| Description |
xxiii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Summary |
"Healthy Children, Healthy Lives helps improve the wellness of children, families, and early childhood professionals in early childhood programs. This series of checklists covers six components of wellness-nutrition and healthy eating habits; physical activity and fitness; emotional health and resilience; healthy care practices; safety and risk management; and leadership, management, and administration. Each research-based checklist provides built-in guidance for improvement, complements any high-quality curriculum, and aims to contribute to children's ability to thrive and experience joy in life and learning. "-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Nutrition and healthy eating habits. Foods and meals -- Healthy eating habits for infants -- Healthy eating habits for children -- Program approach to nutrition -- Nutrition education and resources for families -- pt. 2. Physical activity and fitness. Developing physical activity and fitness habits in children -- Program approach to physical activity -- Physical activity and fitness education and resources for families -- pt. 3. Emotional health and resilience. Sociability -- Emotional intelligence -- Positive behavior guidance -- Approaches to learning -- Family support and involvement -- pt. 4. Physical health. Health promotion -- Addressing illness and special health needs of children -- Environment -- Environmental health -- pt. 5. Safety and risk management. Safety -- Emergency preparedness -- Injury prevention -- Security -- pt. 6. Leadership. communicating with families about health, safety, and fitness -- Leading program staff members -- Facility and financial management -- Appendixes : A. Action plan reproducible template ; B. Active start: a statement of physical activity guidelines for children from birth to age 5 ; C. Diaper changing procedure ; D. Handwashing procedure ; E. Immunization schedule ; F. Moderate and vigorous activities for young children ; G. MyPlate ; H. NAEYC accreditation standards teacher-child ratios within group sizes ; I. Nutritional plan for infants reproducible template ; J. Proper handling and storage of human milk ; K. Routine schedule for cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting. |
| Subject |
Health education -- United States.
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Health education -- Curricula -- United States.
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Early childhood education -- Curricula -- United States.
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Parent and child -- United States.
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Health promotion -- United States.
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Mental health promotion -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Robertson, Rachel.
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| ISBN |
9781605540818 paperback |
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1605540811 paperback |
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