The Great Body Shop
We will discuss these in class monthly. The lessons will be sent home. Please review with your child as needed!
September
Injury Prevention & Personal Safety
- Careless and careful behavior
- Predicting consequences of actions
- Being responsible
- Rules of safe play
- Safe and unsafe fire prevention routines
- Keeping your body safe
- Routines for body care
- Private body parts
- Types of touches
- How to yell and tell
- Refusal skills
October
Nutrition
- Role of food
- Effects of healthful and unhealthful foods
- Setting dietary goals
- Decision-making steps for healthy meals
- How food turns into energy
- Learning about digestion
- Food handling methods
- Food groups
- Influence of culture and family
November
Functions of the Body
- Identifying body parts and functions: heart, lungs, liver, teeth, five senses, brain, skin, ears, mouth, blood, stomach and intestines
- Safety routines to protect body
- Heeding body signals
- Talking and listening
- Speaking and hearing problems
- Impact of drugs on the body
December
Growth and Development/Cycle of Family Life
- Muscles and bones
- Growth and development throughout the life cycle
- Exercising at all ages
- How to have family fun
- Being responsible
- Setting goals
- How to cooperate
- Social awareness of differences
- Self awareness of traits
January
HIV/AIDS and Illness Prevention
- Defining germs and how they spread
- Contrasting sick and well
- Setting illness prevention goals
- Respecting body signals
- Antibodies
- Do’s and don’ts when sick
- Community health helpers
- Medicine safety rules
- Immunizations
February
Substance Abuse Prevention
- Identifying drugs (tobacco, alcohol, medicines)
- Knowing the effects of drugs
- Locating trusted adults for help
- Respecting community helpers
- Rules, laws for preventing drug abuse
- Routines for healthy living
- Refusal skills
- Predicting consequences of not following medicine rules
March
Community Health and Safety (Violence Prevention)
- Rules to keep safe
- Thanking community helpers
- Role-playing different at-risk situations
- Practicing asking for help
- How to read, write, and speak name, address, and phone number
- Knowing what help is needed when
- Refusal skills
- Avoiding violence
- Bully prevention, teasing
April
Self Worth, Mental and Emotional Health
- Seeing unique qualities in self and others
- Respecting self and others
- Practicing self care/healthy habits
- How to identify feelings and ways to help others
- Family support
- Boundaries and expectations
- Communication skills
- Friendship
- Empathy
- Character development
- Self management of emotions
May
Environmental and Consumer Health
- Basic needs of humans
- Clean and polluted air
- How to avoid smoke and smog
- Effects of air pollution on lungs
- Identifying community health/safety professionals and services
- Rules for health care products
- Proper storage of health care products
- Practicing advocacy
- How to access health services and products
June
Physical Fitness
- Relationship between exercise and nutrition
- Respiratory health
- Strong muscles and bones
- Defining physical fitness
- Benefits of exercise throughout life
- Safety routines
- Good sportsmanship and anger management
- Goals for self and others
- Types of physical activities
- Fitness pyramid