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K - 2

Standard 2.1 (Wellness)
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K-2

The lessons are designed to:

  • Develop a basic understanding of asthma and help correct misinformation.
  • Inform students about appropriate actions that can help people with asthma.
  • Provide resources to share with parents and other family members.
K-2
 Interactive nutrition activities related to the food pyramid. Check out Try Milking a Cow and Chef Combo's Fantastic Adventures for kindergarten students. Visit the Pyramid Cafe for second grade activities.
K-2
Find out what schools across the nation are doing to promote good nutrition. Various innovative activities are presented. Check out Don't Be Sq"worm"ish About Good Nutrition and other activities that can involve the entire school.

Standard 2.2 ( Integrated Skills)
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K
 Teach cooperative learning skills with a scientific experiment.
K
Puppet Friends
 In this activity, students create puppets, participate in a discussion about friends, and then use their puppets to role play.
K-2
 K-12 lessons developed by Educators for Social Responsibility.
2
 This lesson plan can be used to discuss the importance of integrity.
2
 Many of these activities from the University of Illinois Extension are integrated with other content areas.

Standard 2.3 (Drugs and Medicines)
Grade Level
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K-2
 Information and suggestions for how to talk children about drugs from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
K-2
 This American Council for Drug Education lesson guides students in identifying the appropriate persons from whom a child can safely take medicine.
2
 In this lesson, students identify the harmful effects of smoking cigarettes and develop decision-making skills. Accompanying activity sheets are available for a limited free trial.

Standard 2.4 (Human Relationships and Sexuality)
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K-1
 Children will illustrate and label a family tree of family members and friends.
K-2
 Children will use their artistic skills to create an award for a fabulous family member.
K-2
 In these lessons, students listen to a story about friendship and discuss the qualities of a friend.
K-2
 In this lesson, children will develop their understanding of how their families function.

Standard 2.5 (Motor Skill Development)
Grade Level
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K-2
 Looking for kids' games? How about rules for playground games, verses for jump-rope rhymes, and much more? Then this is the site for you.
K-2
 PE Central's Best Practices Program is an innovative way to share high quality practices, while simultaneously providing recognition to the dedicated physical educators who have developed them.
K-2

PE Lessons
This page is dedicated to providing a space for Physical Educators to share lesson ideas.

Standard 2.6 (Fitness)
Grade Level
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K-2
 The purpose of this activity is to help students learn about and improve their cardiovascular fitness.
K-2
 PE Central's Best Practices Program is an innovative way to share high quality practices, while simultaneously providing recognition to the dedicated physical educators who have developed them.
K-2
This page is dedicated to providing a space for Physical Educators to share lesson ideas.

Standards 2.1 - 2.6
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K-2
 Health and physical education lessons. Subscriber fee involved.