where food comes from and how it grows with the children in your care.
$15.00 each

ECE Food Discovery Poster

Preschool Food Discovery Poster

This poster encourages children to discover a variety of foods from all four food groups. Accompanying downloadable activity booklet is available in the ECE Activities section.
FREE

ECE Tour of Colours Poster

Preschool Tour of Colours Activity Poster

This interactive poster and accompanying activity booklet encourage children to discover a variety of foods and physical activities for all four seasons.
FREE

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Nutrition Resources

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Stay informed about new nutrition resources, information, and events.

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Canada's Food Guide

Learn tips for teaching key nutrition messages and recommendations.

Canada's Food Guide

Students Only

Engage students in kid-friendly, age-specific games and activities.

Students Only

Nutrition Research

Browse research on nutrition programs and approaches and discover implications to maximize your teaching.

Nutrition Research

Test your Knowledge

Keep current on nutrition information and topic-specific trivia.

Test your Knowledge

Related Links

Explore links to other credible nutrition and health sites.

Related Links

What Teachers are Saying...

Hands on practical and time efficient resource that can be implemented easily into any classroom"

- Robyn Heibert,
OCDSB

What Teachers are Saying...

"Excellent. Very relevant. Up-to-date, in touch with issues, curriculum and kids interests."

- Tara Makohonuk,
A B Ellis Public School

Glossary of Foods

Expand your knowledge of exciting foods from around the world.

Glossary of Foods

Mission 5421

Take your students on a healthy-eating treasure hunt based on Canada's Food Guide.

Mission 5421

Medieval-themed Tracking Tool

A great way to encourage your students to meet daily recommendations for eating well and being physically active.

Mission 5421