For this activity, you will research and create a snack menu (with recipes) for one week at a childcare center. Each day, you need to plan one snack, so you will be creating a menu and recipes for five snacks total. Then you will come up with at least two activities you can use to teach the children about nutrition, based on the snacks you’ve planned. Keep in mind when planning your snack menu that the snacks will need to be fun and educational as well!

Create your menu and activities in a word processing document.

The components of your one-week menu must include:

The days of the week, listed along the top or side of the page
One snack for each day
A recipe for each snack (at least two steps per recipe)
Please make sure that your snacks adhere to USDA guidelines. Consult any resources you need to make sure you are planning snacks that are in line with proper child nutrition standards.

The components of your two activities must include:

The name of the activity
The snack that the activity is based on
Any other required materials you’d need for the activity
At least four steps that walk a caregiver through how to carry out the activity with children (like a lesson plan)