Ways to Communicate With Families About Healthy Eating

Sharing and communicating between families and early years providers is an important aspect of supporting healthy eating.  Here are a few ideas:

• Use bulletin board and/or email to post:
  • Healthy eating policy
  • Weekly menus on bulletin board 
  • Sample list of healthy snacks
  • Recipe of the week
  • Pictures of food related activities their children are doing
• Regular healthy eating insert in newsletter
• Share family recipes and make a cook book
• Share family traditions around food
• Ask families to share culturally relevant snacks
• Involve families in menu planning, field trip ideas etc
• Invite families to join in food related activities and eating times
• Invite guest speakers to parent information nights
• Refer families to practical sources of information