Resources for Playgroups and Parents/Carers
This page has digital resources designed for supported playgroup facilitators and parents/carers to support children to eat healthy food and participate in active play.
There are resources specifically for auspice organisations and playgroup facilitators (ie guidelines and checklists about what foods to serve and games to play at playgroup; cooking demonstrations including recipes for healthy cooking at playgroup; activity ideas for healthy eating and active play) and for parents/carers (ie handouts on healthy eating and active play to take home and read).
These resources are also suitable for other groups where parents/carers and young children attend together.
Healthy Eating and Active Play
Guidelines for parents/carers
- Healthy eating for children aged 0-5 years: Colour (PDF 6.5MB)
- Healthy eating for children aged 0-5 years: Black and white (PDF 246KB)
- Physical activity, small screen recreation and sedentary behaviour for children aged 0-5 years: Colour (PDF 4.2MB)
- Physical activity, small screen recreation and sedentary behaviour for children aged 0-5 years: Black and white (PDF 134B)
Activities for Families to
use at Playgroup or Home
- Cultural exploration: Colour (PDF 188KB)
- Cultural exploration: Black and white (PDF 2.2MB)
- Eat a rainbow: Colour (PDF 2.7MB)
- Eat a rainbow: Black and white (PDF 262KB)
- Fruit tree: Colour (PDF 236KB)
- Fruit tree: Black and white (PDF 133KB)
- Fruit and vegetable heads: Colour (PDF 228KB)
- Fruit and vegetable heads: Black and white (PDF 2.2MB)
- Memory game: Colour (PDF 188KB)
- Memory game: Black and white (PDF 129KB)
- Fruit and vegetable matching game: Colour (PDF 253KB)
- Fruit and vegetable matching game: Black and white (PDF 152KB)
- Healthy snack - Fruit and vegetable kebabs: Colour (PDF 186KB)
- Healthy snack - Fruit and vegetable kebabs: Black and white (PDF 128KB)
- Healthy snack - Banana split: Colour (PDF 186KB)
- Healthy snack - Banana split: Black and white (PDF 186KB)
- Recipe 1 - Pikelets: Colour (PDF 4.3MB)
- Recipe 1 - Pikelets: Black and white (PDF 224KB)
- Recipe 2 - Banana smoothie: Colour (PDF 4.2MB)
- Recipe 2 - Banana smoothie: Black and white (PDF 230KB)
- Recipe 3 - Vegetable sticks with dip: Colour (PDF 4.3MB)
- Recipe 3 - Vegetable sticks with dip: Black and white (PDF 238KB)
- Recipe 4 - Cheesy Rissoles: Colour (PDF 238KB)
- Recipe 4 - Cheesy Rissoles: Black and white (PDF 240KB)
- Active play for toddlers 12-24 months: Colour (PDF 1.9MB)
- Active play for toddlers 12-24 months: Black and white (PDF 1.2MB)
- Active play activities: Colour (PDF 1.8MB)
- Active play activities: Black and white (PDF 1.1MB)
- Get active each day: Colour (PDF 471KB)
- Get active each day: Black and white (PDF 234KB)
- Be active together: Colour (PDF 236KB)
- Be active together: Black and white (PDF 132KB)
- Active play at home: Colour (PDF 8.4MB)
- Active play at home: Black and white (PDF 229KB)
- Active kids are happy kids: Colour (PDF 341KB)
- Active kids are happy kids: Black and white (PDF 240KB)
- Newborn moves: Colour (PDF 8.5MB)
- Newborn moves: Black and white (PDF 4.5MB)
- Early moves: Colour (PDF 10.6MB)
- Early moves: Black and white (PDF 2.5MB)
- New moves: Colour (PDF 8.5MB)
- New moves: Black and white (PDF 2.4MB)
- Infant moves: Colour (PDF 8.5MB)
- Infant moves: Black and white (PDF 2.4MB)
Activity Resources for Group Facilitators
- Make your own books: Colour (PDF 254KB)
- Make your own books: Black and white (PDF 2.2MB)
- Books books books: Colour (PDF 226KB)
- Books books books: Black and white (PDF 178KB)
- Cooking demonstration - Pikelets: Colour (PDF 2.2MB)
- Cooking demonstration - Pikelets: Black and white (PDF 145KB)
- Cooking demonstration - Banana smoothie: Colour (PDF 2.2MB)
- Cooking demonstration - Banana smoothie: Black and white (PDF 144KB)
- Cooking demonstration - Vegetable sticks with hummus dip: Colour (PDF 2.2MB)
- Cooking demonstration - Vegetable sticks with hummus dip: Black and white (PDF 146KB)
- Cooking demonstration - Cheesy rissoles: Colour (PDF 2.2MB)
- Cooking demonstration - Cheesy rissoles: Black and white (PDF 162KB)
- Cooking demonstration template – add your own recipe to share with your playgroup: Colour (PDF 2.2MB)
