Food, movement, and cultural connections can be powerful tools for teaching children how to live healthy, active lives. In this course, you’ll discover how to plan and lead cooking projects that are age-appropriate, inclusive of diverse backgrounds, and adaptable for children with special needs. You’ll also explore strategies for promoting nutrition, preventing childhood obesity, encouraging active play, and setting healthy limits for sedentary activities. With practical ideas, safety resources, and ways to engage families, you’ll be equipped to create joyful learning experiences that inspire lifelong healthy habits.
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Wellness in Action: Teaching Healthy Habits to Children
*Illinois Providers: This training has been approved to align to ECE Gateways Credential, ECE HSW 5: Designs and implements learning opportunities emphasizing healthy bodies, healthy lifestyles, and a healthy environment.*
B. Objectives / Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this training, the learner will be able to:
By the end of this training, the learner will be able to:
- Identify resources addressing health, safety and nutrition topics (CPR, 911, CDC, WIC, Poison Control)
- Identify ways to extend cooking projects in various areas.
- Give examples of cooking projects that can accommodate children with special needs and/or disabilities.
- Give examples on how to choose, plan, and conduct a cooking project in an age-appropriate and organized manner.
- Define strategies for prevention of obesity in children including the role of the educator and why prevention is important.
- Define and provide examples of structured activity and set standards for time spent per day
- Define unstructured activity and provide set standards for time spent per day.
- Define sedentary activities, including screen time, and their impact and identify time limits per day
- Identify the importance of child nutrition and nutrition training for staff in childcare.
- Identify causes of obesity in children.
- Define active play in the early childhood classroom and describe its benefits for young children.
- Identify how cooking projects can be teaching tools in the classroom
- Criteria to earn CEUs:
- Certificates are awarded when the following criteria have been met by the learner:
- Class has been paid in full
- All material has been reviewed
- All review questions and final test have been completed with a passing score of 80% or higher.
- Learning Assessment Method:
- Learners will be assessed through questions after every section is completed. Learners will not be
allowed to proceed to the next section of the training until all questions have been answered correctly.
Learners will be presented with a final test composed of true/false and multiple choice questions.
Upon successful completion of the training, learners will receive their certificate by email.
- Learning Methodology:
- Online material will be presented in the form of slides,
accompanied with speech. Videos will be used to demonstrate ideas and concepts. Charts and tables
will be used for illustration.
- Logistics/Required Technology:
- A stable internet connection is required for the completion of this course. Users are highly encouraged to take their online course on Google Chrome on either a laptop or desktop computer. Speakers and/or headphones are also required to hear speech.
- Payment Policy:
- Payments need to be made in full. No refunds will be issued after starting the class.
- Proprietary or conflict of interest disclosure:
- Unless otherwise stated in the course description none of H & H subject matter experts and editor has any conflict or proprietary interests related to the material they prepared in this course.
- Support Services:
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Please read carefully:
You are purchasing a session of an online training that includes online assessments. Your certificate will be emailed to you once you pass the final exam with a passing grade of 80%.
Your certificate will bear the name you provided to us when you signed up. For support and questions regarding the material presented in this class please contact us at [email protected]. Please consult our frequently asked questions page for other questions or feel free to contact us.
No prerequisites are required for the completion of this course.
Information about this training
Hours breakdown
Topics / Categories
Group AdminInfant/ Toddler
Preschool
Health and Safety
Not Applicable
Basic
Health, safety and nutrition
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