A Kid's Cookbook: Educational and Edible Delights (1993)
Carol Kurzweg
This cookbook includes more than 50 nutritious, delicious, easy-to-follow recipes for all occasions and tastes. Each recipe is an educational as well as edible delight with interesting notes and fun-to-do activities in science, literature, geography, music, and art. A special pull-out nutrition poster for the refrigerator allows kids to record what they eat during the day and provides a handy guide to standard measurements.
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An Apple a Day! Over 20 Apple Projects for Kids (1993)
Jennifer Storey Gillis
In this book you will find how to print with apples, juggle with apples, bake an apple pizza, make apple-head clowns, bob for apples, create apple wreaths, learn fun facts about apples, make apple butter and applesauce, grow apple mint, solve apple puzzles, make applesauce brownies, and more.
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An August Game - A Farm Alphabet (1997)
Jana Paulson / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the farm and country characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. This book is a Farm Alphabet Story. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
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Be Active Kids (1999)
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation
Developed to give child care providers an innovative and fun way to encourage physical activity and nutrition among preschool children. Program was designed by nutrition education and physical activity experts, and all materials were peer reviewed and edited. Includes lesson plans, posters, and laminated foods to stick to food guide pyramid.
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Be Food Safe! (2000)
Joan Helzer, M. A., R.D., Lucia L. Kaiser, Ph.D., R.D.
A self-teaching, train-the-trainer food safety curriculum unit developed for nutrition educatiors teaching adult consumers. The materials were developed for use with low-income, low-to-moderate literacy adults but can be used with any adult consumers.
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Berry Country 1 Coloring Book (1997)
Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the farm and country characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. This is a coloring book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
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Bite-Sized Science: Activities for Children in 15 Minutes or Less (1999)
John H. Falk & Kristi S. Rosenberg
Busy parents can enrich dinnertime, bath time, bedtime, and more with Tangy Tongue, Making Waves, What's on the Wall, and dozens more activities that encourage children to make predictions, test them, and evaluate the results - the scientific method. All require only a few household materials, and most take 15 minutes or less to organize, do, and clean up.
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Bread and Jam for Frances (1993)
Russell Hoban
Frances is a badger and a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam. She won't touch her squishy soft-boiled egg. She trades away her chicken-salad sandwich at lunch. She turns up her nose at boring veal cutlet. Unless Mother Badger can come up with a plan, Frances just might go on eating bread and jam forever! (Utilized in the In The Bag curriculum)
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Bread Around the World: A Complete Thematic Unit (1995)
JoEllen Moore
This cross-curricular, thematic unit on bread contains social science, health, and science information for both teachers and students. This unit also contains activities designed to help students explore their creativity and to think critically. In addition you will find: bulletin board ideas, center set-up, bibliography, and patterns and forms.
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Bread, Bread, Bread (1989)
Ann Morris
Bread is a food enjoyed by people in all parts of the world. Its many shapes, sizes, textures, and colors are as varied as the people who eat it. This photographic round-the-world tour provides a glimpse into the rich variety of world cultures, as well as an informative look at an important food that everyone agrees is as necessary as water and air. Utilized in the Thematic Unit - Food & Nutrition curriculum.
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Cat and Dog Make the Best, Biggest, Most Wonderful Cheese Sandwich (1997)
Kimberlee Graves
A fun title from the Learn to Read series. Cat and Dog work together to build a healthy cheese sandwich. For ages 3-7.
Children's Book
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Celebrate Healthy Eating (2001)
Dannon Institute / Penn State University
Designed for child care professionals who care for pre-school aged children. Includes teacher guide, poster, parent newsletter, classroom activity ideas, and reproducible story/coloring book.
Booklet, Curriculum Design
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Child Obesity (Video) (2000)
National Health Video
This 15 min. video addresses child obesity. Designed for use with parents and children 5th grade and older. It stresses the importance of physical activity in weight maintenance for children, role modeling and the nutritional needs of children in general. Packet includes video, activity suggestions, before & after quiz with answer sheet as well as reproducible learning objectives and goals.
