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Health and Safety in the Early Childhood Classroom: Guidelines for Curriculum Development.

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  • Title: Health and Safety in the Early Childhood Classroom: Guidelines for Curriculum Development.
  • Author : Childhood Education
  • Release Date : January 22, 2006
  • Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 201 KB

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A great deal of attention has been given to childhood health and safety over the past decade, and for good reason. Rates of childhood overweight are on the rise (Krebs et al., 2003) and childhood injuries remain unacceptably high (National Safe Kids Campaign, 2003). In response to these and other threats, different groups and government agencies in the United States have taken steps to advance a healthier and safer environment for young children. Some of these steps include creating an index for tracking childhood well-being (Foundation for Child Development, 2004), conducting a nationwide longitudinal study to better understand the threats to childhood health and well-being (National Children's Study, 2004), and establishing national health objectives to promote a healthier society (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000a). In addition, medical organizations have issued recommendations aimed at controlling specific health threats, such as those associated with overconsumption of soft drinks (Taras et al., 2004) and obesity (Krebs et al., 2003). Early childhood teachers have a variety of health and safety resources to draw upon, including information about and educational programs dealing with such issues as fire safety (Cole, Crandall, & Kourofsky, 2004), obesity (Huettig, Sanborn, DiMarco, Popejoy, & Rich, 2004), and dental hygiene (Alkon & Boyer-Chu, 2004). In addition, early childhood teachers can take advantage of Internet resources and fact sheets provided by such organizations as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004) and the National Safe Kids Campaign (2004a).


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