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Nutrition, Health, and Safety for Young Children: Promoting Wellness, 4th edition

  • Joanne Sorte
  • , Carolina Amador
  • , Inge Daeschel
  • , Lauren Au Brinkmeyer
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Nutrition, Health and Safety for Young Children is a practical, comprehensive look at the nutrition, health, and safety needs of young children from birth through age 8. The text helps you understand the interrelationships among nutrition, health and safety. It also gives you strategies to share knowledge with children and their families. Covering the full range of childhood from birth into school age, this book includes concrete in-text examples, case scenarios and questions that promote thinking about common professional situations that early childhood teachers will face. It also provides a glimpse into the modern classroom environment.

The 4th Edition addresses the most current issues, research, strategies and ideas to ensure that you are prepared to help all children attain wellness and be ready for success in school.

Published by Pearson (September 18th 2020) - Copyright © 2021

ISBN-13: 9780135573396

Subject: Early Childhood Education

Category: Health / Safety / Nutrition

Part One: Promoting Wellness

  1. Your Role in Children’s Wellness

Part Two: Promoting Good Nutrition

  1. The Foundations of Optimal Nutrition
  2. Exploring the Science of Nutrition
  3. Managing Food Safety
  4. Planning Menus
  5. Feeding Infants
  6. Feeding Toddlers, Preschoolers, and School-Age Children

Part Three: Promoting Healthful Practices

  1. Creating a Climate of Health and Wellness
  2. Health Screening and Assessment
  3. Managing Infectious Disease
  4. Teaching Children with Special Health Care Needs
  5. Children’s Mental Health

Part Four: Promoting Safety 

  1. Creating Safe Environments for Young Children
  2. Using Routines, Supervision, and Classroom Management Strategies to Promote Safety
  3. Child Maltreatment
  4. Managing Emergencies