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Children and Weight: What's A Parent to Do? - Spanish version (1998)
Joanne Ikeda & Rita Mitchell
This booklet is written in spanish. It is designed for parents to help guide their children towards healthy eating as well as proper food habits. Low reading level, set up in a do and don't style with large pictures. It discourages limiting the amount of food the child wishes to eat and low calorie diets for children. Also emphasized is the importance of physical activity.
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Cooking Art: Easy Edible Art for Young Children (1997)
MaryAnn F. Kohl, Jean Potter
With Cooking Art, children will create edible masterpieces including beverages, salads, sandwiches, entrees, and desserts to friends and family. Child-readable icons make choosing recipes and following steps easy. Check the number of spoons for ability level and the clock for preparation time.
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Cooking Up Fun! - A Pyramid of Snacks (1998)
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Watch children demonstrate step by step preparation of the following healthy snacks: rainbow fruit salad, pyramid kabobs and yogurt fruit pops. Also includes a section on kitchen rules and safety.
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Cooking Up The Pyramid: An Early Childhood Nutrition Curriculum (1993)
Katherine M. Brieger, MA, RD, CDE
Designed for teachers of preschool and early elementary age children (3 - 8 years). Specifically considers the needs of children from migrant farmworker families and other children in poverty. Overall, curriculum addresses obesity, growth retardation, hunger, iron deficiency anemia and dental disease. Background information, objectives, activities, recipes, material needed, handouts and bi-lingual parent newsletter (10 total) is provided for each unit.
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Count The Baby Animals (1997)
Soni Ware / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the farm and country characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. This book focuses on counting baby farm animals with their correct names. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
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Cow (1998)
Jules Older
Full color paperback book about Cows. Provides lots of cool facts about cows and great cow pictures. Utilized in the Food, Fun and Reading Curriculum available from the NIRC, Lesson 3.
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D.W. the Picky Eater (1995)
Marc Brown
For ages 3-7, this picture book is about Arthur the aardvark's little sister, D. W. who is a fussy eater. She says she will never eat anything with eyes, vegetables, liver, or especially spinach! When her family goes to a restaurant she tries a new food that she loves and begins to realize what she had been missing.
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Dinner from Dirt: Ten Meals Kids Can Grow & Cook (1998)
Emily Scott & Catherine Duffy
You might think you get dinner from a grocery store or a restaurant or a container in the refrigerator. But many of your meals come from dirt - grown from the same soil you trek through every day. This book shows you how to grow and cook delicious meals from ten all-time favorite kid gardens. Whether your veggie garden is a plot in a backyard or a pot on a balcony, soon you'll be putting your own meals on the table, from start to finish.
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Eating the Alphabet (1993)
Lois Ehlert
A full color illustration of fruits and vegetables beginning with the letter A and ending with Z. Coordinates with the Food, Fun, and Reading curriculum available through the NIRC, Lesson 2.
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Everybody Bakes Bread (1996)
Norah Dooley
The author evokes the warmth of a friendly, international neighborhood and includes recipes for each of the seven types of breads the families bake. The book is full of full color, cozy pictures that capture the faces found in the multiethnic neighborhood. Somehow a rainy Saturday becomes special thanks to an errand and many different types of breads.
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Field of Beans (1999)
Soni Ware / Berry Books Ltd.
This is a full color story book about how important soybeans are to everyone's daily life. All kids can relate to Jack and the Beanstalk, and this story will capture their interest with a review of the many uses of soybeans-from food and printing ink to livestock feed, building materials, and cosmetics. An experiment and activity page is also included.
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Food Is Fun! (2000)
Marcia Leonard
This book features food rhymes about food - from finger-licky jelly to sour pickles. Just right for toddlers ages 1-4.
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Food Pyramid Pursuit, Jr. - Game (2000)
Learning Zone Express
"Board" Game designed for use with 4 - 6 children ages 2 - 11 years old. Game board is a full color laminated sheet. Children answer age appropriate questions about their diet and the Food Guide Pyramid. They race to be the first one to build the Food Guide Pyramid by marking the "servings" in each food group. Children learn to think about their diet and are introduced to the Food Guide Pyramid and the recommended servings of each food group.
