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Kindergarten Food & Nutrition, Dental Health Themes/Thematic Units

Food & Nutrition Thematic Unit

Grade Level: Preschool - 1st Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 1002373
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This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities.

The book is based on the following pieces of literature: Growing Vegetable Soup; Bread Bread Bread; and Gregory the Terrible Eater.

For each of these featured books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills.

Suggestions and patterns for bulletin boards are additional time savers for the busy teacher. Furthermore, directions for student-created Big Books and culminating activities, which allow students to synthesize their knowledge in order to create products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource.

This unit includes:

literature selections - summaries of three children's books with related lessons (complete with reproducible pages) that cross the curriculum
language experience and writing ideas - suggestions as well as activities across the curriculum
bulletin board ideas - suggestions and plans for student-created and/or interactive bulletin boards
curriculum connections - in language arts, math, science, art, music, and life skills such as cooking and physical education
group projects - to foster cooperative learning
culminating activities - which require students to synthesize their learning to produce a product or engage in an activity that can be shared with others
a bibliography - suggesting additional literature and nonfiction books on the theme
homework suggestions - extending the unit to the child's home

Pages: 80
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Food, Fitness, & Fun!

Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
Price: $29.99
Product #: 3504004
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Activities For Health and Nutrition
BONUS! Interactive CD, Photo Learning Cards, & My Pyramid Poster

Fun and meaningful activities introduce health and wellness concepts, from choosing foods according to the USDA’s My Pyramid to practicing good hygiene.

Includes hands-on activities, an interactive My Pyramid CD-ROM, photographic food cards, and a My Pyramid poster.

This teaching resource book uses the Centers for Disease Control National Health Education Standards as its foundation and then incorporates fun activity plans, support activities, and home learning activities all designed to help children achieve Early Learning Outcomes.

Food, Fitness, & Fun will help the children learn to make healthy choices, but more importantly, it will give them hours of fun-filled learning activities which they will want to share with family, friends, and caregivers.

Pages: 176
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Dental Health Theme Book

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $7.95
Product #: 2061059
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Table of Contents

Save time and energy planning thematic units with this comprehensive teacher resource. Included in this book are units, single ideas to extend a unit, and a variety of reproducible activities. Use these activities to develop your own complete unit or simply to enhance your current lesson plans. You're sure to find everything you need for strengthening student learning about dental health!

Some of the features you'll enjoy include:

basic-skills reinforcement
literacy activities
math activities
craft ideas
learning centers
timesaving patterns and reproducibles

Pages: 48
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