Healthy nutrition is especially important for the youngest children, because the body needs a particularly large amount of valuable nutrients during the early development and growth phases. In addition, the eating habits learned in childhood shape eating behavior throughout life. Exercise and relaxation are also important building blocks for the healthy development of body and mind.
Coaching initiative "Kita eats better"
All of these elements are the focus of the Rhineland-Palatinate state government's "Kita isst besser" coaching initiative. The Montessori Kinderhaus Sprösslinge participated in it and developed concrete measures on catering offers, eating atmosphere, nutrition education, nutrition partnership, exercise and relaxation, which are now being implemented in the day-to-day life of the daycare center.
"The coaching was an important concern for us. We received valuable impulses to further develop our work and to consolidate the topic of nutrition and health in the everyday support of children," says Dr. Nadine Zimmer, director of the Montessori Kinderhaus Sprösslinge.