Game
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Food, Fun, and Reading - Pre-kindergarten - Grade 2 Nutrition & Literacy Education Program (2000)
University of Vermont Extension
A nutrition & literacy program for PreK - Grade 2 children. Children learn about food & nutrition by having children's storybooks with food-related themes read to them and then participating in hands-on activities. Encourages children to expand the variety in their diets, add more fruits & vegetables and grains to their diet and construct a diet lower in fat and sugar.
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Gregory, the Terrible Eater (1980)
Mitchell Sharmat
Gregory the goat is a terrible eater. He learns how to eat everything in moderation in a humerous "goat" way. Utilized in the Thematic Unit - Food & Nutrition curriculum.
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Growing Vegetable Soup (1987)
Lois Ehlert
A Father and a child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup. Brightly colored illustration of garden tools and vegetables. Utilized in the Thematic Unit - Food & Nutrition curriculum.
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Handle With Care: Keeping Your Child's Formula, Expressed Breast Milk & Food Germ-Free (2001)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
This is a set of behaviorally focused lesson plans, fact sheets and two posters that is designed to reduce the risk of foodborne illness in infants and children by teaching parents and caregivers safe food handling practices.
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Healthy Eating For 2 - 5 Year Old Children (2000)
Cynthia Reeves Tuttle / University of Maryland Cooperative Extension
Designed for parents, child care providers, and early-childhood teachers to help young children form healthy eating habits. Addresses building healthy habits, Healthy Food Choices, Children's Exercise Needs and Food Safety.
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Healthy Food for Healthy Kids (1999)
Bridget Swinney
A practical and tasty guide to your child’s nutrition. Includes menus and recipes. For use by parents and caregivers of children of all ages.
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Healthy Treats & Super Snacks for Kids (1994)
Penny Warner
A recipe collection. Also includes tips on getting kids to eat, tips on reducing levels of fat, salt, and sugar in kids' diets, and games to play at the table for mealtime fun. For use by parents and caregivers of children of all ages.
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How To Teach Nutrition to Kids - an integrated, creative approach to Nutrition Education for children ages 6 - 10 (1999)
Connie Liakos Evers, MS, RD
Book is designed to give educators, nutrition professionals, parents, and other caregivers the tools they need to teach 6 - 10 year-old children about nutrition in a meaningful and integrated way. Twelve chapters full of ideas and activities covering a variety of disciplines such as language arts, math etc. Necessary material and supplies are identified. Accompanying Leader/Activity Guide available but not necessary from the NIRC.
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I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (2000)
Lauren Child
Lola is a very fussy eater. She won't eat peas or carrots or potatoes or mushrooms or spaghetti...and she will never NOT EVER eat a tomato. Or will she?
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If You Give A Moose A Muffin (1991)
Laura Joffe Numeroff
A young host is run ragged by a surprise guest (a moose). Young readers will delight in the comic complications that follow when a little boy entertains a gregarious moose. Utilized in the Food, Fun and Reading curriculum available from the NIRC for Lesson 1.
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In the Bag - Families Sharing Science Together (1995)
Tracy J. Farrell & Patricia F. Thonney / Cornell Cooperative Extension
Program was designed for children ages 5 - 8 and their families to learn about food and nutrition through science and reading. Take-home bags encourage family members to read children's books with food-related themes, then do simple science experiments and other activities together. Book titles: Bread & Jam for Frances; My Little Island; In the Diner; Cherries and Cherry Pits; Rabbit Seeds or This Years Garden and The Popcorn Book. Books are also available from NIRC.
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Incredible Edible Science (1994)
Tina L. Seelig
This book introduces you to some of the amazing things that happen when you cook. You'll discover how chemistry and physics make your food what it is, while you prepare your taste buds for a treat.
