Family Style Dining Family Style Dining EMPOWERING FOSTER INDEPENDANCE BUILD CONFIDENCE PROMOTE LANGUAGE DEVELOP MOTOR SKILLS HEALTHY HABITS SOCIAL SKILLS LEARN MANNERS What brings YOU here today ID: 735970
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Totally Worth the Mess!
Strategies for Implementing
Family Style DiningSlide2
Family Style Dining
EMPOWERING
FOSTER INDEPENDANCE
BUILD CONFIDENCE
PROMOTE LANGUAGE
DEVELOP MOTOR SKILLS
HEALTHY HABITS
SOCIAL SKILLS
LEARN MANNERSSlide3
What brings YOU here today ?
What is all the fuss about?
Is family style dining a good fit for my program?
Are there tools and resources to help successfully implement family style dining?
You may be wondering…Slide4
Training ObjectiveSlide5
Pass the Peaches Please VideoSlide6
Benefits
Family Style Dining benefits young
children by:
Building
lifelong skills that enhance motor skills, language, self-esteem,
social
skills, table manners and independence
Helping
children learn how much food it takes for them to feel full
Encouraging
children to take part in the entire meal from table setting to cleanup
Allowing
children to experience a meal setting that is comfortable, relaxing, and enjoyable
Allowing
children the freedom to make decisions and make their own food
choices
Supporting
developmentally appropriate and healthy experiences Slide7
Six Principles for Feeding Young Children
Laurel
Branen, PhD, LD, RDJanice Fletcher, EdDUniversity of Idaho
True or False
1. Adults set the feeding environment.
True
2. Children need a variety of foods.
3. Children should sit and eat only with other children.
4. Adults select what food is offered and how it is offered.
(Satter’s Division
of Responsibility in Eating)6. Children should serve themselves.
5. Adults decide how much children need to eat.
True
False
False
True
TrueSlide8
Planning
Be Prepared – Do your homework
Staff Involvement
AssessmentBudget
Parent InvolvementTrainingClassroom Activities
ImplementationSlide9
Do Your Homework
BE PREPARED:
To possibly get some resistance from staff
To
explain to staff and parents, “why the change?”
To listen to feedback – positive and negative
With a plan to “Sell” family style dining
To answer specific questions about family style diningSlide10
Staff Involvement
How you “Present/Sell” can be more important than implementation
Goes back to pre-planning – who, what and whenMake it fun! Make it a team building project!Prepare activities
Presenting Your
Idea
How Will You “Sell It”?Slide11
Assessment
Complete the Mealtime Observation Checklist
Review the results of the observations to assist in the planning process
Inventory - Equipment ChecklistReview
budget if new equipment is needed. Is this an allowable CACFP cost?Determine how family style dining could benefit your program
Set Goals and Timelines
Assessment
is defined as a methodical way of acquiring, reviewing and using information about something, so as to make improvement where necessary. Assessment should be
ongoing throughout the entire process. Slide12
Budget
N
ew or additional mealtime equipmentClassroom activity suppliesTraining supplies
Will you
need:
Are these allowable
CACFP expenses?Slide13
Parent Involvement
How will parents be involved?
How will you communicate with parents?Slide14
Staff Training
Who will need training?
Who will conduct training?
When will the training be conducted?What will that training look like?
What are CACFP requirements in regard to family style dining? GM 12C, 2HSlide15
7 CFR 226.26(n)
Family style meal service is a type of meal service that allows children and adults to serve themselves from communal platters of food with assistance from supervising adults, if needed. Family style meal service allows children and adults to be introduced to new foods, new tastes and new menus, while developing a positive attitude toward healthy foods, sharing in group eating situation and developing good eating habits. Unlike other types of meal services (e.g. cafeteria lines, vended meals, pre-plated service, and OVS), family style meals afford some latitude in the initial portion of food that is served. Additional servings of each food are readily available at each table and more can be served at any time.
Serving
meals family style is optional and may be used in any CACFP setting. If a center or day care home chooses to serve meals family style they must comply with the following practices (7 CFR 226.26(n)):
1. A sufficient amount of prepared food must be placed on each table to provide the full required portions of each of the components, as outlined in 7 CFR 226.20(c)(1) and (2), for all children or adults at the table and to accommodate supervising adults if they wish to eat with the children and adults. See the question and answer section in the Attachment for an example.
2.
Children and adults must be allowed to serve the food components themselves, with the exception of fluids (such as milk and juice). During the course of the meal, it is the responsibility of the supervising adults to actively encourage each child and adult to serve themselves the full required portion of each food component of the meal pattern. Supervising adults who choose to serve the fluids (including milk and juice) directly to the children or adults must serve the required minimum quantity to each child or adult. For example, children 3-5 years old must be served 6 fluid ounces of milk at breakfast, lunch and supper meals.
3. Centers and day care homes that use family style meal service may not claim second meals for reimbursement.
In line with the nutritional goals of the CACFP, family style meal service encourages a pleasant eating environment, promotes mealtime as a learning experience by allowing children to serve themselves from common platters of food (with assistance from supervising adults) and provides educational activities that are centered around food. Even when a complete family style meal service is not possible or practical, it may be useful to offer one component or multiple components in a family style manner. Supervising adults should provide assistance to children and adults as needed when serving foods from communal platters. This practice can help young children develop motor skills and the dexterity and hand strength needed to serve foods. For tips on how to successfully serve meals family style in CACFP, refer to the
Nutrition and Wellness Tips for Young Children Supplement E: Support for Family Style Meals available at http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/tn/Supplement_E.PDF. Slide16
Classroom Activities
Dramatic play area – mealtime
Make individual place matsWater play with pitchers and cupsPicking up objects with tongs
Taste testing new menu itemsSlide17
Implementation
Continue to observe and assess throughout this process
Make changes to your goals and/or timelines as necessarySlide18
Timeline Example
July 2018
Homework
Initial Plan
August
Present to Staff
Put together team
Planning date
Classroom observations
Planning date
September
November
October
Classroom Activities
Parent Newsletter
Assess Results
Planning Date
Implement in Classroom A
Observe
Planning/Feedback
December
January 2019Slide19
Key Points to Remember
Arm yourself with the knowledge of the benefits of family style dining - (program, children, staff and parents)
~Prepare to present and “Sell” itPut a plan in place prior to implementation
~How do you want Family Style Dining to look like in your programSet simple goals and timelines ~
Stay flexibleAssess progress ~Pre-assessment, Ongoing assessment and Post-assessmentHave an open mind
~Strive to create a relaxing and enjoyable mealtime ~Avoid mealtime struggles
Respect children’s and staff’s difference ~Remember that we all “come to the table” with different likes/dislikes andmealtime experiencesSlide20
And before you go…
“Mom, Dad and Teachers too; you
know those boundaries and limits you set for me? I see it as my job to
test,
defy or push against you before accepting them. I also see it as your job to hold those boundaries gently yet firmly in place.”Slide21
Family Style Meals in the Child Care Setting
Additional Video Resource
Arizona Department of Health ServicesSlide22
Family Style Dining Tips
Additional Video Resource
Little Brown House SchoolPort Royal, South CarolinaSlide23
Resources
Ellyn
Satter
Institute
Mealtime
and Feeding Resources for Early Learning Professionals – University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition
Nurturing
Young Eaters – University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition
Institute of Child Nutrition – CACFP Resources
Supplement E: Support Family Style Meals – USDA Team Nutrition
Family Style Dining – Community & School Nutrition Teams, FNS
Family Style Dining Guide – OCCRRA