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Make health education a fun and interactive part of your curriculum!
Use the newest health and safety information to teach children about their bodies and how to care for their health. This newly updated curriculum is packed with practical information and ideas. Growing, Growing Strong allows you to customize your health education curriculum with the help of open-ended lesson plans and activities, many of which meet pre-K health standards.
Chapters on health-related themes encourage children's curiosity about themselves, others, and the world around them.
This book has information on:
• body parts, the five senses, and moving one's body for better health
• self-care activities, such as washing, hair and teeth care, dressing, and getting adequate rest
• eating healthy foods, preventing illness and disease, and identifying unsafe food items
• emotions, learning healthy self-esteem, creating and maintaining friendships, dealing with death and dying
• different types of families, helping others, knowing one's community, and helping the environment
• safety and traffic rules, wearing seatbelts, and staying away from weapons
Growing, Growing Strong reinforces the importance of teaching self-care, as well as of tackling difficult topics such as death, alcohol and drug use, and dealing with difficult emotions. Age Focus: 3-7. Softbound, 240 pgs.
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