Introduce New Foods To Picky Eaters UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Whether your child is six months or six years old, if he or she is a picky eater, mealtimes can be a disaster. But, if you understand chil dren's behavior, you can help them leam to enjoy a variety of foods, according to a nutrition specialist in Penn State’s Col lege of Agricultural Sciences. “The preschool years are characterized by bouts of inde pendence,” said Katherine Cason, associate professor of food science. “What appears to be ‘picky’ eating may instead be your child’s early attempts to be assertive a natural part of growing up. Before a picky eater gets to be a problem eater, you can use certain skills and techniques to ease mealtime struggles and encourage even the pickiest eater to try a few bites of new, different and nu tritious food at each meal.” LOST STREAM MAP The STREAM MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA was completed in 1965 after a thirty-year effort by Howard Higbee, a former Penn State Professor. The map sold extremely well— until it was lost several years later. Incredibly, the printer entrusted with the original drawing andpnntlng plates declared bankruptcy, then carelessly hauled Higbee’s years of work to a landfill Experts told Professor Higbee that reprints were impossible, because the maps were pnnted in non photographic blue The few remaining copies became pnzed fisherman's possessions, known to some as the “Lost Stream Map" Higbee was offered $4OO for one of his last maps. Then, in 1991, at the age of 91, Howard Higbee's dream came true Karl logs and Larry Seaman of Vivid Publishing, Inc, a Williamsport firm, found new technology that enabled them to reproduce and republish the map Howard said, “I never thought I'd live to see this day ” Before his death in 1993, Professor Htgbee shared his knowledge of map making with Seaman and Ings, and supported the creation of new state stream maps Stream maps now cover 18 states, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Maryland-Oelaware, New Jersey, Northern California, Washington, Colorado, Wisconsin, Virginia, Missouri and 5 New England States All 50 states will be available by the end of 2003 Here are Cason’s top ten tips for your picky eater: 1. One step at a time. Offer one new food at a time. Let the child know if it will be sweet, salty or sour. 2. A taste is just a taste. Allow the child to decide the amount to try. A “taste” can be as small as teaspoon. 3. What goes in, may come out ... and that’s okay! Recent studies indicate children are more likely to try a new food if they have the option of not swallowing it. Just make sure they know to spit it out in a napkin. 4. Provide role models. Imi tation is a powerful source in learning. Encourage a reluctant taster to try new foods while around friends or family who will not be so unwilling. 5. Keep it familiar. Serve an unfamiliar food with familiar ones. This increases the likeli hood that a child will taste the new food. PER MAP Stream Maps £ of Pennsylvania, New York New England, New Jersey, Ohio, & Maryland/Delaware Why eveiy angler and boater needs these maps It is estimated that lIF of all the anglers laleh 9(Ft of the fish. Regardless of which group miu fall into (heir's a sure wa\ In up sour odds. simpU In new fishing ualei s. Now, mill this map miu ran find hidden streams and lakes Penns\l\ama. Ohio. New England. Man land & Delaware and New fork are loaded with great fishing holes mans of them mrrlooked. Thousands of miles of streams, men and lakes are non easv-lu-lorate on one map The i-fool-ln-i-foot Pennss Kama map shows Ii.OOII miles of streams plus lakes. The 3-fool-hi-3-fool Ohio map shows 29.000 miles of streams plus lakes The.! l/2-fool-ln-l l/2-fout New fork map shows 6.1.1HH1 miles of streams plus lakes. The 3-fool-ln-t-fool New England map shows 36.01H1 miles of streams phis lakes. The 2 l/2-font-ln-.i-fool New Jenei map shows 8.3(H) miles of streams plus lakes. The 3 l/2-fool-h\-2-fool Manland/Delaware map shows 12.1H10 miles of streams plus lakes. Professor Higbee’s maps are the first and only highly detailed maps of their kind. RAVE REVIEWS “It is amazingly detailed and names some creeks in the Mohawk Valley that can’t even be found on topographic maps ” —John Pitarres, OBSERVER-DISPATCH, Utica “If you’re looking for the most definitive maps ever created depicting every single creek, river, stream, pond and lake .then ‘Professor Higbee's Stream Maps’ are without question the finest ’’ —Howard Brant, THE NEWARK STAR-LEDGER “It is in showing where to find out-of-the-way trout streams that makes the map such a treasure to the fisherman ’’ —Joe Gordon, TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT, Johnstown 6. Get children involved. Whether they help shop at the grocery store or prepare the food at home, even the most finicky eaters are more likely to try a foed they have helped prepare. 7. Give them a choice. Pre school children are learning to be independent. You can help your child feel independent by presenting them a choice of foods to try. 8. Read them a story. 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