Learn how to be respectful with simple tips, discussion questions, and activity ideas. This website, meant to accompany a video on respect, is a good resource for young children who are learning about respect in school and at home.
How can you be trustworthy? Find simple ways to be a trustworthy person, discussion questions, and activity ideas. This website accompanies a video from "The Six Pillars of Character" video series, but can be used by itself or as part of a larger lesson plan on character development and trust. Includes tips for parents.
Learn how to work out conflicts with others "Fairly and peacefully." This website includes simple tips to help you resolve problems, control your anger. Discuss conflict resolution with other students and your parents by using the questions provided.
Learn how to create a healthy alternative to the traditional breakfast muffin in this Fuel It! video with Mara. Using fruits, vegetables and other healthy ingredients, she creates what is called the Good Morning Muffin. [2:10]
In this Fuel It! video, Thomas revs up for the day by making a Good Stuff Shake. With the use of a wide variety of healthy ingredients, such as carrots, grapes, juice and broccoli, Thomas is able to make the perfect afterschool snack. [4:07]
The Guy Smiley singers and Cookie Monster sing about strategies to help you wait. [4:23]
Growing up means learning to say goodbye to things like pacifiers. This video teaches the benefits of giving up pacifier use and offers a strategy to help children transition. [1:00]
Learning how to stick to a task until it's done is an important life lesson. This video offers parents ways to encourage their child to keep trying by breaking goals down into steps and teaching that it's ok to make mistakes. [2:38]
This activity will help students learn to make healthy food choices.
After researching nutrition and analyzing food advertisements, students work in cooperative groups to create their own advertisements for food products.
This video captures children and their yoga instructor working as a group to complete various yoga poses. Together, they use their whole bodies to stretch, breathe and improve posture with moves that involve using the people next to them. [3:38]
These activities have been provided to help your students improve their fine motor skills. By doing so, it will help to increase students' handwriting and also their fine motor use in painting and other areas.
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey highlights how to count down to keep calm. Learn how to "count the moments" and keep your breathing steady with clips from Ready, Jet, Go and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. [1:00]
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey helps kids reflect on how our differences make us extra special. Comparing our likes and dislikes leads us to identify connections with each other and recognize how beautiful and awesome we are! [0:45]
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey encourages kids to go outside and exercise. Keeping our body healthy provides energy and is a great way to love ourselves. [0:45]
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey encourages kids to explain how they feel to their grown-ups. Watch a clip from Arthur and see how sharing his feelings make him feel better. [1:00]
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey and some PBS Kids characters, help kids understand how facial expressions reflect our emotions. By recognizing our feelings, we learn how others are feeling as well. [1:00]
This public health resource provides information on carbohydrates. Very in-depth, discussing what carbohydrates are, how they work, and popular diets related to carbohydrates.
Learn why nutrition and movement are important for maintaining a healthy body. [1:00]
These healthy behavior resources include videos on daily routines, the importance of washing hands, and information on coronavirus protections.