Taking Care of Me: Health and Well-being

Children will learn through books and hands-on activities, how to live a healthy lifestyle by eating healthy foods, exercising, and taking care of your body, and why it is important. Children will be engaged in activities that get them moving and will eat yummy healthy foods. Taking Care of Me Materials List

Childrens books related to healthy living, healthy eating, and exercise:

(Titles in italics are suggested for the story time portion of the FPD) Gregory, the Terrible Eater; Mitchell Sharmat Oh the Things You Can Do That Are Good For You; Tish Rabe The Monster Health Book; Edward Miller Wiggle; Doreen Cronin (ages 2-5) Get Up And Go!; Nancy Carlson (ages 3-6) Little Yoga: A Toddlers First Book of Yoga; Rebecca Whitford (ages 2-4) The Busy Body Book: A Kids Guide to Fitness; Lizzy Rockwell (ages 4-9) Yum! Mmmm! Que rico! Americas Sproutings; Pat Mora (ages 6-12) Dinosaurs Alive and Well: A Guide to Good Health; Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day; Loreen Leedy (ages 5-8) Saturday Sancocho; Leyla Torres (ages 4-8) School Lunch; True Kelley "The Monster Health Book: A Guide to Eating Healthy, Being Active &Feeling Great for Good Enough to Eat: A Kids Guide to Food and Nutrition; Lizzy Rockwell (ages 5-9) Keep it Clean Germ Free; Cecilia Minden, phD Lets Talk about Eating and Health; Sarah Levete

Brown (ages 6-8)

Monsters & Kids; Edward Miller (ages 6-10)

*BOLD= Good books to read aloud

Materials in use for Play Date:

Yoga Mats Jump Ropes Yoga Pose books such as Little Yoga or sheet with yoga poses for kids demonstrated

CD Player with energizing music Pictures of healthy/non-healthy activities Table Masking Tape markers Construction paper Shape cut-outs Post-it notes Small pictures of food in each food group Glue sticks Wooden sticks Real fruits and veggie samples/ plates/plastic ware/ napkin

Key Vocabulary:
fruits vegetables food pyramid active exercise nutrition meal healthy unhealthy active muscles broccoli apples hygiene germ balanced overweight wellness nutrition

Welcome & Brief Overview of Six Skills Hello songHello, hello, hello and how are you? Im fine, Im fine, and I hope that you are too. If the group is small greet each child separatelyHello Sasha, Hello Sasha, Hello and how are you? The child would respond Im fine, .etc. Name gameEach child shares their name and their favorite fruit or vegetable. My name is La Tasha. My favorite fruit is an apple; A (draw picture of letter) very good. My name is La Tasha, La Tasha, La Tasha, my name is La Tasha and I like apples, whats your name?This song is from the Madison Public Library video. Six Early Literacy Skills connection: Letter Knowledge: Drawing the first letter of the childrens favorite fruit/vegetable will help them see and learn the letters of the alphabet Story timeRead a book of your choice from those highlighted in the book list. Recommended are Get up and Go! or Oh, The Things You Can Do That Are Healthy For You. Point out vocabulary associated with healthy living while reading the book. Either before or after the story, engage the children in a conversation about healthy living. Encourage children to use the vocabulary in their conversations. Six Early Literacy Skills connection: Print Motivation: Model excitement/enthusiasm for the book and for reading. Enriched Vocabulary: Point out and explain some vocabulary words associated with farming. Make sure to use these words in conversation and in play with the kids to reinforce their meaning. Narrative Skills: Engage the children in conversation about farming and farmers markets before and/or after the story. This will model good conversational and listening skills. Model activities- Explain to the families that we will be learning about healthy living such as eating the right foods, exercising, and taking care of our bodies Show the children the items that will be used at each station and what they will be doing Station1: Model the yoga poses the children can try and how to do jumping jacks. Show parents and children the yoga mats they can use to exercise. Show parents and children how to use the Little Yoga book or the print-out sheet with yoga poses for children that are available at the station to try different yoga poses with adult supervision. There will be a guide at the station to help with poses and to teach the children how to do jumping-jacks and jump-rope if space allows.

