Chapter 1: Interrelationship of Health, Safety and Nutrition Chapter 2: Promoting Good Health

1. Health, Safety and Nutrition Chapter 1: Interrelationship of Health, Safety and Nutrition Chapter 2: Promoting Good Health

2. Chapter 1 & 2 Topics • Chapter 1: The Interrelationship between Health, Safety and Nutrition • Factors affecting health, safety and nutrition • The teacher’s role • Chapter 2: Promoting Good Health • Health Promotion • Areas of Health to Consider • Health Topics to Teach

3. Factors Affecting Health Culture Knowledge Nutrition Health Socio-Economic Status Health Environment and Life Style

4. Factors Affecting Safety Culture Knowledge Nutrition Safety Socio-Economic Status Health Environment and Life Style

5. Factors Affecting Nutrition Culture Knowledge Health Nutrition Socio-Economic Status Safety Environment and Life Style

6. Health Nutrition Safety What is the Interrelationship between Health, Safety and Nutrition?

7. Health Promotion Organizations • Healthy People 2010 • Identifies and provides information to prevent health problems and encourages collaboration • National Health and Safety Performance Standards for Child Care • Provides detailed quality standards and procedures for children in organized care environments • Healthy Child Care America • Improves quality of educational programs, early care, and coordinates health care professionals with early education professionals

8. Health Promotion What is Health Promotion? • Recall when someone gave you a healthy message • Recall when you noticed a role model for making healthy choices. • Recall when you encouraged someone to make a healthier choice. • Recall when you made a new healthy choice. • … so what is health promotion?

9. The Teacher's Role • Protect children from harm • Teach basic skills for life • Follow licensing and legal regulations • Collaborate with parents • Have current information and resources • Offer training and resources to parents • Model healthy choices to children and parents

10. Teach the Basic Life Skillsto Children and Parents • Physical Health • Mental Health • Social Health • Emotional Health

11. Physical Health • Teach children • Stay with your adult • Use your body safely • Be kind to other people’s bodies • Teach parents • Child depends on you for physical safety • Child proof the environment, use car seats • Protect your child from harm at all times

12. Emotional Health • Teach Children • To label, share and discuss their feelings • To say “no” • To ask for help • Teach Parents • To respond to child’s thinking and questions • To explain actions as needed • To seek help if they are overwhelmed

13. Social Health • Teach Children • How to make friends • How to be friendly • How to take turns and share • Identify when they need alone time • Teach Parents • Making and maintaining healthy relationships • Maintaining social stability in the home • Supporting healthy friendships between childhood friends

14. Mental Health • Teach Children • To identify problems and seek solutions • To cooperate with others • To build strong relationships with other adults • Teach Parents • Be caring and responsive • Give consistent, age-appropriate discipline • Demonstrate resilient behaviors • Give encouragement more than criticism

15. What To Teach Each Age and Stage