Success StoryLEAP-Creative Minds Learning Center
LEAP-Creative Minds Learning Center
Author: Brittany Bowling
Planning Unit: Leslie County CES
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Plan of Work: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
According to the CDC 60% of children do not eat enough fruits and vegetables, and as they get older children eat even less fruit. With obesity at an all-time high in the state of Kentucky, the Leslie County FCS Agent implement The Literacy, Eating, and Activity for Preschoolers (LEAP) at the Creative Minds Learning Center.
Books such as Germs, Germs, Germs, “Clarabella’s Teeth”,” Why should I Eat Well”, “Dinosaur Diner”, and many more were read, physical activity was another component of the program, and a healthy snack was provided during each lesson. 92% of the children tasted the offered snacks. 71% reported they were trying the foods for the first time. 100% learned the proper steps for handwashing and brushing teeth. LEAP newsletters that provided information about that day’s lesson were sent home with the children for their parents.
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