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Captain 5-a-day for educator – Curriculum

1. The Treasure In The Classroom
2. In The Classroom
3. Virtual Food Ideas
4. At Home
5. Captain 5ADay Copy Masters
6. Facts
7. Resources
8. Your Ideas
9. Healthy Bones
10. Calcium Bones
11. Fun With Food

 

12. Classroom Fun
13. Parent Letters
14. Captain 5ADay & Boneso Copy Masters
15. Healthy Bones Resources
16. Physical Activity Cassette
17. Flexibility
18. Heart Health
19. Strength
20. Parent Letters
21. Phyical Activity Copy Masters
22. Physical Activity Resources

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Captain 5-A-Day audio program

15. Captain 5 A Day & Boneso: Healthy Bones Resources

Preschoolers & Healthy Food Habits

How To Get Your Kids To Eat, But Not Too Much.
Book by Ellyn Satter, Bull Publishing, 1987.
Meals Without Squeals:
Child Care Feeding Guide & Cookbook.  Christine Berman & Jacki Fromer, Bull Publishing, 1991.
Vegetable Magic:
A preschool and kindergarten nutrition education source book using vegetables as learning tools. University of Connecticut, Dept of Nutritional Sciences, CNETP, Box U17, 3624 Horsebarn Road Ext., Storrs, CT 06269-4017
Getting A Head Start With 5 A Day Fun Kit:
Includes a video, camera-ready hand-outs, newsletters, activities & resource material for preschool children and their families.  Available from Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services, c/o Kathy Andersen, MS, RD, Cogswell BLDNG., C-317, Helena, MT 59620. Phone(406) 444-2672, Fax: (406) 444-2920
The Foods I Eat…The Foods You Eat!
A multicultural nutrition program for young children.  Includes teacher’s guide with parent involvement & take-home materials, audiocassette, posters & books.  Available from Many Hands Media, 1133 Broadway, Suite 1123, New York, NY 10010

Cookbooks For Kids

1. Pretend Soup and Other Recipes:
A cookbook for preschoolers and up.  Mollie Katzen and Ann Henderson; Tricycle Press, 1994.
2. The American Heart Association’s Kids Cookbook:
All recipes made by real kids in real kitchens. Times Books-Random House, 1993.
3. Cool Cooking for Kids.
Pat McClenahan & Ida Jaqua; Fearon Pitman Publishers, Inc., 1996.

There are many more, look in your library.

Nutrition Education
Materials & Audio-Visuals

1. American Dietetic Association, Publications, Products, & Services Listing: Phone: (800)  877-1600, see previously listed address.
2. American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492.  Phone: (800) 242-2666.
3. Cornell University Cooperative Extension System, Catelog of Publications & Audiovisuals; Resource Center-GP, 7 Cornell Business and Technology Park, Ithaca, NY 14850.  Phone: (607) 255-2080 or 255-2090.
4. Nutrition Counseling Education Services, NCES Catalog, 1904 East 123rd Street, Olathe, KS 66061-5886. Phone: (800) 445-5653.
5. University of Connecticut Nutrition Education & Training Program, Resources, Materials and Lending Library.  Contact information listed under workship leaders and info.
6. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Tickle Your Appetite, WICITEAM Nutrition Educator’s Kit for Childern.  FCS-307, 1997, special nutrition programs. Phone: (703) 305-1620.
7. Yummy Designs, PO Box 1851, Walla Walla, WA. 99362. Phone: (509) 525-2072.  Fruit and vegetable games, puppets, activities.

Nutrition Workshop Leaders & Information
These organizations and programs can be contacted to locate a registered dietitian or certified nutrition consultant in your vicinity or to provide nutrition information.

1. American Dietetic Association
Nutrition Network
(800) 366-1655 10 AM – 5 PM (EST), Monday – Friday, for a referral to a Registered Dietitian in your area, www.eatright.org

2. Connecticut Department of Public Health
Contact John Frassinelli, Nutrition Consultant 5 A Day Coordinator
410 Capitol Avenue MS # 11 HLS
PO Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Phone (860) 509-7803
www.dph.state.ct.us

3. Connecticut Dietetic Association
138 Oakridge
Unionville, CT 06085
Contact Vicki Allen (860) 673-2520
www.eatright.org

4. New England Dairy & Food Council
Berkshire Professional Building
Suite # 102
449 Pittsfield Road
Lenox. MA 01240
Phone (800) 997-9040
Fax (413) 442-8807

5. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program For Women, Infants & Children (WIC)
Contact your local area health department

6. University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System
Nutritional Sciences Department
3624 Horsebarn Road Ext.
Jones Building, Storrs, CT 06269-4017
Phone (860) 486-3635 or 486-1783
www.canr.uconn.edu/ces

7. University of Connecticut Nutrition Education & Training Program
New Program Coordinator, U-17
3624 Horsebarn Road Ext.
Storrs, CT 06269-4017
Phone: (860) 486-1787