CE220 Unit 9: Tools for Promoting Healthy Habits

CE220 Unit 9: Tools for Promoting Healthy Habits Please have your textbook nearby. Feel free to chat with each other. We will start class at 9 PM ET!

Reminders • Request Incomplete - Mon., Feb. 14 • Incomplete Coursework – Fri., March 4 • Submit All Late Work - Tues., Feb. 15 • End of Term – Tues., Feb. 22 • Final Grades Online – Tues., Feb. 28

FINAL PROJECT • APA format • MUST use template under final project tab • Examples posted to Doc Sharing 6 Components: • 1-page essay describing correlation between health, safety, and nutrition • Use in-text citations • Indoor activity related to health and nutrition • Outdoor activity related to safety • Resource page for health, safety, and nutrition • Include organization name, contact information • 1-page essay related to food safety, including choking hazards • Reference page

Tools for Promoting Healthy Habits • Text Readings • "Dental Health” • "The Role of Water" • Discussion • Appendix E "Monthly Calendar: Health, Safety & Nutrition Observances", • Seminar • Engaging children, caregivers , parents and future employers in child health and safety • Final Project • Use Project Template • Use Project Rubric

How would you plan to increase involvement in child health and safety? Parents? Caregivers? Seminar Focus Involving Stakeholders

Whydo we need to place importance on dental health for children right from the start? Temporary teeth serve several purposes Establish good habits for a lifetime (Marotz, pp. 33-35) How can parents support healthy teeth for their children? Regular dental visits Teach children how to brush and be a good role model Provide them with a healthy diet Dental Health

Deciduous Teeth…. • The “3-D Mouth” • http://www.3dmouth.org/6/6_1.cfm • 20 “baby teeth” • Erupt from 6 months-3 years • Begin forming in jaw before birth • Determine spacing and alignment of permanent teeth • Start losing at age 5/6 • Smaller, thinner enamel with rounded crowns than permanent teeth

February: Children’s Dental Health Month YouTubeVideo Series Resource Detail Perennial Pictures Film Corporation. (2001). Crawford the cat shows a good way to brush your teeth [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdhptrhn2tM&feature=related

Let’s Explore…. • American Dental Health Association • http://www.ada.org/379.aspx • Centers for Disease Control • http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/publications/factsheets/brushup.htm

Let’s PLAY……. • COLGATE • Games for promoting dental health. • Consider how and where you would use these • EXPLORE and come back and share what you played!!!!! • http://www.colgate.com/app/BrightSmilesBrightFutures/US/EN/Kids/FunGames.cvsp

Healthy Teeth and Bones • Necessary minerals: Calcium, Phosphorus, Flouride, Iron • Important vitamins: A, D, C, B (essential for cell division and formation and maintenance of bones) • Water: important for all body tissue How can ECPs use this information with children they care for? (Marotz, pp. 374-378)

Dental Health Resources • DLTK’S Growing Together • http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/dental_health_month.htm • A to Z Teacher Stuff • http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Teeth/ • About.com • http://dentistry.about.com/od/dentalcarebyage/tp/activitieslist.htm • Dental Health Unit • http://www.teachingheart.net/teeth.html • Apples for Teachers • http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/dental-health/ • Kids Soup: • http://www.kidssoup.com/dental_health/dentalhealth_activities.html • Colgate • http://www.colgate.com/app/Kids-World/US/HomePage.cvsp

Healthy Teeth Activities… • Healthy Teeth: • http://www.healthyteeth.org/ • Taking Care of our Teeth: • http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/teeth.html

Let’s work together! Getting families educated on and involved in children’s health is a must! • How would you plan in-service training for staff and family? • How would you plan to get a busy parent/caregiver more involved in a child's health and safety?

HELP! • What health issue do you think will be/is your biggest challenge? • How do you think you may (or how do you presently) handle this challenge?

FINAL PROJECT • The Final Project will be a synthesis of the many aspects of health, safety and nutrition in early childhood care that we have studied and applied this term. The project consists of six (6) components to be graded. Using the form provided, you will submit the following pieces: • Introduction • Indoor Activity • Outdoor Activity • Resource Page • One page essay about Food Safety • Reference Page

Future Professional Resource You can use all of the information from your Final Project, combined with your projects from Unit 2, Unit 4 and Unit 6, to produce a "Child Health, Safety and Nutrition booklet". The template for this booklet is provided in Doc Sharing, complete with a cover page that you may edit or change as you wish. The template also includes a table of contents that should be completed to coincide with the pages included.

Weekly Reminders • Complete Readings • Read Web Resources • Discussion Board: • Post response to thediscussion question • Participate in meaningful dialogue with your classmates throughout the unit • Post response to Seminar Option 2 IF you do not attend seminar • Complete your final project!

References Marotz, Lynn (2009). Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child. Clifton Park: Thomson Delmar Learning.

CE220 Unit 9: Tools for Promoting Healthy Habits