Elementary Health Education

Health and Safety Education is taught every year in grades K - 5 through the classroom teacher. The Comprehensive Health Act of 1988 requires 75 minutes a week of instruction in health and safety education in Kindergarten through 5th grade.

The health and safety curriculum includes:

  • Community health

  • Consumer health

  • Environmental health

  • Growth and development

  • Nutritional health

  • Personal health


  • Prevention & control of diseases & disorders

  • Safety and accident prevention

  • Substance use and abuse

  • Dental health

  • Mental and emotional health

Textbook: The Great Body Shop

Publisher: Children's Health Market