Healthy Habits Lesson PlanHealthy Habits Teacher Guide Laying the foundation for lifelong wellness through fun and play. Time 30 Minutes Audience Pre-K Students Objective Learn importance of healthy habits Why This Lesson? Students will engage in fun activities and songs to learn about healthy eating, hygiene, and exercise. This lesson helps students understand how to take care of their bodies and make healthy choices, laying the foundation for lifelong wellness. Included Materials Handout: Healthy Eating Tips Handout: Hygiene Habits Printable Cards: Exercises Printable Cards: Foods & Items Song: Healthy Habits Song Discussion Guide Worksheet: Matching Activity Instructional Steps 1 5 min Introduction Welcome students and introduce the topic of healthy habits. Explain that today, they will learn about eating healthy foods, staying clean, and doing exercises to keep their bodies strong. Sing the Healthy Habits Song to get them excited about the lesson. 2 5 min Discuss Healthy Eating Hand out Healthy Eating Tips to students. Talk about different types of healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, and grains. Show Printable Cards: Healthy Foods and have students identify which foods are healthy. 3 5 min Explore Hygiene Hand out the Hygiene Habits sheet. Discuss the importance of washing hands, brushing teeth, and bathing. Show Printable Cards: Hygienic Items and have students identify which items are used for hygiene. 4 5 min Exercise Fun Use the Printable Cards: Exercises to show different exercises like jumping jacks and stretching. Have students stand up and follow along with the exercises. 5 5 min Activity: Matching Give students the Healthy Habits Matching Activity Worksheet. Help them match the correct healthy foods, hygiene items, and exercises to the pictures. 6 5 min Final Discussion Lead a discussion using the What Are Healthy Habits? questions. Encourage students to share what they learned and how they will practice healthy habits at home. 7 5 min Closure Recap the main points about healthy eating, hygiene, and exercise. Sing the Healthy Habits Song one more time. Thank students for participating and encourage them to practice what they learned.
Healthy Eating Tips HandoutHealthy Eating Fuel your body for fun and play! 🍎 Eating Tips for Kids 🌈 Eat the Rainbow Eat a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables every day. 🌾 Mighty Grains Choose whole grain foods like brown rice and whole wheat bread. 💧 Stay Hydrated Drink plenty of water instead of sugary drinks. 🍪 Sometimes Sweets Limit sweets and junk food. They are "sometimes" treats! 🍽️ Just Enough Eat healthy portions and listen to your tummy when it's full. 🍓 Fruits 🥦 Veggies 🍞 Grains 🥛 Dairy I can eat healthy food to be strong!
Hygiene Habits HandoutHygiene Habits Keep your body clean and happy! 🫧 Hygiene Tips for Kids 🧼 Wash Your Hands Use soap and water before eating and after using the bathroom. 🪥 Brush Your Teeth Brush twice a day—morning and night—to keep your smile bright! 🛁 Splish Splash Take a bath or shower regularly to keep your whole body clean. ✂️ Tidy Nails Keep your fingernails trimmed and clean from dirt. 👕 Clean Clothes Put on fresh, clean clothes every single day. 🚿 Shower 🧴 Lotion 🧽 Sponge 🦷 Dentist I can keep my body clean and healthy!
Exercise Activity CardsExercise Cards Cut along the dotted lines to create activity cards for the class! 🤸 Jumping Jacks Jump out, jump in! 🧘 Stretching Reach for the sky! 🏃 Run in Place Move those feet fast! 🦶 Touch Toes Bend down low! 🦩 Hop on One Foot Balance and bounce! Your Choice Pick a fun movement!
Food and Hygiene CardsFood & Hygiene Cards Cut these out for sorting and identification games! 🍎 Apples Healthy Food 🥕 Carrots Healthy Food 🥦 Broccoli Healthy Food 🪥 Toothbrush Hygiene Item 🧼 Soap Hygiene Item 🧴 Shampoo Hygiene Item 🍞 Whole Wheat Bread Healthy Food 🍌 Bananas Healthy Food 🦷 Toothpaste Hygiene Item ✨🧼 Hand Sanitizer Hygiene Item
Healthy Habits Song Poster🍎 🧼 🏃 🥦 Healthy Habits Song Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Healthy habits every day, Make us strong in every way. Eat our veggies, fruits, and grains, Brush our teeth and wash our hands. Healthy habits every day, Make us strong in every way! 🌟💪🌟 Sing together with actions for each line!
Healthy Habits Discussion GuideDiscussion Guide Teacher Resource Prompting curiosity about wellness. 1 What are some healthy foods you can eat? Teacher Guide Encourage students to mention fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. You can prompt them by asking about the colors of the rainbow or what they ate for lunch. 2 Why is it important to keep our hands clean? Teacher Guide Discuss how washing hands helps remove germs (tiny bugs we can't see) and keeps us healthy. Ask them to show their "scrubbing" motions! 3 What exercises do you like to do? Teacher Guide Allow students to share their favorite physical activities like running, jumping, swimming, or dancing. Ask them to stand up and demonstrate their favorite move! 4 How can you take care of your teeth? Teacher Guide Talk about brushing teeth twice a day and visiting the dentist. Remind them about "sugar bugs" that like to stay on teeth if we don't brush. The Big Idea "Healthy habits help us grow big and strong every single day!"
Healthy Habits Matching WorksheetMatching Fun Draw a line to match the friends! ✨ Name: _____________________ Date: __________ 1. Match the fruit to its name 🍎 🍌 Banana Apple 2. Match the item to its use 🪥 🧼 Washing Hands Brushing Teeth 3. Match the exercise to the move Jumping Jacks Touching Toes 🦶 🤸 Great job! You are a Healthy Habit Hero! 🦸♂️🦸♀️
