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Body Blocks
Body Blocks
Body Blocks is a groundbreaking program for early childhood educators that aims to prevent body image issues in young people by getting in early with messages of body appreciation.
It’s the world’s first publicly available, broadly disseminated body image program for early childhood educators, and empowers young children to develop positive relationships with food, movement and their bodies from the very beginning of their lives.
As an early childhood educator, you’re in the perfect position to help build the foundations of this relationship and set your early learners up for life. So let’s get started!
What is included in the FREE program
- Seven short self-paced online professional learning video modules
- An educator workbook and learning experiences to enrich both staff and children’s learning and make implementing the advice fun and easy
- Digital resources, including posters, social media assets and more
Why Body Blocks?
Helping early learners build a positive relationship with:
Food
Food is fabulous! Talking about food in a positive, non-judgemental way — not only to children, but also to the adults around them — makes a big difference.
Movement
Running, jumping,
skipping… it feels good to move our bodies! We should move our bodies for fun, not for punishment or to ‘burn off’ food.
Their body
By focusing on what our bodies can do, rather than what they look like, we can build body appreciation and protect against appearance pressures.
Engaging, evidence-based resources for early childhood educators
Body Blocks draws on evidence-based practices and expert input to address the unique needs of children aged from birth to 8 years. Research shows that children aged 3-5 have already internalised ideas about bodies and appearance (Spiel, Paxton, Yager, 2013). It’s a concerning thought given that children who are worried about their bodies at this early age are more likely to engage in disordered eating or have mental health issues later in life.
The program was developed by paediatric dietitian Dr Lyza Norton and a team of body image experts based on the latest research, including the research that informed the Confident Body, Confident Child program led by Dr Laura Hart from The University of Melbourne.
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Taryn reads ‘Embrace Your Body!'
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