Don’t you love how parents give each other the best advice? After one of those kind of parent chats yesterday, I realized I hadn’t shared some of my hard-earned tips for feeding a child who we recently discovered is allergic to EVERYTHING and super picky to boot. JJ is allergic to the following: dairy (milk/cheese), soy, […]
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5 Fun Farm to Table Activities for Kids
You’ve heard about the farm to table movement but have you introduced it to your kids? Try one or more of these fun farm to tale activities to get started. Kids like mine, that live in the city, often don’t know where their food comes from before it appears on their plates. So, there are fun […]
Weekday Breakfast Tips #QuakerUp
It’s time to go back to school and Quaker has asked me to give you some quick and healthy weekday breakfast tips. Plan for Calm A few years ago, I realized that in order to have a calm, organized morning routine (including breakfast,) we had to wake up 15 minutes earlier. Now breakfast for is our […]
A Munch-and-Slurp Pop Up Book For Hungry Giants
Caitlin Friedman asks How Do You Feed a Hungry Giant? Well, I don’t know. Do you? Oscar doesn’t know either. He’s the boy who finds the hungry giant in his backyard. Holding a “Food Please” sign. Right next to the swings and sandbox. Gulp. What should Oscar feed the giant? Well, he starts with grapes. […]
Food and Nutrition Learning Ideas for Kids
Look up picky eaters in the dictionary and you’ll find my children. But, it’s not for our lack of trying. Jeff and I have always eaten healthy (“clean”); we want our picky eaters to know why it’s important to make healthy choices, and what food does in our bodies. Yes, we have a garden, yes […]
Speech Lady Jen Answers Feeding and Speech Questions
Imagination Soup readers ask speech, oral sensory, and feeding questions of fellow reader and speech pathologist, Jennifer M. Hatfield M.H.S., cc/slp of Therapy and Learning Services, Inc.. Will her answers help you, too? Read on to find out. Reader Question: My almost 3 year old developed a bad habit of sucking his food and we constantly […]
Eat the Alphabet
Guest post from writer, editor and mom, Dawna Edwards. Eat foods alphabetically, starting with A and ending with Z. That’s right, commit to 26 days-worth of different letters at each meal. You’ll add new dimension and learning to meal time. Unless you’re a die-hard meal planner blessed with children who have super-flexible tastes, you may […]