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Food Budgeting for Early Years Settings
Food inflation is having an impact on early years settings budgets, including food budgeting costs. The early years are an important time to give children the best start in life and to ensure they start school a healthy weight. Your nursery and childminding settings play an important role in supporting children to receive vital nutrition while…
Celebrating Cultural Dishes in Early Years Settings
Here at Early Start Nutrition we love reviewing nursery and childminder menus and supporting them to meet the mandatory Early Years Foundation Stage Nutrition Guidance. As we have been reviewing the menus we’ve loved seeing the range of recipes that are served to children. We’ve also seen how important it is to incorporate traditional foods…
Early Start Nutrition Christmas Working Hours
The Early Start Nutrition team are looking forward to spending time with family and friends over the festive period. We will be out of the office on the following days: Wednesday 24th December 2025 Thursday 25th December 2025 Friday 26th December 2025 Saturday 27th December 2025 Sunday 28th December 2025 Monday 29th December 2025 Tuesday…
Weaning Babies at Nursery
As a nursery or childminder, you play a central role in feeding babies and establishing healthy eating habits from an early age. You can also provide families with encouragement and support throughout their baby’s weaning journey and help to achieve a consistent approach to weaning at nursery and home. Read on to find out more…
Mealtime Environment in your Early Years Setting
A positive mealtime environment in your early years setting provides opportunities for children to learn about food and the importance of making nutritious choices. The Early Years Foundation Stage framework (opens in new tab) learning and development requirements, emphasise the importance of supporting children to learn how to look after their bodies, including how to…
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…
Weaning Equipment
Let’s review some of the weaning equipment that’s useful in helping to take the stress out of weaning and get you started. Babies can be introduced to solid foods when they are developmentally ready, around 6 months. You’ll need a few key pieces of equipment to prepare meals and a few basic items to support…
Reducing Sugar in Children’s Meals and Snacks
Eating well is important in the early years, as it helps children to establish healthy eating behaviours which supports their growth, development and learning. Supporting children to eat a wide variety of foods helps them to develop good eating habits which they can take with them into their school years and beyond. In this blog…
Baby Breakfast Ideas
Baby Breakfast Ideas In this blog we take a look at some easy and tasty baby breakfast ideas. Breakfast times are a great opportunity to provide your little one with a variety of foods. It’s also a great time to introduce a range of tastes and textures- from smooth, to lumpy and finger foods. Find…