Healthy Menus

Our Experienced Cooks will prepare our Babies Room with a specially designed menu to cater for Babies 0-12 months.

From around six months, babies need solid food in addition to breast milk or formula, for adequate nutrients and energy. At Kids on Beaufort we will be introducing solid food at this age as it is important to help children develop skills required for eating such as chewing.

Food provided to infants at Kids on Beaufort will be nutritious and of appropriate texture for their age and developmental stages. Our daily menu will offer a variety of age-appropriate nutritious food each day for adequate energy and nutrients.

Increasing and varying food texture for infants is essential for their oral motor development (e.g. learning skills required for eating, such as chewing) and to help them accept different food textures. Kids on Beaufort’s Cooks will offer food that is of an appropriate texture and consistency for infants’ developmental stages. This means progressing quickly through the puree/mashed phase and offering foods with varied textures.

Infants will be introduced to a variety of food of different colours, textures and flavours (e.g. colored fruit and vegetables). It is important children to understand where food comes from and Kids on Beaufort uses fresh produce from our own vegetable gardens wherever possible.

The following is a guide for how Kids on Beaufort’s Cooks will be preparing food for our Babies Menu:-
From around 6 months – we offer coarsely pureed/mashed food, progressing to lumpy and finely chopped options.

• By 8 months – we offer chopped and finger food to encourage children to start feeding themselves.
• By 12 months – we offer food from the regular menu with a variety of tastes and textures in children’s sized portions.

At Kids on Beaufort we will provide a healthy breakfast for all children before 7.30am. This will be at the request of the parents, so please advise one of our Educators, if you would like your child to be provided with Breakfast when they arrive.

At Kids on Beaufort we will provide a healthy breakfast for all children before 7.30am. This will be at the request of the parents, so please advise one of our Educators, if you would like your child to be provided with Breakfast when they arrive.

Our Experienced Cooks will prepare Morning Tea and each meal is designed to include a variety of textures, colours and tastes. At Kids on Beaufort we create tasty and nutritious fresh Morning Teas each day, to nurture your child’s development and meet all their important daily dietary requirements.

Our Morning Tea menu is reflective of cultural diversity and are respectful of individual preferences, allergies and intolerance of the children at our service. We aim to instill in all children, the importance of maintaining a lifelong respect for food with a particular focus on sustainability.

It is important children understand where food comes from and Kids on Beaufort uses fresh produce from our own vegetable gardens wherever possible.

Our experienced Cooks will prepare Lunch and each meal is designed to include a variety of textures, colours and tastes. At Kids on Beaufort we create tasty and nutritious fresh lunches each day, to nurture your child’s development and meet all their important daily dietary requirements.

Our Lunch menu is reflective of cultural diversity and are respectful of individual preferences, allergies and intolerance of the children at our service. We aim to instill in all children, the importance of maintaining a lifelong respect for food with a particular focus on sustainability.

It is important children understand where food comes from and Kids on Beaufort uses fresh produce from our own vegetable gardens wherever possible.

At Kids on Beaufort we will provide a healthy Light Snack for all children still in our care after 5 pm.