Appetite to Play

Appetite to Play supports early years providers to promote and encourage physical activity and healthy eating.

STEP-BY-STEP
ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR
EARLY YEARS PROVIDERS

INITIAL ASSESSMENT
IDENTIFY GAPS
SET GOALS
TAKE ACTION

WHY FOOD &
PHYSICAL LITERACY
MATTERS

E-Learning
Module on
Healthy Eating

E-Learning
Module on
Physical Literacy

Fruit, vegetables, eggs, and chicken

Recommended Practices

Introduction to Healthy Eating Recommended Practices

A group of children all reaching over their heads as though stretching

Recommended Practices

Introduction to Physical Activity Recommended Practices

Food selection on table

Developing and Implementing a Healthy Eating Policy

Children with early years provider playing in a circle

Developing and Implementing a Physical Activity Policy

Play in the early years

Motor development and play in the early years

Grated carrot salad

Grated Carrot Salad

Raise the Top

Raise the Top

Beet smoothie

Valentine’s Beet Smoothie

Songs with actions

Songs with Actions

Sit pass play

Sit, Pass, Play!

Baked tofu

Baked Tofu

To Fly or Not

To Fly or Not to Fly!

Broiled grapefruit

Broiled Grapefruit

Vary your veggies

Vary your Veggies

Baby eating

DIY Baby Food

Spiders web

Spider's Web!

Books that move

Books that Move and Groove!

Lid Link

Lid Link

Yummy Hot Chocolate

Yummy Hot Chocolate

Movement to Music

Discovery baskets

Discovery Baskets

Autumn Scavenger Hunt

Autumn Scavenger Hunt

Dark leafy greens

Get Your Greens!

Helping children play

Helping Children Play: The Adult Role

Kids eating at daycare

Meals and Snacks from Home

Collecting leaves

Leaf Collector

Roasted Squash

Simple Roasted Squash

Congee

Congee (Jook)

Vital Vinaigrette

Vital Vinaigrette

Nursery Rhyme Circuit

Nursery Rhyme Circuit

Treasure box

Treasure Box

Kids at daycare

Play-Based Learning Continuum

Cruising Circuit

Cruising Circuit

Simple Sauteed Greens

Simple Sautéed Greens

Jack in the Box

Jack in the Box

Here there everywhere

Here, There, Everywhere!

Salmon pasta salad

Salmon Pasta Salad

Physically Active Parent

Being a Physically Active Parent

Plant based protein

Plant-based Proteins for Children

Pumpkin Bowling

Pumpkin Bowling

Feeding Toddlers

Feeding Toddlers

Kids hopping

Hop, Hop, Hop

Mexican Corn on the Cob

Mexican Corn on the Cob

Summer Salad

Summer Salad

Choosing Milk

Choosing Milk

Picky Eating

Underwater moves

Underwater Moves

Peach toast

Yummy Peach Toast