May 26

Final
project
 2 weeks Meal plan (for children 4-5 years)
Key:

Fruits/ vegetables Milk products

Grain products Meat and alternatives
Week 1

Meal pattern Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Morning snacks
Fruits/vegetables Banana- ½ cup Blueberries- ¼ Apple
c cinnamon
Grain products Cereal- ½ cup Oatmeal- ½ Quinoa- ½ c Bagel- ½
cup
Milk products Milk- ½ cup Yogurt- ¾ cup Cream cheese
1tbsp
Meats/alternatives
Lunch Vegetable Spinach pasta Broccoli rice Lentil soup Beef tortilla
pasta with peas and
vegetables
role
Fruits/ Vegetables ¼ tomato ¼ cup peas ½ cup peaches ½ cup ½ Cucumber
+carrot pineapple sticks
Fruits/ Vegetables ½ cup green ¼ cup spinach ½ cup ½ cup ¼ cup spinach
and red pepper broccoli vegetables
Grain products ½ cup pasta ½ cup pasta ½ cup rice ½ pita Tortilla
Milk ½ cup ½ cup ½ cup ½ cup ½ cup
Meat/ alternatives ¼ cup 1 egg ¼ cup meat ½ cup lentils ¼ Beef
lean meat balls
Afternoon snacks
Fruit or vegetable Cherry tomatoes Carrot ½ cup Banana ½ Apple- ½ cup
½c cup
Grain product 1 bread slice ¼ cup raisins Hummus dip- Vanilla
¼c pudding ¼ c
Milk products Cream cheese Yogurt ¼ cup
(1 tbsp)
Meat/alternatives
Week 2

Meal pattern Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Morning snacks
Fruits/vegetables Grapes- ½ c Brown beans ½ Cinnamon Apple sauce- ¼
c spread cup
Grain products Yogurt ½ c Pumpkin Toast- 1 slice Toast -1 slice Naan bread- 1
muffin 1 slice slice
Milk products Milk- ½ c
Meats/alternatives
Lunch Ham lettuce Spaghetti Sandwich Vegetable Chicken potato
wrap meat balls Omelette curry
Fruits/ Vegetables Sliced ¼ cup ¼ cup apples Baby carrots ¼
cucumber cup
Fruits/ Vegetables Lettuce 1/4 ¼ cup boiled ½ c Lettuce, ½ cup pepper, ½ cup Tomato,
cup carrot slices Tomato, pickle mushroom, Onion
onion
Grain products ½ tortilla ½ cup Whole wheat English muffin ½ cup Rice
spaghetti bread 1 slice
2 slices
Milk ½ cup ½ cup ½ cup ½ cup ½ cup
Meat/ alternatives ¼ cup ¼ cup meat ½ Corned beef 1 egg ½ Chicken
ham balls
Afternoon snacks
Fruit or vegetable Banana ½ c Apple butter- Fresh fruit ½
2 tbsp cup
Grain product Carrot muffin 1 Whole wheat Biscuits- 2
pita ½ slice
Milk products Milk ½ cup Cream Yogurt- ¼ cup Plain curd ¼
cheese- 2 cup
tbsp
Meat/alternatives
****Please note:

All bread, crackers, pasta, tortilla, rice will be whole grain

Water will be offered during each and every meal.

October month themes
Activity:
Week 1st: Harvest: Children will do art
As we know October is a month of thanksgiving and
and craft activities. Children will get
Halloween. So for the children to fun and learn we organize
opportunity to cut the vegetables and later
a cooking activity on October 14 as thanksgiving snacks.
taste their hard work. Children will help us to
make our harvest soup. Making thanksgiving snacks with children help them to
understand and enjoy thanksgiving. Children will be helping
Week 2nd: Thanksgiving: Children will
on peeling fruits and slice banana with plastic knives. This
explore the changing colors on the tress and
will help them to know about fruits and their importance.
changing weather. We will organize “ocean
Placing and counting glasses or bowls help their math skills.
punch” cooking activity.
Cooking activity: Ocean punch
Week 3rd: Apples: Children will explore
apples. Children will create an artwork with Ingredients:-
the apples and will create a tasty treat of
apples with help of educators. Pineapple, banana, orange juice (64 ounces), lemon-lime
soda (32 ounces), frozen limeage concentrate (6 ounces
Week 4th : Getting ready for a field trip on
can), Frozen peaches and strawberries, a couple of bananas
October 31 children will learn about
and oranges
pumpkins. Children will decorate the
classroom for Halloween party Steps:

Children will help in peeling and slicing fruits.

After slicing, children will help to place them in large punch

Important dates to bowl
remember
Add juice and soda
October 5- Parent/ staff meeting
Enjoy ocean punch
October 10- Thanksgiving cooking activity

October 14- Centre will be closed for

thanksgiving

October 22- Field trip to pumpkin field

October 31 – Halloween party

Recipe suggestions?

We create our menu on weekly basis.

Please feel free to email us with any Field trip:

healthy/nutritious and multicultural food recipe
suggestions to add in our menu.
Preschool education tour- pumpkin patch

Like us and follow us on we are going to pumpkin patch this October

[email protected]
before Halloween . We will be organizing
small pumpkin picking activities.

Pumpkin smoothie
recipe Lunch will be served on the farm. Farm owner
will be our personal guide.
Ingredients per serving
Activity:
• ½ banana Pick your own pumpkin and bring back to day-
• ¾ cup vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt care
• Pumpkin spice for taste. Draw, paint or carve something on your pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon canned pumpkin Use pumpkin for day-care decoration

Steps:- A little reminder for that the parents are invited to

accompany their child. We will have a sign-up
1. Use plastic knives to cut banana into slices
sheet on parent board for you to check of “will
2. Measure vanilla ice-cream and canned
attend or will not attend”. An email will sent on
pumpkin
October 15 for more information regarding field
3. Add pumpkin spice for taste and above items
trip
to blender
4. Blend ingredients until smooth
5. Serve and enjoy

Delicious *********
 References

Eating well with Canada’s food guide. Government of Canada, 15 May, 2019, https://food-
guide.canada.ca/en/ .

Fall menu. Bright starts co-operative early Learning Centre Inc., 14 May, 2019,
http://brightstartsearlylearning.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Fall-Menu-2017.pdf .

October newsletter. Busy Bee Preschool, 22 May, 2019, https://busybeepreschool.ca/wp-

content/uploads/2014/10/Toddler-October-Newsletter-2014-Edited.pdf .

Pumpkin Pie Protein Smoothie. Sally’s baking addiction, 21 May, 2019,

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/pumpkin-pie-protein-smoothie/ .