Helping you feed the children in your care
Cooking Matters for Child Care Professionals is a nutrition program that teaches child care professionals cooking, food safety, and food budgeting. The program is intended to empower providers to deliver nutritious meals and teach healthy eating habits to the children in their care.
Topics include:
- Creating positive mealtime attitudes
- Safe cooking with confidence
- Choosing healthy foods for kids
- Meals that appeal to kids
- Menu management on a budget
This program is open to licensed childcare providers. It can be taken as a five lesson series, lasting about two hours each or as a weekend seminar for 10 hours.
Cooking Matters for Childcare Professionals provides 10 hours of education credits for licensing.
Class series are taught throughout the community, including but not limited to community centers, churches, schools and local Michigan State University Extension offices. Group series are available if there are six to 15 people, and at least half of the group is income eligible. If you are interested in scheduling or participating in a Cooking Matters for Child Care Professionals program, please contact Cooking Matters staff at cookingm@msu.edu.
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Find a Cooking Matters Program Near You
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May 16
Cooking Matters for Parents - Lenawee May 2024
May 16, 2024 6:00PM – 12:00AM 2 hr. class Demo Kitchen, MSU Extension, 1040 S. Winter St., Adrian, MI 49221
Cooking Matters for Parents is an Adults Only, hands-on cooking and nutrition program for parents or adults caring for children under age 18. Participants learn about preparing healthy meals, grocery shopping, and budgeting for food.