- Cooking demonstration template – add your own recipe to share with your playgroup: Black and white (PDF 93KB)
- Checklist for planning healthy snacks and drinks at playgroup: Colour (PDF 2.3MB)
- Checklist for planning healthy snacks and drinks at playgroup: Black and white (PDF 282KB)
- Planning healthy snacks and drinks poster: Colour (PDF 2.3MB)
- Planning healthy snacks and drinks poster: Black and white (PDF 283KB)
- Planning healthy snacks and drinks handout for parents: Colour (PDF 2.3MB)
- Planning healthy snacks and drinks handout for parents: Black and white (PDF 284KB)
- Newborn moves facilitator information: Colour (PDF 6.5MB)
- Newborn moves facilitator information: Black and white (PDF 602KB)
- Early moves facilitator information: Colour (PDF 6.5MB)
- Early moves facilitator information: Black and white (PDF 674KB)
- New moves facilitator information: Colour (PDF 4.5MB)
- New moves facilitator information: Black and white (PDF 742KB)
- Infant moves facilitator information: Colour (PDF 6.6MB)
- Infant moves facilitator information: Black and white (PDF 696KB)
For more hands-on cooking and activity ideas for children please see the Munch & Move Healthy Eating Learning Experiences Resource pages 67-78 (https://healthykids.nsw.gov.au/downloads/file/campaignsprograms/HealthyEatingLearningExperiencesResource.pdf) and Caring for Children Birth to 5 years (Food, Nutrition and Learning Experiences) pages 165-170 (https://healthykids.nsw.gov.au/munch-move-resources/caring-for-children/).
For more active play ideas please see the online Munch & Move physical activity resources (eg FMS with Franky and Friends, Physical Activity for Babies and Toddlers, FMS in Action: FMS for 3-5 year olds, Mini Moves Activity Pack, Play with me! Fun moves for 0 to 3 years, Jacks FUNtastic Day storybook) for ideas (www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/campaigns-programs/munch-move-resources.aspx).
Healthy Eating and Active Play Guidelines for Auspice Organisations and Playgroups
- 5 simple steps to developing Healthy Eating Guidelines: Colour (PDF 2.4MB)
- 5 simple steps to developing Healthy Eating Guidelines: Black and white (PDF 184KB)
- Guidelines for healthy eating for organisations: Colour (PDF 4.4MB)
- Guidelines for healthy eating for organisations: Black and white (PDF 87KB)
- Guidelines for healthy eating for a group session or service: Colour (PDF 17.1MB)
- Guidelines for healthy eating for a group session or service: Black and white (PDF 511KB)
- 5 simple steps to developing Active Play Guidelines: Colour (PDF 2.2MB)
- 5 simple steps to developing Active Play Guidelines: Black and white (PDF 129KB)
- Guidelines for active play and small screen recreation for organisations: Colour (PDF 4.4MB)
- Guidelines for active play and small screen recreation for organisations: Black and white (PDF 180KB)
- Guidelines for active play and small screen recreation for a group session or service: Colour (PDF 14.2MB)
- Guidelines for active play and small screen recreation for a group session or service: Black and white (PDF 446KB)
Munch & Move resources
The Munch & Move program, which is designed specifically for early childhood education and care services, has some fantastic resources that you can access online (unfortunately playgroups are not eligible for hard copy Munch & Move program resources, Munch & Move program training or Local Health District support).
There are a variety of fact sheets on key health promotion messages (ie healthy eating, active play and screen time). There are also version for Aboriginal families and translated into a number of community languages. Please see https://healthykids.nsw.gov.au/munch-move-resources/munch-move-fact-sheets/
If you (a SP facilitator) are looking to run a session on healthy eating and physical activity then have a look at the ‘Munch & Move Family Information Session Package’ which has been developed to assist early childhood education and care services deliver a session on healthy eating and physical activity to families using the Munch & Move key messages.
https://healthykids.nsw.gov.au/munch-move-resources/family-information-session-package/
