Strive for at least ½ of your child's grain servings to be "whole grain." Claims on product labels are making it easier to identify foods with whole grains. Try serving whole grain breads, pasta, crackers, and cereal, as well as brown rice.

Milk is the most obvious choice. Kids may also enjoy yogurt and cheese. At this age, start reducing the amount of fat in their dairy selections with lower fat and fat free milk, yogurts, and cheeses. If your child doesn't like plain milk, certain flavored milks could be a nutritious alternative.

Serve up a broad range of color from dark green to orange to white with veggies like broccoli, spinach, carrots, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower.

Serve lean meats and poultry, fatty fish, eggs, beans, and peas. It doesn't take much for them to get their required daily amount.

Again, server up a broad range of color from purples to reds to oranges with fruits like plums, strawberries, and cantaloupe. Serve no more than 4-6 fl oz of juice for one fruit serving and the rest as whole, peeled, chopped, or mashed fruit.

GERBER offers selections in its Graduates^® line to help you meet your child's daily food group servings.

• GRADUATES^® FRUIT TWISTS are ½ of a preschooler fruit serving from concentrated fruit and juice.*
• GRADUATES^® FOR PRESCHOOLERS HEALTHY MEALS, provide 1 preschooler serving of vegetables per tray.*
• GRADUATES^® LIL' STICKS^™ meat and poultry sticks provide about 1 oz of meat/poultry in 3 sticks.

*One preschooler serving is equivalent to 1/3 cup of fruit or vegetables.