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

Vegetable and Fruit Storage

Vegetable & Fruit Storage

Time to Eat poster

Appetite to Play Poster Set

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

Parent and child cooking together.

Teaching Children Cooking Skills

Food selection on table

Developing and Implementing a Healthy Eating Policy

Cooking with Kids

Children with early years provider playing in a circle

Developing and Implementing a Physical Activity Policy

Apple crisp

Apple Crisp

Child with stick

Pick up sticks

Find and compare

Find and compare

Guacamole

Guacamole

Potato soup

Poppa’s Potato Soup

Kid choreography

Kid Choreography

Pumpkin Smoothie

Pumpkin Smoothie

Chicks

Learning about Chickens

hanging upside down

The senses of movement

Mini Mexi Cups

Mini Mexi Cups

boy climbing

Observation based supervision

Goats

Learning about Goats

DIY Balance Beam

DIY Balance Beam

Horchata

Horchata

Pick it up

Pick it up, put it down

Learning about crabs

Learning about Crabs

Make MYLK

Make-Your-Own-Mylk

Strings and things

Strings and things

Will they wake?

Will they wake?

Camping

Celebrate BC By Camping

Finger food

Finger Food

Balance the balls

Balance the balls

lettuce wrap

Lettuce Wraps

Bubbles and sticks

Bubbles and Sticks

Omega 3 foods

The Importance of DHA

Roll the dice

Roll Your Moves

Lets make dice

Let's Make: Activity Dice

Boerenkool

Boerenkool

Games with tape

Games with Masking Tape

Adult influence on childs eating

Your Influence On Your Child’s Eating Behaviour

Dragon Boat

Dragon Boat Festival

What am I?

What am I?

Moroccan chickpeas

Moroccan Chickpeas

Kids running

Do You Prefer?

Balloon tennis

Balloon Tennis

Let’s Make Tennis Racquets

Easy Peasy Pancakes

Easy Peasy Pancakes

Peanut butter and Banana Quesadilla

Peanut Butter Banana Quesadilla

Strawberry Chia

Strawberry Chia Pudding

Jump in

Jump in, jump out, jump on

Games at home

Games for At Home

Active screen time

Physically Active Screen Time

Crumble

Rhubarb Raspberry Crumble

Remote control

Remote control

Frozen fish

Frozen fish!

Stormy seas

Stormy seas

Learn about ice

Learning About Ice

Bugs in a rug

Bugs in a rug!

Clap and move

Clap and Move

Cabbage and apples

Braised Cabbage & Apples

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