This document provides practical ideas for anyone who is preparing packed lunches for children from 1 to 4 years. It will be particularly useful to early years child minders who may want to provide guidance to families and child carers about how to provide a nutritious, cost-effective and practical packed lunch for children of this age.

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This document provides useful information from our Food for Life nutritionist's webinar on Early Years' packed lunches.

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This document offers you guidance on providing healthy snacks for Early Years children.

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This document provides you with recipes for healthy snacks to provide Early Years children.

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FL007 Introduction to the Early Years Award online course

Our online courses are free to all Food for Life enrolled schools. Request access to our Introduction to the Early Years Award online training course by emailing ffl@foodforlife.org.uk. Resources from the course are available here on the Learning and Skills Hub.

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