Healthy Start: Wellness Concepts and Behaviors for children aged 3-5
• Developed by the nation’s leading experts in nutrition, obesity prevention cardiovascular health, curriculum development, dietary assessment and intervention
• Children discover concepts and practice behaviors through stories, songs, rhymes, art projects and activities
• Development guided in part by the high/scope theory of active learning

Why?
Healthy Start helps to ensure that the roots of a healthy lifestyle are planted firmly when it matters most: early childhood. Initially supported by the National Institute of Health, the comprehensive curriculum was the first preschool health education program substantiated by evidenced based research.

Curriculum Topics and Content:
• Healthy Start is a 12 unit curriculum centered on the child, their environment, and their family
• Audio recordings of songs and poems supplement the curriculum
• A set of 12 colorful, fun posters to reinforce learning
• Family Take Home Activities are available in English, Spanish, and Creole

The theories and behaviors children learn through song, story, activities, and fun include:

• Eating for health
• Enjoying active play every day
• Getting along with others
• Feeling good about “me”
• Safety and care of the body
• Saying no to drugs and smoking
• Taking care of the environment
• Staying safe in the sun

Training:
Teacher training or coordinator (Train – the – Trainer) workshops are available. Call for details

Click here to download a sample page from Healthy Start as a PDF file.

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