Community Resources Database

Fit and Healthy Kids is a team of Early Childcare experts from across the United States who offer online training opportunities. The programs feature diverse experts sharing evidence-based practices, resources, ideas, and the latest in research. 

Learn the meaning behind behaviors and supporting early childhood mental health. Join us to explore challenging behaviors, warning signs, beneficial resources, and the importance of your role in the childcare environment. Learn about the importance of building partnerships with families and how to bring your concerns forward to parents. 

Engaging in block play provides a vast array of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematical (STEM) concepts. This training is designed to aid participants in designing environments that promote STEM thinking through block play.

This session will provide information on the importance of math development for young children. Participants will learn strategies for integrating math into children's routines, as well as fun and engaging games and activities that involve math concepts.

  This presentation provides learners with an introduction to autism spectrum disorder. 

Is your mind full of worries and thoughts that cause you stress? Learn the benefits of mindfulness and how mindfulness can positively impact your wellbeing and support you being more present in the moment.

Music is a natural part of a child's everyday life. Not only does it help them develop language and social skills but forms a part of their play time. This training will explore music of the home-from play to sleep. Songs will include lullabies, outside play songs, songs on a rainy day and much more. 

Safe storing, preparing, and serving of foods is just as important in childcare programs as serving a balanced diet. Many children and adults get sick from eating foods that are not properly handles or when food safety guidelines are not being followed. 

The presentation provides learners with a brief overview of autism spectrum disorder. 

The presentation will discuss what is known from research studies about how the amount of sleep and the quality of sleep influences behaviors in children, youth, and parents.

 Tinkering helps children to understand you have to fail a few times, sometimes many times, in order to get the right answer. It is a safe way for children to go through the process of trial and error-which is an experience that children need, to develop the kind to higher-order thinking skills necessary in our rapidly changing world.

Researchers estimate that up to 33 million Americans have food allergies, including 5.6 million children under age 18. Caring for a child with food allergies can be challenging. Topics in the session will include food allergy basics, preparing food safely and reducing allergy risk.

What do all of those words on food packages mean? How do I tell if a food is a whole grain? Join us to answer these mysterious questions and more! Learn about the many benefits of whole grains along with ideas for preparing and serving whole grain foods children will love. 

Children's yoga during early childhood can play an important role in helping young children learn self-regulation strategies, enhance their health, and can make learning fun. Is your mind full or worries and thoughts that cause you stress? Learn the benefits of mindfulness and how mindfulness can positively impact your wellbeing and support you being more present in the moment.

Resources and tools from and compiled by Nebraska Extension to help Nebraskans with floods. 

Food allergens remain a critical food safety concern for manufacturers throughout the food industry. Developing and implementing effective allergen control plans requires a robust understanding of foundational food allergen concepts. 

A collection of NGSS-aligned high school lessons focused on teaching food science in the context of nutrition, preventing food waste, and addressing the challenge of feeding a growing population. 

A nutrition education program created by Nebraska Extension designed to help Nebraska ag families make better eating choices during their busiest times. 

Launched in 1989, the National Food Entrepreneur Program has helped thousands of entrepreneurs nationwide realize their dream of starting a food company. As a new or potential food entrepreneur, it is often difficult to find an accurate source of the information necessary to successfully launch a business in the food industry. Ensuring a food product survives and prospers in a highly competitive marketplace requires informed decisions, careful planning, and precise execution.

Resources including applied research and engineering, biomaterials program, food analysis facility, food safety service, labeling and regulatory compliance, microbiology laboratory services, pilot plans, produce development, and the sensory analysis laboratory. 

Resources for food storage and preparation to keep foodborne illness at bay.