HEALTHY COUSINE
Healthy nutrition (cousin) is another very important element of our everyday work. We pay a special attention to both: the quality of all products use (e.g. groats, fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grain flour, products rich in fibre and nutritional value) and to the method of their preparation – for example we avoid frying / breading and adding the highly-processed products. We limited the use of salt to the minimum necessary. We also do not use any white sugar (we use stevia or erythritol to sweeten the dishes).
A healthy and well-balanced diet has in our opinion a positive impact on the physical and mental (emotional) health of children. A healthy diet also supports a nerve cells and the proper brain development. Another very important aspect of the healthy food (cuisine) in our preschool is to shape a healthy eating habits in the future. It is also worth to emphasize that the preschool period is a critical period for the development of a specific-eating habits in our future / adult lives. Developing the proper eating-habits is also a key element in the prevention of obesity. Healthy eating-habits in the early childhood also has an impact on the metabolic-programming and the future risk of a diet-related diseases such as diabetes or heart disease.
Check out our sample menu for kindergarten children
BREAKFAST: | SOUP: | MAIN COURSE: | SNACK: | |
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Monday | Oatmeal with apricot/cranberry and baked pear, turkey pâté, pickled cucumbers, butter, and homemade buckwheat bread with seeds. | Ukrainian borscht with red kidney beans. | Free-range chicken with fresh vegetables in roast sauce + brown rice. | Homemade shortbread with cherries and apple. |
Tuesday | Egg paste and white bean paste, tomato / butter and homemade buckwheat bread with plum and cranberry. | Green bean cream soup. | Vegetable ratatouille with pearl barley. | Rye flour pancakes with raspberry mousse. |
Wednesday | Corn pancake with cottage cheese and fruits / green pea paste, fresh pepper, butter, and homemade spelt bread. | Sweet potato and boiled broccoli cream soup. | Whole-grain pasta with tomato sauce. | Homemade natural yogurt with forest fruit mousse and fresh apple pieces. |
Thursday | Millet porridge with stewed forest fruits / red bean paste, green cucumber, butter, and homemade buckwheat bread. | Cucumber soup. | Delicate chicken meatballs with green beans. | Banana and cherry pudding with dark chocolate. |
Friday | Cottage cheese with radish and red lentil paste, pickled cucumbers, butter, and homemade buckwheat bread. | Vegetable soup with pumpkin. | Blue whiting meatballs + oat groats / boiled beetroot salad. | Gluten-free shortbread cookies with cranberries. |
It is also possible to order a dairy-free and gluten-free diet — at no additional charge!
Each additional exclusion – additional fee!
The main principles of our activities:
SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
- LANGUAGE IMMERSION
- EMPATHY & LEAP
- ATTACHMENT PARENTING
EMOTIONAL REGULATION
- SENSORY INTEGRATION
- SOCIAL SKILLS TRAININGS
- HEALTHY COUSINE
TRANSACTIONAL SUPPORT
- SMALL GROUPS
- MONTESSORI METHODS
- PRIVATE PLAYGROUND