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

• Title Slide to include the training’s title, student’s name, course title/number, instructor’s name and date.
• Thesis Statement regarding the overall wellness of young children and the role an early education setting can play in a young child’s health and well-being.
• Purpose Statement as to “why” comprehensive health, safety, and nutrition strategies are important for early education programs.
• Considerations for the development of well-defined health, safety and nutrition practices for an early learning environment.
• Identification of developmentally appropriate practices for teaching young children about their own health, safety, and nutrition.
• Examples of learning activities which foster a young child’s understanding of the importance of physical activities, physical fitness, health, nutrition and safety.
• Describe teacher responsibilities to ensure a safe and healthy learning environment.
• Describe strategies to involve and engage families and communities in the physical fitness, health, safety and nutrition programs in the early childhood education setting.
• Conclusion which includes a restatement of the opening thesis statement and summary of the health, safety and nutrition strategies and practices discussed throughout the project.
• Resource Page.

The PowerPoint Presentation must include 15-20 slides. Students are encouraged to creatively address the material; including graphics, visuals, charts and/or graphs. Slides should be designed to clearly and concisely address the material. The PowerPoint Presentation must be formatted according to APA style including a title and reference slide and citing within the slides when appropriate. The notes section of the PowerPoint must be utilized to provide additional information. Students must use a minimum of four external resources and the course text. This final summative assignment will contribute to 25% of the course grade.