Thematic Backpack Plan
Christopher Hammond
ECE-214 Nutrition and Health of Children and Families
Instructor: Milagros Marchese
March 8, 2015
Dear Parents:
As educators, we try to encourage active participation among the diverse and busy families we work with in ways that consider each families structure, needs, lifestyle, and schedule. In preschool we teach children about health, wellness, nutrition, and safety. I am sure your child will come home and tell you or challenge you on what they have learned in school. This is a very exciting time in their lives. The preschool teachers want to offer families support for continuing this education in the home to help create healthy lifestyles in school and at home.
We will send home…show more content… Invite your child to explore, build and craft with the materials to explore how they move. Ask your child how the materials are alike. If they do not use the word bend, introduce the term and ask them to show you what parts of their bodies can bend. Ask questions to help them identify bending parts, such as their necks, elbows, knees, ankles, wrists, fingers, toes, waists etc. Encourage them to demonstrate the many ways they can bend each body part they name, and then suggest they use the bendable art supplies to mimic bending various body…show more content… This lively picture book explores the importance of a good diet and plenty of exercise, and encourages kids to make positive decisions about caring for themselves. Kids discover that even healthy people get ill sometimes, but that our bodies have special abilities to protect us and restore our health. My Amazing Body promotes positive interaction among children, parents, and teachers, and encourages kids to ask questions and confront social and emotional questions that sometimes present problems. This books feature appealing full-color illustrations on every page plus a page of advice to parents and
