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
