Identify the nutritional needs of children aged four and above.
Learn about the nutritional needs of children aged four and above in early childhood education and child care centers. Discover appropriate practices to identify and demonstrate these needs, as well as examples of engaging activities for different ages.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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Related Outcomes
- Identify the recommended nutritional needs of children five years to twelve years of age
- Identify the nutritional needs of children birth through age twelve
- Identify appropriate practices for identify and demonstrate an children: Identify importance of individual planning
- Describe the nutritional needs of children from infancy to age 12.
- Identify materials and equipment for center childcare programs that meet the needs of specific age groups in both shared or permanent space and align with the programs curriculum
- Define self-esteem and identify issues and strategies for support of school age children.
- Identify the elements of an appropriate lesson plan/activity for school age children.
- Identify strategies for working with children with special needs
- Identify the recommended feeding patterns of school-age children.
- Demonstrate understanding of developmentally appropriate practices for school-age children with various needs.
- Identify essential elements for effective communication with school-age children.
- Identify materials and equipment for family childcare programs that meet the needs of specific age groups in both shared or permanent space and align with the programs curriculum
- Identify safety management and supervision practices of school-aged children.
- Identify the importance of child nutrition and nutrition training for staff in childcare.
- Identify strategies for working with children with special needs.
- Identify different types of barriers for mixed ages with disabilities and ways to adapt curriculum to fit their needs.
- Identify curriculums specific to children birth through age three
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