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Chapter 20

Nutrition Education Concepts and Activities

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Family Involvement

• Family participation in children’s nutrition education is fundamental to achieving success.– Explain what this statement means and why it

is true.

• In what ways can schools involve families in children’s nutrition education?

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Children’s Nutrition Education

• Teachers have many opportunities to weave nutrition education throughout children’s daily learning experiences.– Describe how teachers can achieve this goal.– What are the benefits of providing educational

experiences for children in this manner?– What other areas of children’s development

can be reinforced through nutrition education experiences?

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Fundamental Concepts of Nutrition Education

• Children’s growth and health are dependent on having access to nutrient-dense food.

• Nutrients are obtained from food.• A variety of foods must be consumed to

get all nutrients needed for healthy growth and development.

• Food safety and sanitation are especially critical as they relate to young children.

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Principles of Instructional Design

• Learning activities should be developmentally appropriate.

• Actual foods should be used in activities whenever possible (check for allergies).

• Only nutrient-dense foods should be used in learning experiences.

• Children should be able to eat the end product.• Children learn best when they are involved.

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• Select a topic:– Choose topics that are developmentally

appropriate, based on children’s interests, and respectful of cultural differences.

– Develop long-range plans that build children’s understanding and skills (scaffolding).

– Take advantage of teachable moments when opportunities present themselves.

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• Develop behavioral objectives to:– Guide content and organization– Identify expected outcomes– Help in deciding how a topic or theme should

be presented– Evaluate the lesson’s effectiveness (in

achieving learning objectives)

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• What are behavioral objectives?

• Provide several examples of measurable objectives.

• How would you change the following statement so that it is a behavioral objective?– The children will know that nutritious food is

good for them.

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• Consider children’s safety: – Always check for children’s food allergies.– Teachers and children must wash their hands before

starting an edible project.– Avoid using foods that are a choking hazard.– Children must sit down to eat.– Use only unbreakable equipment.– Avoid sharp objects that could injure children.– Provide enough equipment so that children do not

have to wait.

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• Consider and select instructional methods: – Can affect children’s interest and learning – Should only focus on one or two concepts– Should be limited in length (time) based on

children’s attention spans– Should be infused with visual media – Should include children’s hands-on

participation and practice

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• What instructional methods would be engaging and effective to use with:– Infants?– Toddlers?– Preschool-age children?– School-age children?

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• Evaluation should:– be ongoing – be based on the learning objectives– assess the effectiveness of all aspects of the

learning experience– yield information that can be

used for improvement

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Information Sources That Influence Children’s Eating Habits

• Where do children learn about food?

• How do these sources influence children’s eating habits?

Case Study

• Marcus, age 4 years, has been ill several times this spring with upper respiratory infections. His mother mentions that she is now giving him an herbal supplement to “boost his immune system” so that he won’t be sick as often. She asks if you think the supplement will help Marcus and if it is safe for him to take.

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Case Study Questions

• 1. Are you qualified to advise Marcus’s mother on this issue?

• 2. What information do you need to know before answering her questions?

• 3. What resources are available to find the necessary information?

• 4. How will you determine if the information available to you is accurate and reliable

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Review

• How do nutrition education activities reinforce children’s development in the areas of:– Language – Cognitive – Sensorimotor – Social-emotional

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Chapter 11

Planning for Children’s Health

and Safety Education

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Family Involvement

• Family involvement in children’s health and safety education is fundamental to achieving success.– Explain what this statement means and why it

is true.

• In what ways can programs involve families in children’s health and safety education?

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Children’s Health & Safety Education

• Teachers have many opportunities to address health and safety education throughout children’s daily learning experiences.– Describe how teachers can achieve this goal.– What are the benefits of providing educational

experiences for children in this manner?

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Principles of Instructional Design

• Select a topic:– Choose topics that are developmentally

appropriate, based on children’s interests, and respectful of cultural differences.

– Develop long-range plans that build children’s understanding and skills (scaffolding).

– Take advantage of teachable moments when opportunities present themselves.

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• Develop learning objectives to:– Guide content and organization– Identify expected outcomes– Decide how a topic or theme should be

presented– Evaluate the lesson’s effectiveness (in

achieving learning objectives)

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• Consider and select instructional methods: – Can affect children’s interest and learning – Should only focus on one or two concepts– Should be limited in length (time) based on

children’s attention spans– Should be infused with visual media – Should include children’s hands-on

participation and practice

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• Consider and select instructional methods: (continued)

– What instructional methods would be most appealing and effective to use with:

• Infants?• Toddlers? • Preschool-age children? • School-age children?

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Principles of Instructional Design (continued)

• Evaluation:– Should be ongoing – Should be based on the learning objectives– Should assess the effectiveness of all aspects

of the learning experience– Yields information that can be

used for improvement