Growing Healthy Eaters: Let’s Play with Food

Course Overview:

This community intervention course aims to support the developmental foundations of healthy eating habits in children aged 3-5 years old. This course helps young kids, and their caregivers navigate the journey towards creating a healthy curios eater. This course is specifically developed for picky eaters aged 3-5 and their families. Course meets once a week and is paired with an asynchronous online course you can revisit course material as many times as needed.

Course Objectives:

• Understand the basics of functional nutrition and its application in early childhood.

• Learn the principles of the SOS Approach to Feeding and how it supports sensory and oral development.

• Equip caregivers with practical strategies to encourage healthy eating habits.

• Create a supportive community environment for sharing experiences and challenges.

• Provide a fun curriculum of noneating food fun to improve your child’s experience of food and eating.