A balanced diet is simply ensuring that your child eats a variety of healthy, nutritious foods from the different food groups. AtLittle Steps Day Care, teaching children how to lead a happy and healthy lifestyle is important.
All meals we provide are freshly prepared with all the important food groups to ensure your child has a balanced diet and they meet our healthy food standards. We also teach them how to understand the body’s needs.
What Does Your Child Need For A Balanced Diet?
You don’t need to stick to certain foods to ensure your child receives specific nutrients. The food we provide contains all the important food groups, which includes:
- Fruit and Vegetables
- Carbohydrates
- Dairy Proteins
- Non-Dairy Proteins
- Fats
All of our meals and snacks are varied to ensure your child receives the nutrients they need. You can view our sample menu here.
Use Change4Life At Home
Ensuring your child has a balanced diet at home is just as important as having one at nursery. We understand that as parents, life can get very busy, so finding quick and easy nutritious meals that your child is guaranteed to enjoy can be difficult.
Change4Life has a wide range of low-cost recipes for healthy meals and snacks. It aims to help families make small and significant improvements to their diets.
Stay Hydrated
It is also very important for children to remain hydrated. At Little Steps Day Care, we provide your child with their own cup and a continuous supply of fresh water. We encourage the children to keep hydrated throughout the day and provide older children with their own water jugs to help themselves.
Ensuring your child drinks plenty of water is important in maintaining a balanced diet. It hydrates without providing extra calories and prevents harm to their teeth.
Get In Touch
For more information about the importance of giving your child a balanced diet, and what we do to help, get in touch with Little Steps Day Care. We are more than happy to offer advice. Call us today on 07340 956133 or you can also fill out our online contact form.
