Outbreak Line List- Use this form to report cases to the health unit. Please contact the health unit before sending this line list to receive instructions on how to ensure confidentiality.

Outbreak Signs- Use these signs to indicate when you are experiencing higher illness levels.

Child Care Illness: Managing Outbreaks: Flow chart to help determine when to call the health unit.

Common Childhood Illness Reference Sheet: Common illnesses experienced by children. 

Camp Outbreak Line List- Use this form to report cases to the health unit. Please contact the health unit before sending this line list to receive instructions on how to ensure confidentiality.

Overnight Camps: Outbreak Management and Control Guide- Use this manual for information on outbreak management.

Outbreak Signs- Use these signs to indicate when you are experiencing higher illness levels.

Child Care Illness: Managing Outbreaks: Flow chart to help determine when to call the health unit.

Common Childhood Illness Reference Sheet: Common illnesses experienced by children. 

How to wash your Hands Poster : Instructions for proper hand washing technique. 

How to use hand rub: Instructions for proper use of hand rub. 

Cleaning Schedule Recommendations: Recommendations on when to clean areas within the child care center. 

Diaper Changing Routine: Proper instructions for changing diapers.

Sampling for lead: Instructions for child care facilities on how to sample water for lead.

Plumbing Flushing- Lead: Instructions for child care facilities on how to flush their plumbing. 

Immunization Requirements for Children and Staff in Childcare and Daycare Settings:

• CCEYA Immunization Requirements for Children
• CCEYA Immunization Requirements for Employees

A positive relationship with food starts early in life with healthy eating habits. How you approach feeding and mealtimes is as important as what you offer. Child care providers play an essential role in helping children develop a lifelong healthy relationship with food. Children consume at least half of their daily meals and snacks at child care, making it an excellent opportunity to offer nutritious food and expose children to new foods.

Both children and adults have a role to play in feeding.

It is up to you as the adult to decide:

• What foods to offer children at child care
• When to feed children at child care
• Where to feed children at child care

Trust all children to decide:

• Which foods to eat (of the foods you offer)
• How much to eat

Ontario Dietitians in Public Health collaborated with child care professionals across Ontario to create a suite of interactive nutrition resources to:

• Build the food literacy skills of child care professionals to plan and prepare nutritious menus that include foods and beverages based on Canada’s Food Guide,
• Support the completion of self-assessments of childcare menus to help ensure a variety of healthy choices are offered daily, and
• Learn how to develop policies for child care and early years programs that help promote and maintain healthy nutrition environments that model best practices to support healthy feeding relationships.

The Child Care Menu Planning - Practical Guide  is new resource for child care providers to ensure all meals, snacks, and beverages served in child care settings meet healthy eating recommendations for children one year of age or older. They reflect current best practices for creating supportive nutrition environments in the child care setting and will help providers meet the food and drink requirements set out in the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 (section 42 of Ont. Reg. 137/15).

The Child Care Menu Planning - Practical Guide is:

• Based on the guidance of Canada’s food guide (2019)
• Aligned with requirements set out by the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014
• Referenced in the Ministry of Education’s Child Care Centre and Home Child Care Licensing Manuals

Visit Child Care Resources for many more resources that support child care nutrition.

Child care staff can also refer to the Paint Your Plate with Vegetables and Fruit - A Toolkit for Ontario Child Care Providers for activity cards, recipes and promotional material to incorporate vegetables and fruit in the child care setting.

Signs of Hunger and Fullness