Lesson
Teach kids that resting, having a positive mindset, eating healthy foods, and engaging in physical activity will help them make better choices.
First and foremost, fit is about choices. Each day a child, no matter their age, makes many choices that impact their health and well-being. The lessons in this unit build awareness of the many moments each day when they can make a choice, then empowers them to make the healthy choice—the fit choice! Print and display the fit Posters to support healthy decision-making involving recharge, mood, food, and move.
Give a few examples of choices students might make after school and ask students to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down about which choice is the healthier choice for your body and brain such as an apple or candy bar, brownies or celery with peanut butter, computer games or hide-and-seek.
Follow along with the slideshow as you continue the lesson.
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Noticing Types of Healthy Choices
How many sides does a square have? How many legs does a dog have? What about a car, how many wheels does a race car have?
Just like fit, they all have four parts.
Evaluating Choices
Explain that fit has four parts:
Check for understanding: What are the four parts of fit?
Take time throughout the day to name examples of the different types of fit choices you observe kids making. Download the ABCs of a Healthy Me poster pack for healthy choice ideas involving recharge, mood, food, and move. Get ready to think about what kinds of things influence the choices we make.
Grade: K-2
Time: 20 Minutes
Learn what a fit-check is and how this tool can help kids make healthy choices. Kids will also learn how to be mindful about their choices.
See UnitLearn what a fit-check is and how this tool can help kids make healthy choices. Kids will also learn how to be mindful about their choices.
See UnitLearn about the times and places where you can perform a fit-check.
Start SlideshowThink about the daily choices the two characters make throughout their day.
Start SlideshowRead a story about two characters. One takes the time to do a fit-check and the other does not. See the differences in their outcomes.
Start SlideshowShow everyone how a positive attitude and a growth mindset can motivate you every day!
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