Caregivers for young children sometimes find it hard to get toddlers to eat a healthy snack.Providing them with foods from My Plate and healthy recipes helps the care givers to do this.

The Crittenden County Extension Service through the Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program Assistant, in cooperation with The Audubon Area Early Childhood Development, participated in a “Feeding your toddler healthy snacks” Program.  The Assistant demonstrated to the caregivers how to make a Yogurt Sundae using low fat vanilla yogurt with sliced strawberries and blueberries. The caregivers then made the sundaes for the children.  The children loved the sundaes and the caregivers learned that they could feed their toddlers a healthy snack using fresh fruits and dairy. Out of ten toddlers, only two did not like the sundaes but would eat the strawberries.  The remaining six children loved the sundaes with the fruit and all the children loved the yogurt without the fruit.