Children's Books that Encourage Movement

  Seasonal Eating: Apricots 

   PLAY Video Series: Underarm Throw

University of MN Survey

Upcoming Training Opportunities

Relatives to peaches, apricots are small, golden orange fruits, with velvety skin and flesh, not too juicy but definitely smooth and sweet. Full of potassium, fiber, Vitamin A and C, fresh apricots usually come into season late spring. However, dried and canned apricots are available year-round. 

Top 10 Ways to Enjoy Apricots

Trail Mix (with dried apricots)

This month's PLAY video focuses on the underarm throw. Use the underarm throw to teach children about distance (near or far), height (high or low), and speed (fast or slow). 

Watch this 3-minute video to see activity ideas and teaching cues for the underarm throw.

The University of Minnesota is inviting MN providers to take an online survey, "Healthy Start, Healthy State," in order to better understand the challenges that early child care and education providers might face in improving nutrition and physical activity practices. Survey results will influence support, resources and training. The survey will likely take less than 30 minutes to complete, and you are able to save and resume at any time. 

Click here to take the survey by April 15th, 2016.

The Child Care Aware of North Dakota Winter/Spring 2016 Catalog is available online.  (Physical Activity training opportunities are listed on pages 9-10).
Child Care Aware of North Dakota Professional Development

Face-to-Face Training:

Tipping the Scales - Obesity Prevention (Moorhead)

Anytime Learning (ATL):

- Building a Healthier Plate: Cooking with Whole Grains

- Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care Programs

- Designing Positive Mealtimes for Child Care Providers

Anytime Learning (ATL) trainings are online, self-paced courses that can be taken at any time. Register for ATL courses at www.eagertolearn.org.