Family Living
Focus
by
ANNE M. LUKEN
Montgomery Co
Nutrition Agent
Raising Good Eaters
Can Be Fun!
Good nutrition is important at
all ages. However, at a very
young age, eating patterns and
habits can be established. Chil
dren learn by example, so set an
example by eating right.
When children are growing,
they need vitamins and minerals
and healthy foods to grow prop
erly. Eat with your child and
provide a variety of healthy
foods.
The parent/adults responsibil
ity is to serve healthy food at spe
cific times and regularly. It is the
child’s job to decide whether to
eat or not and how much. Ellyn
Satter from her book “Child of
Mine Feeding with Love and
Good Sense.”
Serve the right amount of food
at appropriate times. Try to pro
vide children their food at the
same times everyday. Children
have little stomachs and need to
eat about every two to three
hours. Snacks can be a very im
portant part of the food they eat
to grow.
4-H Summer Program Assistant
WEST CHESTER (Chester
Co.) Attention all interested
men and women who have com
pleted at least one year of college
and who are interested in learn
ing more about Penn State coop
erative extension and the 4-H
Youth Development Program.
Children should have food
from the food guide pyramid at
all times. Healthy food that is
needed includes whole grains,
fruits and vegetables, dairy
foods, lean meats, nuts, beans,
legumes, eggs, poultry and fish.
There is no good or bad food.
However, children need vitamins
and minerals for growing. Be
cause children eat less than
adults, it is essential they get
what they need. Extra foods
should be limited, including
foods high in fat, salt and sugar.
Children will be robbed twice if
they eat candy, for example. The
candy would give extra calories
and fill the child.
If the child ate an orange in
stead, the child would get vita
min C and many other good
things. However, when the child
eats empty calories such as
candy, soda, etcetera, he or she
will not have room for what he or
she needs to grow.
To encourage young toddlers
to eat; serve some finger foods
and familiar foods. This way
they can have some foods that
Hands-on experience as a
member of the Chester County
4-H team, working with Penn
State cooperative extension, is
available this summer.
Experiences will be provided
through the 4-H Youth Develop
ment Program which includes
are easy to eat and some foods
that require the use of the uten
sils and provide some challenge.
Here is a fun recipe to try with
your children:
Sliced bananas
Sliced strawberries
Cubed cheese
Pretzel sticks
Poke the pretzel sticks through
the fruits and cheese chunks.
Tip: Include the child by giv
ing them a plate with one of each
item. Allow the child to choose
what to eat alone and what to
put together!
Enjoy a healthy snack!
When feeding children, always
avoid choking foods, such as
hard candy, nuts, grapes, coarse
ly cut meats, raw carrots, apples,
and popcorn.
Don’t get too caught up in
evaluating your child’s diet. Do
not worry about it.
Pay attention to whether he or
she seems energetic and is grow
ing well.
Enjoy your kids, they are only
small once.
Five Ways To
Encourage Good Eating For
Preschool-aged Children
1. Provide meals and snacks at
appropriate times.
2. Provide some finger food at
each meal or snack.
3. Provide a variety of foods,
especially fruits and vegetables.
4. Serve some familiar foods
with new foods.
5. Serve healthy foods every
few hours. Healthy foods include;
lean meats, dairy products (low
fat over age 2), whole grains and
fruits and vegetables.
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Please send a letter of inquiry
with a current resume by April 1
to: Laurie Szoke, Chester County
4-H Coordinator, 601 Westtown
Road, Suite 370, West Chester,
PA 19382-4546.
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medals in the Pennsylvania FFA recordkeeping contest at
Penn State. Gold medal winners include, row 1, left to
right, Phaedra Wray, Kelly Bedlyon, Sheri Hood, Kate
Heeter, and Jodi Fetterolf. Row 2, Shane Kreamer, Laura
Knepp, Mike Fultz, Mike Sassaman, and Joe Adams. Row
3, Chuck Kessler, Daphne Wagner, Victoria Adams, Han
nah Etzler, Jenna Briggs, and Amanda Shaffer.
West Snyder FFA
Members Win In State
FFA Recordbook Contest
On Feb. 8-10, 37 West Snyder
FFA members entered records at
the state FFA recordkeeping ca
reer development event.
Thirty-five of these members
earned a gold, silver, or bronze
medal in this event. Members
earned the right to compete at
the state level after competing at
the SUN Area level in January.
West Snyder members earned
47 state medals from 52 entries.
Twenty-one of these medals were
gold medals.
Kate Heeter and Lance Her
man earned gold medals in beef
finishing. Chuck Kessler and
Jodi Fetterolf won gold medals
in swine finishing. Gold medal
winners for practicum skills in
cluded Jenna Briggs, Victoria
Adams, Kelly Bedlyon, Daphne
Wagner, Lance Herman, Mike
Fultz, Sheri Hood, Shane
Kreamer, Laura Knepp, Mike
Sassaman, and Joe Adams.
Gold medal winners in the
sheep finishing category included
Amanda Shaffer, Hannah Etzler,
and Chuck Kessler. Hannah
Etzler also won a gold medal in
the sheep breeding enterprise.
Amanda Shaffer won a gold
medal in dairy herd and Phaedra
Wray earned a gold medal in off
farm employment.
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Twelve silver medals were
awarded to West Snyder FFA
members, including Tiffany Es
benshade, on-farm employment
and practicum skills; Heather
Hollenbach, swine finishing;
Derek Fetterolf, swine finishing;
Douglas Hollenbach, sheep fin
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Phaedra Wray, Ciara Klingler,
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sheep finishing; Andrew Kream
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Knepp and Brad Novinger, on
farm employment; Victoria
Adams, off-farm employment;
Melissa McWilliams, dairy herd;
James Wright and Brad Noving
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Sheaffer, field com; Brandon
Herman, beef breeding; and Ray
mond Hood, practicum skills.
FFA members invested many
hours of recordkeeping into these
financial records.
Amanda Shaffer was named
the Snyder County winner of the
AgChoice/Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau MSC Business Service
Award. Her recordbook was se
lected after she earned two gold
medals on the state level.