Caregivers shall talk about healthful behaviors while carrying out routine daily activities. Activities shall be accompanied by words of encouragement and praise for achievement. This is an important way to demonstrate and reinforce health behaviors of both caregivers and children.
Caregivers are important in the lives of the young children in care.
They should be educated and supported to be able to interact at optimum levels with children in their care. Compliance shall be documented by observation. All health education activities shall be geared to the developmental age of the child and shall take into account individual personalities and interests. An extensive education program to make such experiential learning possible must be supported by strong community resources in the form of both consultation and materials from such sources as the health department, nutrition councils, and so forth. Health education shall include physical, oral, mental, and social health and shall be integrated daily in the program of activities.