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Safety in Preschool Programs
Janice J. Beaty, Professor Emerita, Elmira College

ISBN-10: 0131120409
ISBN-13: 9780131120402

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 144 pp
Published: 05/08/2003

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For Health, Safety, and Nutrition in Early Childhood courses.

Thoughtful and timely, this text will help prospective teachers learn how to create an everyday preschool environment in which children feel safe; and, how to provide for children's safety in a variety of emergency situations without creating an atmosphere of fear. Coverage identifies positive steps teachers can take to deal with their own fear as well as children's fears; ways to set-up both indoor and outdoor areas with safety in mind; how to prepare for emergencies without worrying children; and, how to teach safe behavior through play. Most of the strategies discussed are presented in checklist format and followed by activities for involving children in the strategy's message and lists of relevant children's books.

  • An introductory chapter that sets the tone for text material—Addressing the need for and ways to “strengthen one's inner core.”

    • Encourages future teachers to draw on their own strength and personal resources in order to help children gain the confidence that they can deal with life in positive ways.

  • Children's book lists with suggestions for their use at the end of each chapter—Accompanied by activities that reinforce each book's theme.

    • Introduces students to engaging literature with messages that help children learn how to respond to a variety of situations—provides ready-to-use, hands-on activities for their first classrooms.

  • Discussion of the topic of child abuse—From the point-of-view of creating a therapeutic environment in which an abused child can heal.

    • Sensitizes future teachers to this delicate, heart-wrenching problem—helps them learn what to do, and what not to do, when responding to an abused child.

  • Chapter-ending questions—Ten What Have You Learned from this Chapter questions and ten How Can You Apply What You've Learned questions.

    • Focuses students' attention on important chapter topics—helps them gauge their understanding of chapter content and expand that understanding through reflection on its application.

  • References and Suggested Readings sections—At the end of each chapter.

    • Ensures readers access to the most current information on young child safety—readies them for the questions and concerns of parents, principals, school boards, and the children themselves.



1. Safety: The Internal Curriculum.


2. Safety: The Indoor Curriculum.


3. Safety: The Outdoor Curriculum.


4. Emergency Preparedness.


5. Personal Safety.


6. Teaching and Learning Safe Behavior.


References.


Suggested Readings.


Children's Books.


Educational Supply Companies.

Janice J. Beaty, professor emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York, is a full-time writer of early childhood college textbooks and a consultant and trainer in early childhood education from her new home in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Some of her textbooks include: Observing Development of the Young Child (5th Ed.), Prosocial Guidance for the Preschool Child, and, most recent, Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten with Dr. Linda Pratt. Dr. Beaty is also involved in an early literacy mentoring program with Foster Grandparents in schools and Head Start centers in central Missouri.

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