Food Explorers
Our local @siouxfallscoop has the best program for kids…Coop Explorers! When you go to the Coop, your kids can pick a fruit to eat while...
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Mealtime Tips
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Strawberry Fun Facts and Tips
We’re excited for our next Focus Food…strawberries! We have some delicious recipes, an experiment and some tips to help your kids explore...
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Fruit Waters
Hydration is so important for our little ones…well, for all of us! But, water can be kind of boring, so we have a way to make it a little...
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Rainbow-Fruits
Our rainbow theme continues and here are a few different fruits that fit into the colors of the rainbow! Try serving fruits in a muffin...
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Food Prep
Research shows us that having children involved in food prep can help with picky eating! Eating fruits and vegetables can be more...
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Bait and Sip
Carrying oxygen and nutrients to our cells, drinking water is so important for our little ones … and for all of us! Drinking water helps...
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Keep It Simple
This is your reminder that meals don’t have to be complicated! As parents, we put so much pressure on making meals and snacks for our...
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Memory Match-UP
One of our favorite companies @genuinefred does it again with this awesome product! It’s a memory match-up snack tray! This is SO much...
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Banana Presentation
If you have a child who has difficulty trying new foods, presentation can be everything! Let’s be honest, it’s really this way for all...
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Conversation- Restaurant Tips
Eating a meal out at a restaurant is the perfect time to strike up conversations with your family, friends, and little ones. It’s a great...
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Ask For An Extra Plate-Restaurant Tips
You’ve seen posts about full plates being too overwhelming for little eyes and tummies, this is still true when you go out to eat. Next...
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Bring Activities- Restaurant Tips
I always pack a bag with little activities that can keep our kids busy while we are waiting at a restaurant. Some ideas include: coloring...
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Hold The Drink- Restaurant Tips
It’s always fun to get a special drink when eating out at a restaurant! This is great to do, but try waiting until their food comes....
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Let Them Order- Restaurant Tips
When it’s time to order food, let your kids order their own food and drink! Often times, we do this for them, but allowing them to tell...
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Leave the Table- Restaurant Tips
One of the biggest problems that we have sometimes have as parents is getting our kids to sit and attend to a meal for the entire time...
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Menu Choices-Restaurant Tips
Once you sit down, take some extra time and look through the menu with your child. Talk about what different food options there are, and...
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Travel Utensils- Restaurant Tips
Traveling utensils (spoon/fork) that are age-appropriate for your toddler/child can be a game changer when going out to eat. The majority...
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Restaurant Tips
Going out to eat should be a relaxing and enjoyable experience, but let’s be honest, going out with kids can be completely the opposite....
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Making a List- Grocery Shopping
The last of our Grocery Shopping series! Have your kids help with making your grocery list for the week! ⭐️ Categorizing: Make the...
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Putting Away Groceries-Grocery Shopping
You had a great time shopping with your child, you get home, and now it’s time to put all of that yummy food away! This is the perfect...
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Play Games-Grocery Shopping
⭐️Find the Foods Ask your child to help you find the foods that you are looking for. “Can you find the bananas?” “Can you find the green...
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Categorize- Grocery Shopping
If describing foods starts to get boring, here’s a fun game you can play with your little ones while grocery shopping. ⭐️ Have them...
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Talk, Talk, Talk-Grocery Shopping
Just seeing and talking about foods is exposure, and exposure is such an important piece to raising children who will eat a variety of...
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Grocery Shopping
Although it’s not as convenient as ordering groceries online, grocery shopping with toddlers and kids can be so beneficial! There are so...
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Snack Time
Sometimes our snack times look like this. I know fruit snacks are not going to satisfy her hunger. Instead of a meltdown because she...
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Finish Your Plate- Something to Ponder
Something to think about… As adults at mealtimes, we have control of putting food on our plates. Depending on the day, the food, our...
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Bedtime Snack
How many of your kids choose to eat little to nothing for dinner, and then request a bedtime snack? Isla did just this last night, so...
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Food Plating
Just as we all have preferences on how our food is served, so do our kids. This visual is just an example to remember to explore what...
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Keloland Living-Mealtime Tips
Thanks for having me in your studio @kelolandliving! Link to the episode:
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Miniature Cups
Allowing independence with eating a drinking can make all the difference in the world of a toddler! To increase water intake and work on...
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Food Variety
Here is a plate of pancakes. Do you notice how each one looks different in regards to shape, size, and color? This is a perfect way to...
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Tips for Eating Yogurt and Granola
Mixing textures can be difficult for kids to eat. Here is a fun and not overwhelming way to work on eating the mixed textures of yogurt...
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Presentation- Mealtime Routine
How do you currently present meals and snacks? Do you serve food directly to your children or is it served family-style? Do you serve...
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Where- Mealtime Routines
Where do you and your family sit during meals? On the couch? In a bed? On the floor, playing with toys? While walking around? This is an...
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Expectations- Mealtime Routine
In many of our daily life activities, there are general expectations that we all need to follow, and it's important that we know what...
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Environment-Mealtime Routine
It's important to look around at what your mealtime environment is like and assess if there may be distractions that are interfering with...
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Mealtime Routines!
In the upcoming posts, we will talk about the importance of establishing some general mealtime routines! There are endless ways to...
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Food Choices!
🌈Choices🌈 If you have the availability, providing choices is a great way to give toddlers/kids a little more control and power within...
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Dinner Winner Plate
🌈 Dinner Winner 🌈 Introducing our favorite plate- Dinner Winner plate by @genuinefred ! Kids absolutely love this plate because at the...
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Food Art
🌈 Food Art 🌈 "Don't play with your food!" is a statement often heard at the dinner table; however, for picky eaters, this may be a step...
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Puzzle-Food Game
🌈Puzzle Time🌈 A fun, reinforcing activity to do with kids that helps them try new foods! Take their favorite puzzle 🧩, and they get a...
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Training Chopsticks
🌈 Training Chopsticks! 🌈 We are having sushi tonight so pulling out these adorable chopsticks for the kids! 🍣 We love these training...
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ABC Placemat
🌈 ABC Placemat 🌈 I’ve talked about incorporating language and communication during meals, snacks, and cooking. This placemat can...
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Reinforcement
🌈 Eating and Potty Training!?!? 🌈 When you think about potty training, think about what it entails. You talk about how your child goes...
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Mixed Textures-Soup
While at first glance, this doesn't appear to be soup, it did start out that way! Mixed textures can be difficult for our picky eaters to...
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Kids in the Kitchen
There is so much value in having kids participate in prepping, cooking, and baking! There are no age limits on when children can join you...
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Fruit Snacks
Prepping homemade fruit snacks this weekend! These cute, little containers hold just the right amount of fruit for both kids and adults....
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Meals and Movement
🌈 Movement🌈 Movement is so important for kids! Picky eaters or not, incorporating movement prior to eating, and especially prior to...
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Gastronaut Spoon
It's a Spoon ... it's a Fork ... it's a Spork! The Gastronaut, a @genuinefred utensil, is one of our favorites! This utensil has multiple...
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Food Positivity
🌈 Food Positivity I was getting ready one day when Isla yelled this out to me. Right after, she said, "I ate a carrot,” I immediately...
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