Child care providers protect the health of children by serving wholesome foods in clean and safe ways. These lessons that address safety and sanitation in preparing and serving meals to the children in your care have been developed specifically for the child care center and family day care home.
In addition, see Serving Safe Food in Child Care resources, webinar series, and online course.
Grab and Go Lesson - How to Use a Metal-Stem Thermometer View or DownloadGrab and Go Lesson - Keep Food Safe: Clean, Sanitize, and Disinfect View or DownloadGrab and Go Lesson - Keep Food Safe: Control Food Temperatures View or DownloadGrab and Go Lesson - Keep Food Safe: Stop the Spread of Germs View or DownloadGrab and Go Lesson - Keep Food Safe: Wash Hands the Best Way View or DownloadGrab and Go Lesson - Make Mealtimes Safe View or DownloadGrab and Go Lesson: Personal Hygiene for the Child Care KitchenThis resource provides the basic essentials for personal hygiene and apparel rules for the child care kitchen. 2013.
View or DownloadGrab and Go Lesson: Safety Basics for the Child Care Kitchen This resource provides a safety checklist to minimize accidents in the child care kitchen in child care programs. 2013.
View or DownloadGrab and Go Lesson: Family Materials: Organizing a Child-Friendly KitchenThis resource provides the basic steps to minimizing the risk of danger and/or injury in the child care kitchen. 2013.
View or DownloadFood Safety in Child Care Centers Video - Flash VersionVideo lesson covers basic food safety for child care centers. RT 18 min. View online in streaming video. 2009.
View or DownloadFood Safety in Child Care Centers Video - Windows Media Video VersionVideo lesson covers basic food safety for child care centers. RT 18 min. Download this Windows Media Video (WMV) version to your computer. 2009.
View or DownloadFood Safety in Child Care Centers Video Lesson Plan - PDF VersionUse this lesson plan to accompany the video on food safety in child care centers for training. 2010.
View or DownloadFood Safety in Child Care Centers Video Lesson Plan - Microsoft Word® VersionUse this lesson plan to accompany the video food safety in child care centers for training. 2010.
View or DownloadFood Safety in Day Care Homes Video - Flash VersionVideo lesson covers basic food safety for family day care homes. RT 18 min. View online in streaming video. 2009.
View or DownloadFood Safety in Day Care Homes Video - Windows Media Video VersionVideo lesson covers basic food safety for family day care homes. RT 18 min. Download this Windows Media Video (WMV) version to your computer. 2009.
View or DownloadFood Safety in Family Day Care Homes Video Lesson Plan - PDF VersionUse this lesson plan to accompany the video on food safety in family day care homes for training. 2010.
View or DownloadFood Safety in Family Day Care Homes Video Lesson Plan - Microsoft Word® VersionUse this lesson plan to accompany the video on food safety in family day care homes for training. 2010.
View or DownloadChildren’s Activity - When Do We Need to Wash Our Hands? Handwashing exercise emphasizes when handwashing should take place – before or after everyday tasks. Includes clipart. 2010.
View or DownloadChildren’s Activity - Wash My Hands Learning rhymes to accompany hand washing.
View or DownloadFood Sanitation Letter to Parents View or DownloadFood Safety Letter to Parents View or DownloadBottle FeedingLearn how to clean, sanitize, and prepare bottles for infant feeding. Published 2010.
View or DownloadClean and Sanitize Bottles for Infant FeedingColorful mini-poster provides step-by-step guidance on preparing bottles to use in infant feeding. Published 2011.
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