HEALTHLAND - 1ST GRADE (go back)

Welcome to Healthland, where a 3-D food pyramid illustrates proper nutrition, puppets talk about germs and the importance of hand washing and where proper rest and exercise are the rule. Healthland teaches students about the body's organs and senses, and emphasizes the basics of staying healthy.

This program is designed to encourage first graders to take care of their body by following basic health rules. Healthland sessions include the following elements:

•  Proper nutrition, adequate rest, and exercise are the most important rules to good health;
•  Students are encouraged to limit “problem” foods as they select from a food board;
•  A life-sized skeleton is used to discuss basic organs and their functions;
•  Valeda, the transparent talking woman, and a life-sized skeleton are used to explain the major organs of the body; and
•  Germ puppets teach about germ transmission and correct hand-washing.

Healthland Supports State Goals:
•  22.A.1b Identify methods of health promotion and illness prevention;
•  22.B.1 Encourage and support others in making positive health choices;
•  23.A.1 Identify basic parts of body systems and their functions;
•  23.B.1 Identify healthy actions that influence the functions of the body;
•  24.B.1 Recognize how choices can affect health and
•  24.C.1 Demonstrate basic refusal skills.

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