Positive Body Image in the Early Years (eBook)

A Practical Guide

Ruth MacConville (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
112 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78450-836-4 (ISBN)

Infos

In response to growing awareness of body confidence issues in very young children, this book helps early years practitioners to promote positive body image. It explains how body image develops and gives practical guidance on building self-esteem, encouraging healthy habits and creating bias-free settings.

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Promote positive body image, build self-esteem and tackle body confidence issues in young children with this practical guide.Over a quarter of childcare professionals have seen body confidence issues in children aged 3-5 years old. This book explains how body image develops, highlights the warning signs of body dissatisfaction in children and provides guidance for early years practitioners on how to safeguard positive body image by building self-esteem and resilience. It also provides practical guidance and ideas for supporting healthy habits in children and creating bias-free settings.

Autor

Ruth MacConville is an educational consultant and the SENDIST Tribunal Manager for Ealing. She previously worked as a teacher and regularly contributes to national conferences on the subject of body image. Ruth is author of Positive Body Image for Kids and Building Happiness, Resilience and Motivation in Adolescents.

Inhalt

1. What is Body Image? 2. Body Dissatisfaction: Understanding the Challenge. 3. The Resilience Connection. 4. Healthy Habits. 5. Creating a Bias Free Setting. Appendices.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.6.2019
• Zusatzinfo: Two b&w figures
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Vorschule / Kita
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
• Schlagworte: body confidence • Body Dissatisfaction • Body Image • Childhood Obesity • children • Daycare • different body shapes • Diversity • Early Years • early years practitioners • Early years settings • Eating Disorders • Food • Health • Kindergarten • mindful eating • Movement • Physical Activity • positive psychology • Preschool • Resilience • self-esteem • Self-Image • self-worth • toddlers
• ISBN-10: 1-78450-836-5 / 1784508365
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78450-836-4 / 9781784508364