Early Childhood Nutritional Literacy Services for Schools: Parents, Students, and Faculty
LKD is committed to providing nutrition and health support services through education and holistic health information. We work in partnership with local, nonprofit farm shares and teaching kitchens to provide our participants, parents and staff with whole health support services. We offer the following services:
1) Five to Flourish whole health education series
2) Draft policies related to Head Start nutrition and health standards
3) Customized nutrition education materials and healthy recipe handouts
4) Screen-time management and physical activity education
5) Menu Planning
6) Food Allergy Awareness and Action Plan Training
7) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Administration for Children's Services, Department of Education, and New York City Food Standard compliance coaching
8) Collaboration with Eat Well/Play Hard Champion program
9) Farm-to-Institution training via Lenox Hill Teaching Kitchen
10) Local, sustainable food sourcing
11) Farm-Fresh Food Box programming
12) Meal-time Observation and Family-style Meal Modeling
13) Personalized Nutrition and health assessments
14) Sensory experience coaching
15) Food production log procedural training
16) Screening of child files for nutrition-related parameters
17) Interactive cooking classes
18) Meditation techniques and yoga classes
