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Make Learning Enjoyable with these Health Lessons for Kids

Explore different ways to teach kids health in the classroom or at home, that will keep them engaged and enthusiastic. Our health lesson plans range in topics designed for preschool kids to elementary and middle school students. We’ve designed these health lessons for kids to be time-efficient yet impactful and memorable. Whether you’re a teacher, other type of educator, parent or guardian, our lessons for kids will make learning enjoyable for both you and your students.

In these lessons, kids will learn fun ways to practice mindfulness and balance, how to eat well, ways to be active, or keep clean and hygienic—and without it feeling like another chore. Choose one of our health lesson plans below for a quick and easy learning activity for your child or children.

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First Grade Curriculum Health Workbook Free Printable

A full school year worth of health lessons for first graders. 36 weeks of lessons.

This book goes along with our first grade curriculum. There are more lessons for the days not included in the book on the lesson plans as well as exercises, expansion ideas, and child friendly videos for the kids to practice yoga.

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In this book they will learn about:

Nutrition The Body Body Systems Teeth 5 Senses Strangers And More…

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In this teacher-facilitated course, the delivery method is blended, utilizing a combination of online lessons and activities, and offline classroom activities.

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The target course length is approximately 5 hours, including online time, and offline time for classroom activities. 

After completing Mission: Health 1st Grade , students will be able to:

• Describe at least two healthy behaviors they can do each day.
• Describe why it is important to eat healthy foods.
• State one benefit of physical activity.
• Name two physical activities that they could do with their family or friends.
• Identify two places or locations in which they could be physically active.
• Name one "Go food".
• Name one "Whoa food".
• State whether a food or beverage is a "go food" or a "whoa food".
• Name two trusted adults who can help them stay healthy.
• Identify a personal health goal.
• Discuss a health goal with a family member or trusted adult.
• Demonstrate health-enhancing behaviors, such as participating in physical activity, eating healthy foods, and getting proper rest.

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Smile Smarts! is dental health curriculum for preschool through grade eight students offering flexible, modular lesson plans, support materials, hands-on classroom demonstrations, student activity sheets, and suggestions for future dental health activities.

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Shining Smiles! helps children ages 4 through 7 develop good dental health habits that can last a lifetime!

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• Helps children ages 4 through 7 understand the importance of their teeth.
• Provides basic information, appropriate to their age and experience, about keeping teeth clean and healthy.
• Introduces the dentist as a friendly doctor who helps them take care of their teeth.

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• Tiny Teeth Do Big Jobs (PDF)
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A Lifetime of Healthy Smiles!

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A Lifetime of Healthy Smiles! will help your students develop good dental hygiene habits that can last a lifetime! This program from the American Dental Association:

• Encourages students to think about and discuss the importance of their teeth.
• Provides information on good dental health appropriate to their age and experience.
• Reinforces dentists' instructions on properly caring for teeth.

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Teeth to Treasure!

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Teeth to Treasure! reinforces good dental hygiene habits and focuses on special activities and conditions that require extra "tooth attention." This program from the American Dental Association:

• Helps instill in students a sense of competence and responsibility for keeping their teeth clean and healthy.
• Provides information on good dental health and tooth protection appropriate to their age and lifestyle.

Start Teaching: Teeth to Treasure!

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Watch Your Mouth! shows how informed teens can make smart choices to protect their teeth and health. Watch Your Mouth! also reinforces good dental hygiene habits and focuses on special activities and conditions that require extra "tooth attention." This program from the American Dental Association:

• Helps instill in students a sense of competence and responsibility for caring for their teeth and mouth.
• Provides accurate and timely information on behaviors that can cause dental health problems, such as mouth piercing and tobacco use.

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Dental Health for First Grade

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Did you know that February is Dental Health month?

It's the perfect time to teach your first grade students about how to take care of their teeth and what to expect when they go to the dentist. 

This is a very fun age to talk about dental health with because most students don't begin losing their first teeth until they are 6 years old, which is typically their Kindergarten or First Grade year! 

So of course, we have to throw in some fun creative writing about the tooth fairy! 

In this post, I outline all of the different types of activities that I use to teach my first grade students about dental health and going to the dentist! 

Learning Facts about Dental Health

As I mentioned earlier, first grade students SHOULD be familiar with how to take care of their teeth, because this is around the time they start losing them. 

However, you would be surprised how many first grade students have never even been to the dentist, much less know the proper routines and tools needed to take care of their teeth. 

So, I start this unit with some basic vocabulary: dentist, tooth, cavity, toothbrush, etc. 

You can see one of my favorite books to use during this dental health unit “ The Tooth Book ” over on the left.

I love this book because it has incredible diagrams and other nonfiction text features that really help students understand their teeth and the harm that can be caused by cavities. 

You can see more of my favorite books about dental health (along with affiliate links) at the bottom of this post. 

Facts about Dentist and Teeth for First Grade

There are SO many different things you can teach about dental health, but you have to keep in mind that your students are young and some have very limited knowledge about dental health. 

I love the activity on the right called “Going to the Dentist” because you can make it as basic or as advanced as you want to. 

This is typically an activity that we do together, but the bottom of the page is a really great opportunity for sparking your students creativity! 

Also on the right, you can see an activity called “Tools for your Teeth”. I think this is such an important activity because it forces students to write about what they have learned about the different tools they need to properly take care of their teeth. 

Learning about the Dentist

Learning about the dentist for first grade students offers two great opportunities. 

First, students learn what a dentist does. This helps them not be so anxious when they do go visit the dentist to get their teeth cleaned and examined. 

Second, this provides an opportunity for students to start thinking about future job opportunities. They can put themselves in a dentist's shoes and write about what their job would be like if they were a dentist. 

Dental Health Interactive Journals

Once we have spent a few days learning about how to take care of our teeth, I assign my students an interactive journal. 

Interactive journals are a great activity to practice fine motor skills. It's also different and a little more fun than “just another worksheet”. 

The interactive journal you see on the right is my favorite because students have to compare and contrast good and bad habits for taking care of your teeth. 

You can differentiate this to meet the needs of all of your students by setting your expectations. You can have students simply draw and label, or for more of a challenge, you can have students write 2-3 sentences. 

The Tooth Fairy for First Grade

As I mentioned earlier, since this is around the time that first grade students start losing their teeth, I love to wrap up this dental health unit by writing about the tooth fairy. 

You can see one my favorite books for this writing assignment on the left called “ You Think It's easy Being the Tooth Fairy? “. 

We read this book together, then I have students write what it would be like to be the tooth fairy. 

Dental Health Activities for First Grade

All of the Dental Health activities mentioned in this post can be found in my No Prep Dental Health Science Unit here: 

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