Introduction
Pretend you are the owner of a preschool, and putting together materials for your open house event. For
this assignment you will be writing a sick policy, weekly menu and
curriculum lesson plan that you will be passing out to parents to read
in the Family Handbook .
Writing Requirements: Write a 3-5 page paper, 12 point font, and double spaced, with support from 2 outside sources (not just the textbook).
Directions
Part A : Create a Sick Policy
Create an illness policy for your center. Some things to address in your policy; Explain why do you have an illness policy? Will
you do a health check? What will it entail? What are some common and
uncommon illnesses that would result in a child needing to go home?
Explain the reasoning behind exclusions and when a child is allowed back at school. Support your policies with scientific evidence.
(Please reference Ch. 7-9 Provided as well as the health policy assignment to help create this part of the paper)
PART B: Create a Food Policy and Weekly Menu
Write a food policy for your center. Include a week-long menu of
morning and afternoon snacks you will serve. Some things to address in
your food policy; What are the reasons you are choosing the foods you
are serving? Describe how food is prepped and how food is
served. Why have you chosen to serve food in this way? What messages
do you want to share with families regarding nutrition? Are there any
foods that are not allowed at school and why?
(Part B is half done, attached is a snack menu assignment please use and update the suggestions. Recreate the assignment for afternoon snack following exact format. For some suggestions reference the food service plan. Please make sure to answer the questions as well. )
Suggestions to snack assignment incorporate a variety of different proteins and veggies (cheese, hummus, beans, tofu, sunflower butter spread)
PART C: Create a Learning Experience around health, safety or nutrition
Young children are forming their
lifelong habits of health, safety, and nutrition during these formative
years. As teachers, we can support children’s understanding of these
topics by planning learning experiences across the curriculum which help
form their lifelong health practices and attitudes. In this
assignment, you will choose one of the topics: health,
safety, or nutrition and plan an activity/learning experience that is
developmentally appropriate for children 3-5 years old. As you are
planning your activity/learning experience you will consider skills of
this age group, children’s understanding, children’s interests, free of
gender, cultural, or personal bias, and integrated across curriculum
areas. Download the Health, Safety, and Nutrition Activity/Learning Experience form and complete all areas.
(Part C is already done, it is attached, please implement this into the paper. )
The paper should be formatted as follows:
The introduction (page 1) of your
paper should be a description of your school. Include the age of the
children, the ratio of children to teachers, and a philosophy of the
school. You can be creative for this part.
The following pages (2-4) should be a
description of the sick policy , food policy and curriculum. Explain
why this is an important part of your school to your families.
The final pages/conclusion will be
how this policy/ curriculum relates to the larger society and community.
For example, you may write about:
Do you have these rules in place to teach children safety or to help them learn about following rules?
Do you have this food policy because you want to set healthy habits at a young age?
Does your illness policy also affect the community? Family members?
Include your sick policy, food policy and curriculum
