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. 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. 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 Skills to Children and Parents
Physical Health
Mental Health
Social Health
Emotional Health

11. Physical Health Teach children Teach parents 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 Teach Parents
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 Teach Parents 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 Teach Parents
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
Physical Health
Mental Health
Social Health
Resilient Children
Infants
Toddlers
Preschool Children