With all the promotion of healthy eating, generally in our early yearsworld we understand the concept of 'five a day'. However, I feel we needto look closely at how we present food, make meals times a positiveexperience and create key learning opportunities for young children.
When carrying out consultancy visits I have been in many outstandingsettings. For some reason, as soon as it is meal time the practice goesdown to inadequate. I have often commented that if I were a child Iwould walk out without paying for the meal! On some occasions, whenobserving meal times, the 'Oliver Twist' scene, 'Please, sir can I havesome more', springs to mind.
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