Children eating at a child care facility

Select your category to learn more about specific nutrition information.

Feeding Infants

Infant Meal Pattern Requirements and Guidance

Infant Feeding Forms

Creditable Foods

Menu Planning Tools

Breastfeeding Support

Both mothers and children who are breastfed experience lasting health benefits. Providing a breastfeeding-friendly atmosphere at your child care center or home can encourage moms to continue breastfeeding after returning to work or school.

Complete the child care facility self-assessment to find out if your child care facility qualifies. If your facility meets all six standards and has a breastfeeding policy, you may qualify to receive Florida’s Child Care Food Program’s Breastfeeding-Friendly Child Care Facility designation.

Parent Education Materials

Feeding Children

Child Meal Pattern Requirements and Guidance

Creditable Foods and Food Purchasing

Crediting Combination Foods

Milk

 Grains

Menu Planning

Standardized Recipes

USDA Recipes for Healthy Kids:

Farm to Preschool

Farm to Preschool (F2PS) encompasses efforts to serve local or regionally produced foods in early child care and education settings; provide hands-on learning activities such as gardening, farm visits, and culinary activities; and integrate food-related education into curriculum.

Child with fruits and vegetables

Florida Farm to Preschool for Early Care and Education Providers
Created by the Florida Department of Health, Children and Families, and Agriculture and Consumer Services, this guide brings the farm to preschool with quick tips on outside play, school gardens and locally-produced foods.

Benefits of Joining

  • Opportunity to increase access to healthy environments for improved early eating habits and obesity preventionFarm to Preschool
  • Young children learn where their food comes from
  • Increases children’s willingness to try new foods
  • Encourages lifelong healthy eating habits
  • Promotes physical activity through gardening activities
Special Dietary Needs
Nutrition Education

Providers

Parents

Fact Sheets

Preschool Lesson Plans

Children’s Books