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Question Answered step-by-step Video Transcript: [ Music ] >> Inhale. Exhale. [breathing] Again,… Video Transcript:[ Music ]>> Inhale. Exhale. [breathing] Again, inhale. Exhale. One more time. Inhale. Okay we’re ready to start our [inaudible]. My name is Claudia Mendoza and for the past five years I’ve been working with preschoolers. Childhood obesity is, it’s a problem in the U.S. and it’s a growing epidemic, but what worries me the most it’s something that could be prevented. One third of kids are overweight or obese. But now as the kids come, I want to do something about it.>> [Singing] I’m movin’, I’m learnin’, I’m movin’, I’m learnin’. I’m learning to move, I’m moving to learn.>> They’re like little sponges that absorb everything. So as much information we could pass on to them, they’ll learn and they talk about it and they take that to their families as well.>> Amelia talks to me about the yoga classes and she tries to teach me her yoga poses [laughs],>> I saw the yoga [inaudible] you know I want to bring that to my classroom too. It’s not the yoga that is like concentration, it’s yoga for preschool which is only focused on the stretching. And I also believe that the benefits are about controlling their bodies.>> It was nice to kind of boost her ego a little bit with something that she could teach us–>> Right.>> that we really couldn’t teach her at all.>> We’re going to leave it in our garden so we could see how these grow and we could eat all this stuff. Gardening and cooking with the kids is something very fun. And it also teach the kids, you know, where the food comes from. It teach the kids, you know, about importance of nutrition.>> Here she’s planting a carrot but at home she’s taking care of a tomato plant. One of Ms. Claudia’s lessons.>> If I could share an example of one of the kids, the parents shared with me that you know at home he used to drink soda so now he say no I need water because my teacher say I need to drink water. So the family started drinking water as well. He’s making an impact as, you know, as young as four years old. Who’s ready for lunch?>> Me!>> They learning healthier habits at this age it will stay with them for life.>> When we go to the store she’ll pick out fruit that she wants. Healthy alternatives.>> I’ve seen my kid grow, not only academically but as a person, as a human being. And she’s really learning, you know, things that will grow with her that will make her make better decisions.>> The stuff she’s learned at school is going to carry on throughout her life.>> I think it’s important we, as teachers, as adults, as parents, we have to show them. Sometimes we want the kids to read, they have to see us reading. We want them to eat vegetables, they have to see us eating vegetables. You want the kids to exercise, we have to exercise as well. If everybody does just their little part, we could do so much.It is estimated that over 10 million children in the U.S. are obese and many more are considerably overweight. The prevalence of childhood obesity is highest among children living in low-income households and those belonging to certain ethnicities (e. g., non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanics, American Indians/Alaska Natives). Early childhood teachers have many opportunities to help young children develop healthy lifestyle habits that can reduce their risk of becoming overweight and experiencing chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. As you watch the video consider the different strategies that the teacher, Ms. Mendoza, employed to reinforce children’s learning about good health.Question de answering are:Which of the following were not described by Ms. Mendoza as being beneficial outcomes associated with the children learning yoga?a.self-esteemb.stretching and movementc.balanced.weight lossQuestion Content AreaWhat methods did the teacher use to increase children’s interest in making healthy food choices?a.Involving the children in meal planning and food preparations.b.Sending recipes and exercise instructions home to the children’s families.c.Offering water frequently and involving children in more physical activity so they would be hungry at mealtimes.d.Planting a garden and modeling enjoyment of fruits and vegetables. Arts & Humanities Writing ECE 126 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)