With increasing rates of childhood obesity in the United States, it is important to develop effective curricula that helps children learn and practice healthy habits. Given the large percentage of children who spend time in away-from-home care, childcare centers are opportune contexts to implement such curricula. We sought insight from 35 teachers and childcare providers to identify barriers to implementing an already established healthy habits curriculum (Sprouts: Growing Healthy Habits). Of the 35 participants, 9 identified as teachers (preschool, kindergarten, first grade) while the other 26 identified as childcare providers or working in childcare (i.e., program directors). Each participant completed a semi-structured phone interview after reviewing the curriculum to examine their perspective on: (a) curriculum appeal, (b) barriers to implementing the lessons, and (c) adaptations that would be needed. Interviews were recorded then transcribed verbatim. Three researchers developed a codebook and reached reliability coding (Cohen’s kappa > .70). Themes from initial codes were then used to interpret data. (author abstract)