Active indoor and outdoor learning takes place when a child makes decisions about what to play with, how to play with toys, and how to interact with others. A good environment for children three to five years, meets the child 's primary needs. Environments should support and encourage children to engage in activities that apply the program 's curriculum. Environments for children should provide multiple sources of stimulation to encourage the development of cognitive, physical, emotional, and social skills. Indoor learning environments should be carefully planned. This space needs to be flexible to meet a child’s curiosity. The indoor learning environment for children three to five years, has to support both basic functions and learning activities.
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Proper nutrition, safety, and good health will decrease a child’s chances of any health issues. Sometimes children need to establish healthy habits to a greater extent. This would not be much of a problem because children at this age are eager and ready to learn. Children this age range learn better when engaging in hands on activities. A great way to extend healthy habits is outside the home as well as inside. Activities that reinforce the importance of health, nutrition, and safety are best. An example of an indoor nutrition, activity would be to sort food into categories of healthy and unhealthy. The provider would give each child an assortment of food related pictures. The children would then sort the pictures into two baskets one healthy food and the other unhealthy. When all the pictures have been categorized, the class would then discuss why each is healthy or unhealthy. Maybe the provider has decided the children are going to learn about dental health and its importance. The provider will make copies of a tooth on yellow paper for each child. She will then explain to the children why the tooth is yellow. Then the children would receive a toothbrush and white paint. The child would begin to clean the tooth by painting it with the toothbrush making the whole tooth white. Child care providers are able to teach parents healthy habits so the habits can be applied to the child’s daily
Proper nutrition, safety, and good health will decrease a child’s chances of any health issues. Sometimes children need to establish healthy habits to a greater extent. This would not be much of a problem because children at this age are eager and ready to learn. Children this age range learn better when engaging in hands on activities. A great way to extend healthy habits is outside the home as well as inside. Activities that reinforce the importance of health, nutrition, and safety are best. An example of an indoor nutrition, activity would be to sort food into categories of healthy and unhealthy. The provider would give each child an assortment of food related pictures. The children would then sort the pictures into two baskets one healthy food and the other unhealthy. When all the pictures have been categorized, the class would then discuss why each is healthy or unhealthy. Maybe the provider has decided the children are going to learn about dental health and its importance. The provider will make copies of a tooth on yellow paper for each child. She will then explain to the children why the tooth is yellow. Then the children would receive a toothbrush and white paint. The child would begin to clean the tooth by painting it with the toothbrush making the whole tooth white. Child care providers are able to teach parents healthy habits so the habits can be applied to the child’s daily