Station 2: There will be a large blank food pyramid hanging on the wall and a table with various pictures of foods. Explain to children that they can look through the images of different foods and use tape to put them on the giant foodpyramid in the correct category. Station 3: Highlight the writing center. Show children the materials they can use to create their own healthy vs. non-healthy diagram. Explain to children that they will choose a piece of construction paper and a baggie filled with pictures and a marker or two. They will draw a line down the middle of the paper and label one side healthy and the other side unhealthy. Children will then sort the pictures in their baggies into the two categories and tape or glue them onto their sheet. Station 4: Show parents and children the table with healthy foods and encourage them to try different fruits and veggies. Be sure to encourage parents with really young children to play with the food toys and try the toddler yoga poses Six Early Literacy Skills connection: Narrative Skills: Modeling the type of play that the children are engaged in and engaging in conversations between the children and between the children and adults. Enriched Vocabulary: Use the above vocabulary in conversation and play with the children. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO IMPROVISE Writing- Children can create a chart of healthy vs. non-healthy activities. Six Early Literacy Skills connection: Print Awareness: Making and labeling a chart will help children to see that print is all around in their environment, such as signs and diagrams that give us important information Letter Knowledge: Labeling the sections will help the children see and learn the different letters of the alphabet. Families engage in activity: Invite children to try all of the healthy living activities Families can learn about ways to exercise, what foods to eat, and learn about staying healthy and taking care of your body. It is okay for children to spend more time in one area. Six Early Literacy Skills connection: Narrative Skills: Encourage lots of conversation about healthy habits to build Narrative Skills. Interact with families modeling and discussing skills/behaviors: Walk around to assist families and ask children what they are doing. Make connections to the books read aloud and encourage children to use the vocabulary as they describe what theyre doing. Discuss briefly with parents some of the Six Skills being addressed. Model the activity if needed. Encourage children to try the activities in each area. Accept that some children will prefer one area more than others. Six Early Literacy Skills connection: Narrative Skills: Asking children questions about what they are doing engages them in conversation and helps them develop listening skills. Closing activity Ask parents to assist children in cleaning up. Talk about/ review some of the key terms together.

Discuss with children what they learned and what they liked doing and what they will do at home to lead healthy lifestyles Additional story If time permits, read another story (perhaps non-fiction) about healthy living. Encourage book checkout and highlight an upcoming program. Make sure each family receives a free gift if they desire. Goodbye song of your choice

Helpful hints: Have materials set up on tables while you do the story time on the carpet. Encourage children to select which area they want to work in, but try to get them to try all areas. Its okay to close one area if there are too many children using ituse a timer to make sure everyone gets a chance.

Additional Resources: The Food Group Boogie Chorus: Food group boogie food group boogie Food group boogie food group boogie Check out whole grains fats and sweets Fruits and veggies if you please Different proteins milk and cheese A balanced diet has all these Whole grains rice bread and pasta too Theyre all nice so is cereal too Say how many do you know Should you eat to help you grow Each and every day and so we do the Food Group Boogie Fats and oils and my favorite sweets Dont get spoiled eat them sparingly Say how many do you know Should you eat to help you grow Each and every day and so we do the Food Group Boogie Veggies fruits they can be so yummy Two more groups that need to hit your tummy

Say how many do you know Should you eat to help you grow Each and every day and so we do the Food Group Boogie Lean meats fish eggs and nuts and beans A poultry dish these are all your proteins Say how many do you know Should you eat to help you grow Each and every day and so we do the Food Group Boogie Milk and cheese are the dairy scene Yogurt please how about ice cream Say how many do you know Should you eat to help you grow Each and every day and so we do the Food Group Boogie

How to extend the learning at home: Use the new vocabulary words at home in daily conversations. Ask your child to retell/recall the experience from the play literacy session. Talk about and have your children help you pick out healthy foods at the grocery store. Try new exercise activities with your child and encourage active play. Check out and read related books from the library!