Apple adventures Taste Test: Purchase as many kinds of apples as your budget allows. Put them out in a big bowl early in the day so the children can see them and get excited about the afternoon "Apple Adventure." Allow them to feel the shiny skin, to wash and polish...

Vocational Rehabilitation Programs Funded State board members approved a series of contracts aimed at helping students with disabilities. Nebraska VR (Vocational Rehabilitation) requested proposals for the development and implementation of innovative short-term programs to provide career exploration and personal development opportunities for transition students with disabilities during the summer of 2018....

The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) has launched Nebraska Thursdays, a program that supports schools statewide in serving and promoting locally-grown or locally-produced foods in school cafeterias on the first Thursday of each month. October is National Farm to School Month and the perfect time for Nebraska schools to register...

SRC Agenda for 12-8-20 SRC Meeting The December 8, 2020 meeting of the Nebraska State Rehabilitation Council will be held, pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order 20-36, by  videoconferencing.  Since the meeting will be held electronically, and no quorum of the public body will be physically present together, there will be no public...

Katherine Steinkamp, a Social Sciences teacher at Norfolk High School in Norfolk, Nebraska was recently named the 2020 State History Teacher of the Year, an award sponsored by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The History Teacher of the Year Award highlights the crucial importance of history education by...

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Video Training FFVP Program Update In addition to the training videos below, we want to share the following information with you: Adults at a school, including those attending school functions cannot participate in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP). However, teachers can play a...

Nutrition for the preschool child The preschooler's growth is slower than that of an infant. An average child age two through five years will grow about 2 1/2" and gain four or five pounds each year. Because growth rate is slower, appetites may decrease. The preschool period is an excellent...

Tips on infant feeding Good nutrition is essential to the rapid growth and development that occurs during a baby's first year. Providing babies with the right foods promotes good health and gives them the opportunity to enjoy new tastes and textures as they establish good eating habits. Positive and supportive...

Farm to Preschool is an extension of the national Farm to School movement that started with school gardening and connecting farms to schools. Farm to Preschool includes early childhood programs, preschools, Head Start programs, and center based programs serving local foods, and providing hands-on educational activities. Farm to preschool works...

The ECICC serves in an advisory and stakeholder capacity for grants and reports about early childhood that are required or conducted by state agencies under statutory authority. The Council receives regular updates on these projects and other early childhood initiatives that relate to ECICC priorities or are of special interest....

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Child & Adult Care Food Program A full year of fruits and vegetables Do you get tired of looking at the same menus that have green beans, corn, applesauce and peaches? If you aren't tired of these foods yet, you probably will be at some point! Because there is such...

Ecological Approach to Family Style Dining (EAT FSD) is a research initiative at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The EAT FSD approach provides holistic training for childcare providers for meeting the recommendations for feeding young children (2-5 years) to decrease the incidence of childhood obesity. Family style dining (FSD) is a widely...

Getting kids to eat their fruits and vegetables Offer raw vegetables to children over the age of three. Many children don't like coked, soft vegetables, but they do like crunchy vegetables - especially those they can eat as finger foods. Offer raw broccoli, cauliflower or spinach. Try some variations on...

Nutrition needs change as we age Let's think about it. Does a two-year-old have the same nutritional needs as a 34-year-old would have, or even a 73-year-old? Do you think that each of these age groups has the same appetite for food? Do certain foods tend to bother different age...