Nutrition, Health, and Safety for Young Children: Promoting Wellness, CourseSmart eTextbook

This book provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the nutrition, health, and safety needs of young children from birth through 8 years of age. The book is designed to give future teachers practical, applied, easy-to-understand information that will prepare them to serve young children in the family child care, childcare center, preschool and early primary school setting. Students will find the case scenarios woven throughout the chapters engaging and an effective means to transfer the learning of concepts to real life settings. This transfer of learning is reinforced by web video clips available at the MyEducationlab website that bring what students read and learn to life.

Part 1:  Promoting Wellness

 

Chapter 1:       The Interconnection of Nutrition, Health, and Safety

 

Chapter 2:       Teaching Wellness Concepts to Young Children

 

 

Part 2:  Promoting Good Nutrition

 

Chapter 3:       Foundations of Optimal Nutrition

 

Chapter 4:       Understanding the Science of Nutrition

 

Chapter 5:       Feeding Infants and Toddlers

 

Chapter 6:       Feeding Preschoolers and School-Age Children

 

Chapter 7:       Menu Planning

 

Chapter 8:       Food Safety

 

 

Part 3:  Promoting Healthful Practices

 

Chapter 9:       Creating a Climate of Heath and Wellness

 

Chapter 10:     Health Screening and Assessment     

 

Chapter 11:     Managing Infectious Disease             

 

Chapter 12:     Teaching Children with Special Health Needs

 

Chapter 13:     Children’s Mental Health

 

 

Part 4:            Promoting Safety

 

Chapter 14:     Ensuring Physical and Emotional Safety

 

Chapter 15:     Creating Safe Environments

 

Chapter 16:     Promoting Safe Practices through Effective Classroom Management

 

Chapter 17:     Responding to Emergencies and Illness

 

Chapter 18:     Child Abuse and Neglect