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Breakfast in Your Early Years Setting
Research shows that eating breakfast in your early years setting has positive effects on children’s concentration, supporting their morning learning, as well providing energy until their next snack or mealtime. It’s important that your setting views breakfast as equally important as other meals and snacks. The morning meal plays an important role in providing children…
Prioritising Nutrition in your Early Years Setting
Prioritising Nutrition in your Early Years Setting Here at Early Start Nutrition our role is to advocate for good nutrition for children under 5 and their families. We do this by supporting early years settings to provide healthy balanced meals for children, create positive eating environments, provide opportunities to learn about food and promote key…
Snack Time in Your Early Years Setting
A common question we’re asked here at Early Start Nutrition, is around what foods to serve children at snack time. In this blog we’ll be exploring how to plan healthy, balanced and nutritious snacks for little ones in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage Nutrition Guidance As part of a healthy meal routine, toddlers…
Food Policy Guidance for Early Years Settings
What is a food policy? A food policy for early years settings is a written document and a public statement, enabling you, your staff, children and their parents/carers to understand your commitment to the provision of healthy, balanced and nutritious food and drink. It’s an opportunity to highlight your settings eating environment and approach to…
Menu Planning FAQ’s and Common Pitfalls
In this blog we look at some of the most common questions around planning menus to meet the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Nutrition Guidance. Here at Early Start Nutrition we’ve reviewed hundreds of early years menus and complied some of the most common areas of feedback we’ve given to settings. Check out our top…
Choosing a Cup for your Baby
Introducing your baby to a cup is an important step as it requires them to sip. This helps them to develop the muscles in and around their face and mouth which are helpful for biting, chewing and talking. This blog will support you in choosing the right cup for your baby. Current guidelines recommend (opens…
Baby Foods – homemade or shop-bought?
If you’ve ever taken a stroll down the baby food isle in a supermarket, you’ll have seen the huge variety of foods and products on offer. It can seem like a minefield! Parents often ask us which is better for their baby- homemade food or shop-bough baby foods? In this blog we’ll be exploring how…
Teaching Children to Cook
It’s important that we’re teaching children to cook, as it’s a fantastic opportunity for them to learn new skills and explore a range of foods from an early age. We know that developing healthy eating habits and an interest in food, early on, can help promote lifelong positive attitudes and enjoyment of good food and…
Feeding Babies at Nursery
As a nursery or childminding setting, you play a central role in feeding babies and establishing healthy eating habits from an early age. Your staff are also well placed to provide baby feeding information to families, due to the frequency of contact you have with them. It’s really important for your setting to have an…
Salt Recommendations for Children and Adults
In this blog we take a look at the salt recommendations for children and adults. Do we need salt? Our bodies need a very small amount of salt as it helps us to regulate the fluid in our body. However, the amount we currently eat is more than we actually need, meaning the salt recommendations…