Resources under breakfast
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Boost Breakfast Web site
The Michigan Boost School Breakfast website is for everyone interested in increasing the number of students who eat a quality school breakfast. Information targets school administrators, educators, support staff, school nutrition professionals, school nurses, families and students. You’ll find many tools on this site to help you learn more and get involved in Boosting School Breakfast.Available at: http://boostbreakfast.com/
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Launch Your Day with Breakfast Stickers
Colorful 2” stickers to use as part of your school breakfast promotion events. Available to Team Nutrition Schools.
Available at: http://www.fns.usda.gov/launch-your-day-breakfast-stickers
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Kicking of The Day Right!
A 20-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the importance of school breakfast. (Scroll 2/3 down the page.)
Available at: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-66254_50144_73101---,00.html
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Chef Designed School Breakfast
A resource designed to: promote the importance of breakfast, provide information on alternate breakfast serving style options, offer recipes that appeal to students’ tastes and meet the National School Breakfast (SBP) Meal Pattern (implemented July 1, 2013) and, encourage cost control requirements by utilizing USDA Foods (USDA Commodities)
Available at: https://sde.idaho.gov/cnp/shared/Chef-Designed-Breakfast-Book.pdf
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Discover School Breakfast Toolkit
For those who have an interest in increasing access to the School Breakfast Program, determining the type of meal service most suited to their needs, and developing a marketing plan that will capture and keep their customers.
Available at: http://www.fns.usda.gov/sbp/discover-school-breakfast-toolkit
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Start School with Breakfast: A Guide to Increasing School Beakfast Participation
A guide that seeks to promote alternative breakfast service models—breakfast in the classroom, grab n’ go and 2nd chance breakfast, among others—to educators, school professionals and those associated with the school community.
Available at: http://neahealthyfutures.org/wpcproduct/start-school-with-breakfast-a-guide-to-increasing-school-breakfast-participation/
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Tools for Schools: Serving Whole Grain-Rich
A collection of policy guidance, resources and recipes to help foodservice directors serve whole grain-rich foods.
Available at: http://www.fns.usda.gov/healthierschoolday/tools-schools-serving-whole-grain-rich
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Fact Sheets for Healthier School Meals
A collection of fact sheets developed by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service to help schools implement the major recommendations from the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the nutrition foundation for all school meals programs.
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Comfortable Cafeterias
A PDF of a PowerPoint Webinar that explains how pleasant and positive mealtimes at school can set the stage for better learning, better behavior, and improved health.
Available at: https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/1213_np_sw_comfortablecafeteriawebinarslides.pdf
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Fruits and Vegetables Galore: Helping Kids Eat More
A tool for school foodservice professionals packed with tips on planning, purchasing, protecting, preparing, presenting and promoting fruits and vegetables.
Available at: http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/fruits-vegetables-galore-helping-kids-eat-more
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Recipes for Healthy Kids: Cookbook for Schools
A large-quantity cookbook that features foods both children and adults should consume more of: dark green and orange vegetables, dry beans and peas, and whole grains. Print copies free to schools and child care centers.
Available at :http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/recipes-healthy-kids-cookbook-schools