Grow It, Try It, Like It! Preschool Fun with Fruits and Vegetables is a garden-themed nutrition education kit for child care center staff that introduces children to: three fruits - peaches, strawberries, and cantaloupe, and three vegetables - spinach, sweet potatoes, and crookneck squash.

Abstract: A selected listing of 93 nutrition education resources is provided to aid child care center staff and family day care home providers in initiating or maintaining a nutrition education program for children of ages 2-5. The materials in this guide are organized into 5 sections according to either intended audience of instruction or to type of material. The 5 sections comprise: nutrition education programs (materials directed towards child and adult audiences for providing a complete child care nutrition education program); aids for teaching care-givers (materials directed towards child care providers and parents); lesson plans for teaching chldren; food and nutrition activities for teaching children; and audiovisuals for teaching children and care givers Each section includes an introduction providing additional information on the types of materials included. Each resource citation includes information on the type of material, source availability, cost, an abstract, and an appraisal. (wz).

Abstract: A bibliography of resources for educating and training teachers, school foodservice personnel, and students in nutritional principles covers nutrition education materials developed in the US Nutrition Education and Training (NET) Program as well as citations to literature about the program. A total of 445 citations are grouped according to 17 audience levels (e.g., primary grades (K-3); postsecondary education; foodservice training;adult education), with each citation containing an informative, nonevaluative abstract, a format description, and a Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) number. Alisting of names and addresses of regional and state NET coordinators and title, language, and state indices are appended. (wz).