does anyone study HEALTH?

[SweetMissMagnolia]

As in part of your curriculum? I thought I would add that in this year with my 2nd grader but after I started looking through the workbook that I got I wasn't really liking what it had. Any ideas?

[Pam B]

We're doing health. I have a bit older ones- grades 6, 7 and 9th. We're using Total Health.

[LAmom]

I am required to do health here in California. I didn't want to figure it all out on my own so I got Abeka for my 2nd grader. I think so far it is tacky and boring. LOL. I guess I can count teaching healthy eating, etc., as health this year. I just was looking for something to document. When I asked what to use on the forums earlier this year, Abeka was recommended by lots of people.

[SweetMissMagnolia]

thanks,girls.....I got a workbook off ebay and after really looking through it,it just wasn't what I am looking for.....

[LaurainMD]

I am documenting our cooking and gardening as part of our health "curriculum" as well as using the Food Pyramid stuff from the USDA website:

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mypyramidclassroom.html

[wy_kid_wrangler04]

We did Abeka health in previous years... I can't say I recommend it though LOL. We now are doing Apologia Anatomy and Physiology though (That just came out last spring)! I LOVE THAT!!! :D My 7th grader is going through the whole book this year and I am going to do 2 or 3 lessons with my 3rd grader this year, then a few next year, and in 5th, and in 6th so she will be finished with it in 6th grade.

[susankenny]

Slim Goodbody is a wonderful resource. That's what they used when I was in grade 2. They have him on united streaming & youtube.

 

Susan

[Pat in MI]

For elementary age we used the book Prudence and the Millers. There is a workbook that goes along with the book. You can get it at Rainbow Resource.

Blessings,

Pat

[Kates]

We're doing Nutrition 101 - it's a K-12 resource that's set up like a unit study, but is written by both a nutritionist and an educator. It's pretty new, wish it had come out sooner :) We would have used it for elementary and middle too!

 

http://www.growinghealthyhomes.com/

[skirch]

I have had Horizons Health sitting on my shelf for 2 years. I keep saying I want to use it but every time I look through it I feel like I'm already teaching her that stuff anyway just through our day to day living and I put it back on the shelf.

[Daisy]

I've just tackled it by subject.

 

We learn safety while riding bikes, roller blading, going for walks, etc.

 

First aide courses are easy to sign up for through your city (babysitter cert programs, etc.)

 

Stranger danger - We used library books and The Safe Side dvds.

 

Healthy Eating - Reading books like Omnivore's Dilemma and Chew on This (junior versions). Watching Food, Inc. Discussing labels, etc.

 

Drug, Medication, & Alcohol Abuse - Library books.

 

Sex education - Books from our faith tradition.

 

Diseases, Asthma, etc. - As they come up. Library books, videos, etc.

 

Other topics as they come up in the newspaper or in every day life.

[NanceXToo]

I'm pulling things from "Growing, Growing Strong" for Health for early elementary (maybe K-2 or K-3).

 

For my daughter for 4th grade we just used some of the American Girl Library books for Health (like "The Care & Keeping Of You, The Body Book For Girls" and "The Care & Keeping Of Your Emotions) but also had units on nutrition and so on for science that could also count as "health."

 

This year for my daughter's 5th grade curriculum, we aren't doing any official "Health" although we do continue to have age appropriate discussions on a variety of related topics as they come up, and she read a book for kids about saying no to drugs and science will again include nutrition and so on and so forth.

[knoxhomemommy]

I've used R&S Health for 2nd with my boys. The older one loved it, and the younger one is eager to do it now. It is very basic - but covers manners (my favorite) and basic hygiene, etc.

[Nestof3]

Yeah. In the grocery store. Conversations go like this, "No, that is dessert cereal. We don't eat that for breakfast." :)

 

Seriously, though, I have always loved learning about health and nutrition, so I try to ease it into our every day lives. Sometimes I'll ask if the boys know what vitamins are prominent in certain foods we are eating. We just sort of talk about it.

 

We also study the human body in late middle school, so some of this is covered then.

 

I did have our eldest take a Switched on Schoolhouse health course in high school for a 1/2 credit.