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Resource | Technical Assistance Discover MyPlate: Nutrition Education for Kindergarten

Explore the expanded edition of Discover MyPlate: Nutrition Education for Kindergarten. The updated set includes additional food cards and fun new resources showing where food comes from.

09/10/2025
Resource | Training and Outreach Discover MyPlate: Emergent Reader Mini Books

Discover MyPlate includes seven emergent readers featuring kindergarten-level sight words that help children build literacy skills while learning about the five food groups and MyPlate.

11/09/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach Professional Standards: Resources

These resources provide school nutrition professionals with the knowledge and tools to implement and meet the professional standards requirements within their programs.

11/03/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach Professional Standards Trainings and Tracker Tool

The USDA child nutrition program’s Professional Standards Trainings and Tracker Tool is designed to assist school nutrition professionals in keeping track of their annually required training hours.

05/24/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach Professional Standards Brochure

This brochure provides information on USDA Professional Standards for school nutrition professionals.

05/22/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach What You Can Do To Help Prevent Wasted Food

This booklet discusses ways to reduce, recover, and recycle food before it goes to waste. Get ideas for your school by reading tips for school nutrition professionals, teachers, parents, students, and school administrators.

04/12/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach Discover MyPlate: Parent Handouts

These six colorful Discover MyPlate handouts include information on nutrition and physical activity for parents of kindergarteners as well as interactive activities parents can complete with their children.

01/25/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach Discover MyPlate: Food Group Friend Profile Cards

These colorful profile cards feature each of the five Food Group Friends and MyPlate Nate and MyPlate Kate. Each card lists the foods on the back that makes up each food group friend or, in the case of MyPlate Nate and Kate, shares what they do to stay healthy.

01/25/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach Emergent Reader: Teacher's Edition

The Emergent Reader: Teacher’s Edition is larger than the emergent reader mini books and is in color. It features all seven of the emergent readers, along with additional activity and discussion ideas. 

01/24/2023
Resource | Training and Outreach The Two-Bite Club

This educational storybook was developed to introduce MyPlate to young children.

01/10/2023
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