2022 Mountainview Daycare Nutrition Program
Wishing Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!
Stay tuned for Annual Training News! Our 2022 required annual training for continued participation with MDNP will be offered by webinar this summer. There will be great follow up training on Label Keeping Folders; Meal Patterns; Standardized Recipes & MORE! We will send emails, Facebook posts & links when webinar is available.
 
Updates from CACFP as COVID flexibilities expire: 
CACFP Meal Pattern returns to normal: The CACFP meal pattern must be followed. If you are unable to procure food to meet the meal pattern due to supply chain issues, keep documentation of the shortage & notify your specialist.
  Onsite Monitoring will likely return by the end of 2022. If you want to continue remote monitoring for as long as allowed, please let us know at in-box@mdnp.org. The USDA will give us a 60 notice of ending date.
  Infant Formula Supply Chain Challenges: The CACFP has sent a page of information & resource links on infant formula. If you are serving infants and would like a copy of this form, please email us at in-box@mdnp.org
 JUNE header holidays: 3rd World Bicycle Day; 5th Hot Air Balloon Day; 8th Oceans Day; 9th Donald Duck Day; 14th USA Flag Day; 19th Father’s Day; 21st Summer (Solstice); 23rd Let It Go Day; 28th Paul Bunyan Day
IMPORTANT PROGRAM ITEMS TO REMEMBER
· Give BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE flyers to new parents.

· Post MEAL PATTERN POSTERS wherever prep and serving is done. (click to print Meal Pattern and Infant Meal Pattern posters from our website)

· Fill out INFANT MEAL FORMS as infants progress & keep form in your files.

· Save your CN and food LABELS in a file (more review on this to come)
· Save your Standardized Recipes in a file.
JUNE HOLIDAYS
"GROWING" HEALTHY KIDS
The best tasting vegetables and fruit come from your own garden. And we are never too young to start learning how to grow things! Let’s look at some fun ideas to get kids interested in growing their own food.
Try this one - Regrowing from Scraps. Here are 20 vegetables and herbs you can grow indoors using parts of the produce you usually throw away. Kids love this one.
Or Create a Small Garden. The best way to kill any interest in gardening is to make it seem overwhelming. A sandbox-sized plot (or smaller) is perfect for the younger set. Give them their own sturdy, child-sized tools, and expect them to get wet and dirty! A small vegetable garden can be accomplished in many ways, try filling some of these containers with dirt & seeds and see what comes up! An old sandbox; an old kiddie pool; a large pot; a plastic tote bin; a wooden crate. (Grow Tomatoes in plastic tote containers)

Need some fun ideas for
little hands?



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