Teaching Body Safety in the Early Years Classrooms

Did you know, our bodies are the first site for exploration and learning? Yet, how often do you come across a program that addresses body literacy in childhood? While we are all aware that this is important, we don’t often have the language or the methods to have conversations with 3 or 4 year old children and empower them with the knowledge to keep their bodies safe and enable agency for the child.

Key Education Foundation partnered with Circles of Safety to pilot a program to introduce body safety as a part of the classroom curriculum. In this month’s Masterclass, Key Education Foundation will share key takeaways, learning and possibilities that have emerged through the pilot.

Key Takeaways from the session:

• Explore an age-appropriate and culturally relevant program to educate children on body literacy.
• What kind of training and mindsets are essential to prepare teachers to facilitate these conversations
• Insights on how teachers and parents received this as a part of ECE teaching and learning

• Build capacity in your organization to confidently tackle sensitive situations and inform children on body safety through teacher/staff training

Key Education Foundation works with children from low-income communities to ensure that they get the best Early Childhood Education.