CHS254 All Units Discussions Latest 2020 April

CHS254 Health, Safety & Nutrition

Unit 1 Discussion

Introductions and Community Healthcare Efforts

Talk to some leaders from your local elementary schools, daycare centers, or healthcare services about their efforts concerning the overall health of the children with which they work.  What are some things that they are doing that contribute to the overall health of a child? How effective do you think these practices are? How could they be improved?

CHS254 Health, Safety & Nutrition

Unit 2 Discussion

Physical Activity and Parental Involvement in Assessment

Once you have read through the materials provided in this unit, respond to the following:

1. What are some ways you could promote physical activity in an early childhood program?

What are the benefits of these activities?

2. How might you initiate a discussion with parents about possible developmental areas that need addressing?

CHS254 Health, Safety & Nutrition

Unit 3 Discussion

Infection Awareness

There are many more infections and diseases that are affecting people in the United States and around the world that were not included in the readings. Pick one and describe three actions you could put in place to create awareness or control the spread of these infections and diseases in an early childhood program.

Note: for this discussion, you will not be able to see any posts until you create your own thread.

CHS254 Health, Safety & Nutrition

Unit 4 Discussion

Safety Issues

Research a website that addresses a safety issue faced by young children.  Make sure to review what sites have already been posted before posting your own to avoid duplication.

Share the URL with a brief a description of the site and what hazard/s it addresses.

Include at least three reasons why this site is helpful to early childhood educators.

CHS254 Health, Safety & Nutrition

Unit 5 Discussion

Public Service Announcement

Write a 1- 2 minute public service announcement for radio and television alerting the community to the problems of child abuse and neglect.

Create a recording of your announcement. This might be a little intimidating for some but we need to hear your spoken voice as part of the degree requirement.

Create a chirbit.com account in which to record and upload your announcement. Once you go to the login page, you can create an account for free. Create the account and then follow the directions. It is fairly easy.

If you have a camera or microphone on your computer you can record right to the computer and then you will see a little bottom that says copy this URL. Click that and copy it.

If you know another way to do a recording and upload it you may do that also. There is a free recording app at the app store. You can download this to your phone. Then you record and send it to your computer.

Paste the link of your recording in a thread to share with your classmates.

Here is a sample recording: http://chirb.it/n8hFKz

Please refer to these prompts to help you when writing responses to your classmates:

Compare and contrast their observations with your experience and/or research on their topic.

Ask a probing question.

Share an insight from having read your classmates’ posting.

Offer and support an opinion.

Validate an idea with your own experience.

Make a suggestion.

Expand on your classmate's posting.

CHS254 Health, Safety & Nutrition

Unit 6 Discussion

Nutrition in Early Childhood

For this discussion, click on the below link to the USDA website (United States Department of Agriculture), and read about nutrition as it applies to the different groups in the Early Childhood age range. Choose one of the groups: Infant, Toddler, Preschool, or Child and post a brief summary of some aspect of the topic that particularly interests you. Include your own thoughts, experience, or additional research on the topic. (Remember, initial posts should be at least 8 to 10 sentences.)

https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/lifecycle-nutrition-0

CHS254 Health, Safety & Nutrition

Unit 8 Discussion

DQ1 Obesity Disparities

Obesity is a national epidemic that must be addressed from a variety of directions and levels.  What key points need to be included when developing an effective plan that recognizes the social and cultural differences found in families across the United States?

DQ2 Pinterest Board Sharing

Share your Pinterest board link here for others to follow and repin ones they like.

Share your experiences with Pinterest and the different ways you can use it in your teaching and planning.

In your response to other students, discuss the applicability of at least one of their pins to the classroom.