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Look Who's Cooking: How food preparation can help children learn and develop (1997)
Georgia Department of Education, Nutrition Education and Training unit
This 30-minute video demonstrates food preparation activities for young children. It is aimed at parents of kindergarten through third-grade children, but it can also be used by teachers. The video presents three scenarios that show how to take advantage of many different learning opportunities as food is being prepared.
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Maude's Ice Cream (1997)
Darrell Rubel / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. This book focuses on Maude the cow and her ice cream dream. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
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Mike Robe Gets a Jump on Germs (1998)
Washing State University Cooperative Extension
This unit is divided into six sessions, each made up of one or more activities. Within each session the activities follow a format that has been designed to assist teen leaders plan and deliver the activities, related discussions, and applications to the community. Includes a 12-minute video.
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My Little island (1984)
Frane Lessac
Designed for children ages 4 - 8. A young boy goes with his friend to visit the little Caribbean island where he was born. The book uses bright fiery colors and hundreds of details to portray life on a Caribbean island. (Utilized in the In The Bag curriculum).
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Nibbles for Health: Nutrition Newsletters for Parents of Young Children (Leader Guide) (2002)
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
The newsletters and sharing sessions are intended for parents of preschool-aged children who participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which provides meals and snacks in childcare and adult daycare facilities. However, these nutrition education meterials can be used in other settings, such as the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program, to help parents and other caregivers promote healthful eating and active living to young children.
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Nutrition Activities for Preschoolers (1996)
Debby Cryer and Thelma Harms
Suggestions for daily food related activities for preschoolers. For use with young children in group settings such as daycare or preschool. Also contains a training manual for teachers, which outlines a staff workshop using the book.
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Nutrition, Health And Safety For Preschool Children (1995)
Roberta Duyff, Susan Giarratano, and Mary Zuzich
Focuses on those aspects of nutrition, health, and safety that are most important to those who work with young children as professional caregivers and teachers.
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Pancakes for Breakfast (1978)
Tomie DePaola
A wordless picture book about the trials of a little old lady who attempts to make pancakes for her breakfast. Three-color illustrations.
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Plants Are People Too! (1999)
Jana Paulson / Berry Books Ltd.
This small full color entertaining story book tells a story about the many environmentally-friendly attributes of plants. From the towering Mighty Oak to the soccer playing Jimmy Juniper, kids will enjoy the walk through the Woodland Community with young Laird and his dog Skippy. Describes how plants clean the air, about medicines made from plant parts, about plants providing food and shelter from animals and landscaping. Book also includes activity pages.
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Preschoolers: How Three & Four-Year-Olds Develop (1996)
Louise Welsh Schrank, The Learning Seed
Contains a two part 25 minute close-captioned videotape and guide. The video examines the social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development of a lively cast. Part one explores three-year olds' development, part two looks at the growth of four-year-olds.
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Safe Food For Children: A Series of Lessons for Parents and Child Care Providers (1992)
Kansas State University, Cooperative Extension Service
The total Safe Food for Children program consists of five separate lessons, each with its own leader's guide, short videotape, brochure, and other materials. Topics include: clean hands, grocery shopping, cooking and preparing food safely, storing food safely, and clean kitchen savvy.
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Stone Soup (1997)
Marcia Brown
Based on an old French tale, this story is about three hungry soldiers who outwite the greedy inhabitants of a village into providing them with a feast.
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Strawberry Meets Rex (1997)
Darrell Rubel / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. In this book strawberry meets Rex the crow. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
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Strawberry Plays It Safe (1999)
Soni Ware / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. This book focuses on farm safety and includes many new characters. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
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Team Nutrition Community Nutrition Action Kit
USDA Team Nutrition
This kit enables communities to become more effective in demonstrating their commitment to improved nutrition experiences for children. There are activities for youth, families/caregivers, and the community.
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The ABC's of Healthy Living (2002)
Texas Department of Human Services, Special Nutrition Programs
This training package was developed based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2000. It includes a videotape (22 minutes), overview which includes a timeline, goal and objectives for a 2 1/2 to 3 hour training session, trainer notes, list of resources, and camera ready handouts and forms.
