Better Mealtimes: Encouraging Children to Enjoy Healthy Food (Scotland)

This course gives early years practitioners effective ways to encourage children to enjoy new and healthy foods. You will gain a better understanding of children's behaviours with food. You will look at typical communication between adults and children around new food, and alternative ways to ask questions and encourage positive behaviour. You will gain guidance on embedding the communication within your practice at meals and snacks.The course includes two Worksheets and a detailed Communication Guide. Video of the communication being put into practice in a group activity is shown, including the children's responses