NutritionWe know that good nutrition contributes to effective learning in children. Numerous studies have demonstrated that eating healthy will boost your child's ability to learn, to think quickly, to pay attention, and even to get along with others. Childcare centers play a critical role in supporting the wellness, health, and development of children through the provision of nutritious foods. In particular, child care providers have a powerful opportunity to instill healthy habits in young children that serve as a foundation for healthy choices in life.
Our center is currently participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. This program allows us to provide nutritious meals without increasing the center's fees to you. We are responsible for ensuring that all persons have equal access to the program.
Our child nutrition program includes breakfast, lunch, snack, and supper. Every meal and snack is nutritionally balanced and meets CACFP requirements regarding food components and portion size. The menus are available for parents to pick every week.
Breastfeeding
Elite Learning Academy will encourage and support all families to continue breastfeeding their child until at least 12 months, in line with current recommendations. Our service recognizes that families have the right to decide whether they will breastfeed their child while they are in care, and each family’s decision will be accepted and respected. Our center will work with families with children who are breastfed by providing a supportive environment by feeding children expressed breast milk supplied by their families and by providing suitable spaces and resources to mothers breastfeeding their babies at the childcare center.
Special Dietary Needs
Some children may have very specific food requirements due to allergies/food intolerances, their cultural background, or other family preferences. Our center will work with families to make sure individual children’s needs are met. We take special care to ensure that food allergies and special dietary needs dictated by medical conditions are catered for. Our educators will help children understand the seriousness of allergies and the importance of knowing the signs of anaphylaxis, along with ways they can support their friends. We believe children are never too young to look out for one another and we all want to be included and made to feel part of the community.
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