Month: October 2016

Healthy Start Community Trainer

Did you know that Healthy Start staff aren’t the only ones who lead training sessions? Since 2014, Healthy Start has trained roughly 30 people from across the province to be HSDS Community Trainers – we even have one trainer located in New Brunswick! Our Community Trainers work in a variety of roles such as daycare staff, teachers, dietitians and more, but they have been brought together with a common passion for encouraging healthy lifestyles. Their role as a Community Trainer is to work in coordination with our staff to deliver regular training sessions in both English and French to early years’ centres. It will be a busy autumn for our Community Trainers as many of them have already signed up for trainings in and around their home communities. Community Trainers are a key part of ensuring that the Healthy Start initiative will be carried into the future. Thanks to their dedication, Healthy Start will be able to reach many more children!

Bony Fingers

Ingredients: Mozzarella string cheese sticks 1 Tbsp. cream cheese, softened 1 yellow bell pepper, cored and seeded Instructions: Cut string cheese sticks in half. With a paring knife, shape each stick to resemble fingers. Cut an indentation for the fingernails and carve “knuckle wrinkles.” Spread a small amount of cream cheese in each indent. Cut fingernail shapes out of the bell pepper; place a “nail” to each fingertip. Chill, covered, until ready to serve.   Recipe adapted from: A Little Lunch

Banana Ghost Pops

Ingredients: Bananas Yogurt Coconut Chocolate chips or raisins Instructions: Peel bananas and lay them flat on a cookie sheet. Place in freezer for a few hours. Once frozen, cut each banana into thirds. Put a toothpick or popsicle stick in one end of each banana. Dip banana into yogurt, making sure it is covered all the way around. Roll in coconut on all sides. Use fingers to push coconut on if needed. Once banana is covered in yogurt, place 2 chocolate chips or raisins on for eyes. Push them in good so they will stay. Enjoy! If not eating right away, place ghost bananas on cookie sheet and put them in the freezer to avoid the banana from getting soft and mushy.   Recipe adapted from: Super Healthy Kids

Edible Eyeballs

Ingredients: Carrots Cream cheese Pitted black olives Instructions: Slice carrots into 1-inch-thick chunks. Top each with a blob of cream cheese and one half of a pitted black olive. Serve and enjoy!   Recipe adapted from: Family Fun Magazine

Tangerine Pumpkins

Ingredients: Tangerines, mandarin oranges or clementines (seedless) Celery stalks and leaves Instructions: Peel tangerines, use your fingernail or a small paring knife to scrape off as much white membranes as possible. Wash, dry and slice celery. Cut 1-2 inch narrow pieces from the tops of the celery and insert into the peeled tangerines. Cut leaves from the celery tops and arrange to look like pumpkin leaves. Recipe adapted from: BrenDid.com

Say cheese!

Calling all Healthy Start centres / prekindergarten classes to participate in the Healthy Start Photo Challenge! Seeking directors, educators, teachers or cooks to: “Stage it! Play it! & Capture it!” We want to showcase your successes and demonstrate “Healthy Start in action!” The Healthy Start evaluation project is slowly coming to a close and we will be sharing our results shortly. How can I participate? Show us a healthy eating activity or how your children move more in your centre or classroom. Play a LEAP / HOP activity or demonstrate a Food Flair inspired meal, snack or recipe that children in your centre love. Click here to send us your photos and consent form. Deadline for submissions: We will be collecting your photo stories until mid-November. Participant Draw: All participating centres or classes will be entered to win a $50.00 Wintergreen gift certificate!

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