Health Unit

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Teach your students the importance of eating colorful fruits and vegetables every day through our "I Can Eat a Rainbow" activity! Included in this freebie are:1. Directional Page with a step by step guide and ideas on how to complete this activity with your class.2. Colorful Foods Chart (examples of...

This week in First Grade we’re studying nutrition. When I set out to build this unit I scoured the internet for ideas, and holy schmooley!!!!! There are a TON of fantastic resources for teaching nutrition on the WWW! Unfortunately, my little nutrition unit is seriously smothered by time, so I had to compile a little bit of all of the resources I found into a small (okay, 18 page) book instead of using any online units. Hope it will help you! nutrition book And now for my own investigation of…

Inside Out Lesson Plans & Classroom Feelings Chart! Activities and Ideas for Students!

In the first day of summer preschool our activities all related to doctors and dentists, today's community helpers. Children bushed with toothbrushes and toothpaste (white paint) to make a yellow tooth shiny and white. Every doctor needs a doctor bag. This one has bandages and cotton swabs inside. Notice the shape of the handle. Doctor and dentist both start with D. (How much fun are the girls in the background having?)

Here are just some of the activities we will be doing for our dental health unit! Here is a fun poem! This graph kicked off our unit! I made these teeth anchor charts to discuss facts about dental health. After going through the dental health anchor charts, the students will sort these True and False statements onto the correct toothbrush. Click HERE to download

Last week we started our dental health unit. I had so much fun with this unit! I was lucky enough to have a parent in my class who is also a dentist. She brought in some dental goodies and gave an amazing presentation. As always, I try to integrate our theme into other subjects as ... Read More about Dental Health Experiments, a Fun Math activity, a Mini unit and a Freebie

The Kindergarten Class performs a Thanksgiving Program each year. My class dresses like pilgrims and the other classes dress like turkeys and Native Americans. We sing songs and tell about the First Thanksgiving. We had a great turn out and thank all of the parents for their support in the education of their children.

We had a blast this week learning about dental health. The kids were excited to learn and share what they already knew about keeping their teeth healthy. I was inspired by A Cupcake for the Teacher, and we made her tooth and toothbrush craft! Make sure you visit her adorable blog! Here are some snapshots of our week... I started the unit by reading a couple of books about teeth. I read this adorable book about how a moose has a loose tooth and all of the animals try and help him pull it…

We had a blast this week learning about dental health. The kids were excited to learn and share what they already knew about keeping their teeth healthy. I was inspired by A Cupcake for the Teacher, and we made her tooth and toothbrush craft! Make sure you visit her adorable blog! Here are some snapshots of our week... I started the unit by reading a couple of books about teeth. I read this adorable book about how a moose has a loose tooth and all of the animals try and help him pull it…

Dental Health activities for Kindergarten and First Grade--the interactive reader is my favorite!

I know that dental health was months ago but I just had to share these pictures I found today! Keep in mind that this was done back in February but the handwriting of some of the kids were so good!!! My colleagues and I, of course, went to Pinterest for ideas when it came to teaching all about teeth!! (I mean, really, who doesn't LOVE that site???) Anyhow, as a class, we first read books about your teeth, proper health of them, how and why to brush, going to the dentist, etc. We then started…

I love teaching my kids about eating healthy. It’s a skill that I wish I could master for myself and when I’m talking to them about healthy food choices, the mommy guilt kicks in (in a good way) and reminds me that I should be taking my own advice. One of my big things is ...