This is a basic course that prepares you to work in the early childhood care field. It is a core and basic course in this field. In this course you will learn about food and nutrition and how it applies to the care of the child from birth through 8 years of age.

Textbook:“Food, Nutrition and the Young Child”, by Jeannette BrakhaneEndres and Robert E. Rockwell. Prentice Hall Publishers. ISBN: 0-02-333721-4.