food test

Websites I used for my work were:

Books I used for my work were:

Safety, nutrition and health in child care center

By Catherine Robertson

Published by Delmar, 2001

Health, safety, and nutrition for the young child

By Lynn Marotz

Published by Delmar, 2004

Child of our time

By Tessa Livingstone

Published by bbc books, 2005

The selection of food took approximately half an hour and the preparation took about one hour. I then spent an hour with Caitlyn while she painted the foods on the bread and ate them.

Organisation

After liquidizing the foods were put into individual bowls with square pieces of bread on a separate plate a bit like a canvas. A pastry brush was provided for the child, Caitlyn, to ‘paint’ the blended foods onto bread.

I chose the foods I did because I felt that carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, cheese and brown bread were the healthiest choice for this particular study.

Execution

I sat down with Caitlyn and explained to her what to do with the food.

Outcome

The foods were colourful and Caitlyn really enjoyed ‘painting’ the foods onto the bread. She also enjoyed eating the snack as shown in the photographs.

Evaluation

The whole exercise was very successful. The activity was fun and the food met the nutritional guidelines outlined in unit 5. Three of the foods in the ‘eat most’ category and the cheese are in the ‘eat moderately’ category.