Healthy Kids
Nutrition
GRSG participates in the Child and Adult Food Program for the State of Nebraska and follow structured nutritional guidelines for the breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack.
To learn more about the Child and Adult Food Program for the state of Nebraska click here.
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We offer high fiber, whole grain foods at least 2 times a day
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We offer fruit to children at least 2 times a day
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We make drinking water freely available so children can serve themselves
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We serve only skim milk to children age 2 or older
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We do not have soda or vending machines on site
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We have a 5 week menu cycle and allow for seasonal changes
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Our menus include food grow in our own garden
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Our staff gently and positively encourage children to try a new or less favorite food
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We provide visible support promoting healthy eating in classrooms and common areas through the use of posters, pictures, displayed
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books, games, and toys
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Our staff often talk informally with children about trying and enjoying healthy foods
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We provide training opportunities for staff on nutrition at least 2 times per year
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We offer nutrition education to families
Healthy Habits
Children at Get Ready Set Grow Childcare learn about healthy habits by being taught proper hand washing techniques. They enjoy brushing their teeth and learning about how to be healthy and strong.
Physical Play
Children at GRSG have opportunities for physical play every day. We have 3 age appropriate playgrounds. Our playgrounds have centers for physical play, reading time, art time, sensory time, and musical play. If we are unable to play outside we have physical play inside with balls, parachutes, bean bags, and dance. Research shows that active physical play keeps children healthy and allows them to listen and attend to learning better.
Gardening
We are very proud of our garden area here at Get Ready Set Grow. We know our early learners benefit from learning where food comes from and delight in watching the plants grow. Even our youngest children are involved in the process of planting the seeds, weeding the garden, watering the plants, and picking the produce. They are able to eat the fruit of their labors and take extreme pride in what we have grown.
Our meals often involve food picked directly from our garden. The children enjoy picking the plants, washing, them and then helping to prepare the food for lunch or snack. We often have produce left over so that children may take home items and help their parents prepare food for dinner.
Gardening also allows us to do math and science experiments with the children. We weigh and measure vegetables. We graph how our plants are growing.
We bake with the children using our produce to make our treats healthier. They make a delicious zucchini bread.
We made a sunflower maze that the children could walk through and have many different types of flowers.
We even use items from our garden to create art projects.
