April - 2021

HEALTHY EATING ACTIVE LIVING

What is HEAL?

The Marin Countywide Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Initiative brings together residents and community partners from throughout Marin to create a road map to improve community health. We are pleased to announce we have received a grant from the Marin Community Foundation for HEAL work with families and providers enrolled in our Access to Quality Child Care program. This program focuses on policies, systems and practices to support HEAL work in child care and support quality. Other opportunities include: more training for the provider community, on-site work with specialists in different areas, garden and nutrition education and much more!

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Children Health and Cleaning

“We cannot sanitize our way out of this pandemic” was a quote that stuck out last week when I joined the Children’s Environmental Health Network webinar on Safer Cleaning, Sanitizing & Disinfecting in Child Care During the Pandemic. As many childcare programs have ramped up cleaning procedures this year, I recommend this webinar which highlights best practices in cleaning with children's health in mind. One take away from the webinar is recognizing: Stay home when sick or not

EARTH DAY SHOULD BE EVERDAY!

Happy Earth Day! HEAL believes every day is Earth Day. Getting children to learn with and from nature is fundamental in early childhood education. It fosters compassion, STEAM, critical thinking, social-emotional development and so much more! To celebrate this day here is a fun video made by students. A sweet share and watch and sing along to! Simple nature-based activities can be done this week or any day! Here are a few simple ones to consider and make your own. Walk-in nat