Nursery World - In order

Nanny Sarah Scotcher continues her A to Z of tips for tackling the everyday challenges of childcare M Mealtimes can be a battlefield in any household. Try giving children foods in small portions and one at a time. Arrange the food in exciting patterns to make it inviting and fun to eat, such as funny faces or a pasta 'house', with different types of pasta coloured with food dye. Getting children to finish the meal is the next step. You could introduce a Food Fairy who comes to call when she sees food left on the plates. She could fly in through the kitchen window when the nanny is not looking and take the food from their forks - children will quickly eat the food and blame it on the Fairy, giggling with glee as you set up each forkful, saying you hope the Food Fairy doesn't fly in through the door while you are keeping watch on the window.

M Mealtimes can be a battlefield in any household. Try giving children foods in small portions and one at a time. Arrange the food in exciting patterns to make it inviting and fun to eat, such as funny faces or a pasta 'house', with different types of pasta coloured with food dye. Getting children to finish the meal is the next step. You could introduce a Food Fairy who comes to call when she sees food left on the plates. She could fly in through the kitchen window when the nanny is not looking and take the food from their forks - children will quickly eat the food and blame it on the Fairy, giggling with glee as you set up each forkful, saying you hope the Food Fairy doesn't fly in through the door while you are keeping watch on the window.

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