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A Special Message for Grandparents
Adapted from the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona. This handout developed by Missouri provides tips on how grandparents can support their children in their efforts to feed healthy foods and encourage active play in their grandchildren. This handout is also available in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

Special Message to Grandparents

Spitting Up: Is This Normal Spitting Up: Is This Normal?
This handout from South Carolina was developed to help moms understand that spitting up is very common during early infancy and that most normal healthy babies spit up, often after a feeding. It addresses causes of spitting up and things that a mom/caretaker can do to help prevent spitting up.

Table Manners for Children
From Linn County in Oregon for the WIC Sharing site. It This color page handout from Linn County in Oregon is on table manners for children, and on the other side is a place setting review, so children can learn where to place utensils and plates on the table. Children can color the place setting, and then have it laminated so children can use it as a placemat.

 Table Manners for Children

The First 12 Months: A Guide to Infant Feeding The First 12 Months: A Guide to Infant Feeding
This 2-page handout from South Carolina provides tips and guidance on feeding infants.


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This PowerPoint presentation and accompanying speaker notes were developed by California for use in nutrition education sessions with WIC participants.

  English PowerPoint Presentation
  English Speaker Notes [MS Word format]
  Spanish PowerPoint Presentation

 

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Vegetables for 2-5 Year Olds

Vegetables for 2-5 Year Olds
These materials were developed by Iowa. When you access this link you will find an overview about the project (called the Veggie Grant), the intervention toolbox with screening tools and over 40 nutrition education modules, and the final report for the project.

What To Feed Your 1-5 Year Old Child
This brochure was developed by South Carolina (adapted from California) to address feeding children. Topics include making mealtimes happy, bottle or cup and growth and appetite.

 What To Feed Your 1-5 Year Old Child

Whole Grain Choo Choo Train Children's Book

Whole Grain Choo Choo Train
This Web page from Florida includes a children's book and lesson plans for emphasizing the importance of eating whole grains. The book is available in Spanish as well.



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