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The Lunch Line (1996)
Karen Berman Nagel
This is a Hello Math book, designed for parents to read to children, for children to read to parents, and for parents and children to enjoy math. A letter from a mathematics education specialist gives you valuable advice on how to read with your child and how to explore the book's math concepts. And the activities and games at the back of the book provide lots of opportunities to make math fun.
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The Making of Strawberry (1997)
Jana Paulson / Berry Books Ltd.
Through Strawberry's (a scarecrow) wisdom, grace, charity and kindness, all the characters in the small world around Berryfield Farm learn of the magnitude and magnificence of agricutlture. Her teachings are simple, yet they reveal the vast complexity found on the average farm. Full color, small lively story book. Part of a full series of Berry Books owned by the NIRC.
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The Math Chef (1997)
Joan D'Amico & Karen Eich Drummond
With over 60 math activities and recipes to try, you can practice math while you cook! Get a handle on measurement, multiplication, division, fractions, percents, geometry, and more, while whipping up mouth-water treats. All activities are kid-tested and require only common ingredients and kitchen utensils. There's also a list of safety rules, an explanation of basic cooking skills, and a complete nutrition guide.
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The Popcorn Book (1978)
Tomie de Paola
Presents a variety of facts about popcorn and provides two recipes. (Utilized in the In The Bag curriculum)
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The Runaway Tortilla (2000)
Eric Kimmell
A flavorful, southwestern twist on the classic "Gingerbread Man". Tia Lupe makes tortillas so light that the cowboys say they just might jump right out of the griddle. One day, a tortilla does exactly that. For ages 4-8.
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The Science Chef Travels Around the World: Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids (1996)
Joan D'Amico and Karen Eich Drummond
Includes over 60 easy-to-do food experiments and recipes. Travel to 14 fascinating countries and along the way explore the science secrets of food. All experiments and recipes are kid-tested, include metric equivalents, and require only common ingredients and kitchen utensils. Also includes rules for kitchen safety and a complete nutrition guide.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1987)
Eric Carle
This book tells the story of a very hungry caterpillar who literally eats his way through the book and all its food items. When at last full, he makes a cocoon around himself and wakes up to find himself as a butterfly!
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Supplemental Activity
Indiana County Head Start
This activity can supplement the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". Includes various laminated foods that can be velcroed to the poster board as the caterpillar eats each one on his way through the book. Includes a laminated caterpillar, which can disappear between the pieces of posterboard and reappear as a beautiful butterfly.
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This Year's Garden (1984)
Cynthia Rylant
This is a wonderful picture book, one family's "almanac" of this year's - and each year's - garden. Follow the seasons of the year as reflected in the growth, life, and death of the garden of a large rural family. (Utilized in the In The Bag curriculum)
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Tip-Top Tots: The Nutrition Pyramid for Preschoolers (1994)
Meridian Education Corporation
Teaches childcare providers how to positively influence eating patterns of infants and toddlers. Familiarizes providers with the Food Guide Pyramid, including appropriate serving sizes.
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Toddlers: The Second Year of Life (1992)
The Learning Seed
Includes a 26 minute live action video and guide. Meet a cast of the cutest toddlers and learn about the physical and cognitive development that marks the second year of life.
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Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen (1991)
Dyanne DiSalvo-Ryan
Heartwarming story of a boy who wonders about the people he sees on his city's streets until Uncle Willie invites him to spend the day helping him at the soup kitchen. He soon discovers that the food collected from his neighborhood is not just food, but preparation for a feast. For ages 5-9.
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What We Eat - A First Look At Food (1992)
Sara Lynn & Diane James
This book uses colorful illustrations and photographs to make learning about nutrition fun. Through simple and safe activities, young readers will not only find out about the different food groups and the origins of foods, but will learn how to make vegetable prints, tasty cereal, and a no-cook pizza.
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Zak's Lunch (1998)
Margie Palatini
This full color hard back book is about a boy who is bored with his lunch and who has a wild imagination. Utilized in the Food, Fun, and Reading curriculum available from the NIRC, Lesson 4.
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