Objectives
- Identify times and places to do a fit-check.
Lesson Plan
Being fit is not just about what you eat or drink or how you move. Being fit is about having enough energy and motivation to make healthy nutrition and physical activity choices. Four key factors of well-being help you to be fit:
- Mood: Motivate Your Mood
- Food: Think Your Food
- Recharge: Recharge Your Energy
- Move: Move Your Body
The lessons in this unit help students connect the four parts of fit with everyday choices by teaching them how to do a fit-check. A fit-check is a tool for the moments when a child needs to make a choice. Your students will learn to be mindful and stop to think about their energy and mood before making a choice—then decide the best choice, the fit choice!
Set The Stage
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Captivate
Help Kids Think About Healthy Choices
Read the slideshow story aloud to see what choices Alex, Leila, and Miguel make throughout their day.Educate
Kids Can Make Healthy Choices
Discuss with students that there are many times and places when and where they can do a fit-check to help themselves make healthy choices. Note that times and places can include mornings, afternoons, evenings, at bedtime, at home, and at school.
Check for understanding: What are the best times and places for you do to a fit-check?
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How to Get Kids to Think About Healthy Choices
Students tell one another times and places when they can include a fit-check in their day. Then, expand by naming a trusted adult they can ask for help if assistance is needed.Close the Lesson
Grade: K-2
Time: 20 Minutes
What You'll Need
Resources
Materials
- Slideshow
- Poster Board or White Board
- Markers
Health Education Standards
- Standard 1: Core Concepts - Use self-control and impulse-control strategies to promote health.
- Standard 2: Analyze Influences
- Standard 4: Interpersonal Communication
- Standard 5: Decision-Making
Social and Emotional Learning Competencies
- Self-Awareness
- Self-Management
- Responsible Decision-Making
Extend the Lesson
- Play the fitGame, Stop and Think.
- Listen to the song, A Really, Really, Really Super Good Day, to get kids singing about all the healthy choices they can make throughout the day.
- Read about how you can help kids make healthy decisions using the cue "Think fit. Be fit!"