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Materials for Child Care, After School
Programs, Day Camps, and Parents

  • Curriculum Materials
    Food and Fun After School is a curriculum
    designed to develop healthy habits out of school time.
    Ten teaching units help after school and other programs
    infuse healthy snacks, physically active games, and creative
    learning activities into regular program schedules.
    Curriculum materials are available free of charge on CD-ROM
    and can be requested through the HPRC Center Coordinator
    at (617) 432-3840.

    Click here to download and read the
    Food and Fun After School: About Guide (PDF)

  • Program Tools
    The following program tools are designed for program managers
    serving school age children (grades K-8) in out-of-school time
    program settings such as before and after school care, summer
    camps, sports camps and others.

    • Click on the title to get to the tool!

    Youth Nutrition and Physical Activity Program Guidelines
    A policy planning tool for developing quality program standards
    in nutrition, physical activity, and television viewing. Five goals
    with recommended strategies are outlined for promoting
    healthy development and preventing childhood overweight.

    Snack Attack!
    A menu planning tool for proram managers serving children
    in grades K-8 in out-of-school time program settings.

    Nutrition and Physical Activity Web Resources
    An annotated list of websites with helpful resources for program
    staff, children/youth, and parents, with tips for how to use
    local resources.