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Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators

Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators. Wellness Healthy Diet Exercise Sufficient Sleep Health Care Immunizations Safe Environment.

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Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators

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  1. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators

  2. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators Wellness Healthy Diet Exercise Sufficient Sleep Health Care Immunizations Safe Environment

  3. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Three building blocks of wellness • Nutrition • Health • Safety

  4. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Nutrition • Serve safe & healthy foods • Serve child-friendly foods

  5. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Health • Encourage proper hand-washing • Encourage Immunizations

  6. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Safety • Establish a safe classroom environment • Enforce safety rules • Monitor the children

  7. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Developmentally Appropriate Practices • Hands-on approach • Teacher modeling • Age appropriate activities

  8. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Hands-on Strategies • Plant a class garden • Take a field trip • Include cooking activities

  9. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators Learning Activities According to the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (2010), all children from birth to age 5 should engage daily in physical activity that promotes movement skillfulness and foundations of health-related fitness.

  10. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Program suggestions • Include activities that enforce: • Physical Activity • Physical Fitness • Health • Nutrition • Safety • Find resources on the internet: • LessonPlanPage.com • PECentral.org • NutritionExplorations.org • MyPyramid.gov

  11. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Safe Environment • Effective Classroom Management • Regular Safety Routines • Daily Schedules • Toileting and Hand-washing Procedures • Appropriate Supervision • Classroom Safety Rules

  12. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Involve & Engage • Partner with parents • Offer resources • Host health fairs & carnivals

  13. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators • Early Childhood Programs must provide, model, & encourage: • Healthy diet • Exercise • Sufficient Sleep • Health Care • Immunizations • Safe Environment Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. – John W. Whitehead

  14. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators References Hot Chalk, Inc. (1996 – 2010). Physical education and health lesson plans – grades prek-1. Retrieved May 21, 2010, from http://www.lessonplanspage.com/PEK1.htm National Dairy Council (2010). Nutrition explorations. Retrieved May 21, 2010, from http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/ educators/lessons/chef-combo/chef-combo.asp?tab=1 National Association for Sport and Physical Education (2010). Active start: a statement of physical activity guidelines for children from birth to age 5, 2nd edition. Retrieved on May 21, 2010 from http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/standards/nationalGuidelines /ActiveStart.cfm

  15. Nutrition, Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Educators References – cont’d Sorte, J., Daeschel, I., & Amador, C. (2011). Nutrition, health, and safety for young children., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. United States Department of Agriculture (May 12, 2010). My pyramid for preschoolers. Retrieved on May 21, 2010 from http://www.mypyramid.gov/preschoolers/index.html Ring Around The Rosie retrieved from freesound.org All photos were retrieved from Google images

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