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Video List for Physical Activity
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Video List for Food and Feeding
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Recommended Practices
Introduction to Healthy Eating Recommended Practices
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Recommended Practices
Introduction to Physical Activity Recommended Practices
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Developing and Implementing a Healthy Eating Policy
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Developing and Implementing a Physical Activity Policy
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Safari Bells
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Screens and Eating
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Invitation to Play - Stepping Stones
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Learning about Apples
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Invitation to Play - Recyclable materials
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Let’s Visit France!
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Invitation to Play - Putting Out Hoops
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Food Choices on the Run
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Diwali
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Invitation to Play - Throw and Catch
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Invitation to Play - Sticks and balls
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The Eating Area
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Invitation to Play - Motivating Movement
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How to Use the Activity Planner
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Seedscapes
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Creating a Physical Activity Promoting Environment in an Early Years Setting
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Do Kids Need Supplements?
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Learning about Soy
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Watermelon Bowl
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Invitation to Play - Loose parts
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Consent in Play
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Easy Edamame
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What is a quality physical activity experience in an early years setting?
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Tempeh Poppers
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A Spectrum of Rough and Tumble Play
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Cinnamon Walnut Scones
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Invitation to Play - Balance
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Strawberry Tarts
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Invitation to Play - Risky Play at Your Centre
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Let’s Make Paper Plate Spiders
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Splat the Spider
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Hawaiian Shave Ice
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Further reading on: Children’s Independent Mobility
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Let’s Visit Hawaii!
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Grocery Shopping Tips
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Let’s Visit Iran!
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Khoresh e Gheyme (Persian Split Pea Stew)
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Further Reading: Physical Literacy
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Brazilian Cheese Buns
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Let’s Visit Brazil!
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White Bean and Kale Chowder
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Growth & Weight
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Balance Bowls
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Let’s Make Fly Swatters
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Swat the Fly
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Helpful Online Resources for Healthy Eating
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Emotional Walk
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Omelet Roll-Ups
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Further Reading: Play
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Simple Seafood Chowder
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Potato Penguins
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Further Reading: Active Play and Outdoor Play
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Feeding Your Grandchildren
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Do Kids Need Snacks?
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Do Kids Need Sodium?
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Beetles and bugs
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Zucchini Fritters
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Further Reading: Risky Play
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Learning About Oats
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Steel Cut Oat Risotto
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Loose Parts Policy
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Spiced Cornmeal Pudding
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Harvest Cranberry Sauce
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Box Targets
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What is Food Literacy?
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Cucumber Ships
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Let’s Make: Pool Noodle Target Station
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Let’s Make: Roll Up Jump Activity
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Banana Origami
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Churn Milk into Butter
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Fruit or Vegetable?
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The Flavour Game
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Reading Food Labels
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Let’s Make: Splash Balls
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Supporting Brain Development
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Smiley Faced Eggs
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Early Introduction to Allergens
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I Spy Movement
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Cucumber Avocado Soup
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Let’s Make: Pool Noodle Ring Toss
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Let's Make: Pool Noodle Rings
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Climate Change & Food Choices
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Play at heights outside of your centre
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Rough and tumble play
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Choosing Carbohydrate Foods
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Let's Make a Pool Noodle Abacus
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What is 'risky play'?
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Tuna Roll-Ups
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Mindful Eating
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Perception of play and outdoor play
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