Healthy Habits
For your body and mind!
Let’s do it together!
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Part One: Food
Healthy food keeps us happy and strong!
In order to grow up happy and strong, we need nutrients from many fruits and vegetables. A balanced meal includes: Fruits, Vegetables, Meat and Beans, Milk and Dairy, and Grains.
What’s your favorite vegetable?
What’s your favorite fruit?
When do you drink milk?
When do you eat yogurt and cheese?
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“I eat the colors of the rainbow!”
Red & Pink: apples, cherries, strawberries, tomatoes, watermelon
Yellow & White: bananas, squash, pineapple, corn
Green: beans, peas, lettuce, grapes, pears, broccoli
Orange: oranges, carrots, peaches, cantaloupe
Blue & Purple: blueberries, plums, grapes, eggplant
What are some other fruits and vegetables that �you can name their colors?
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“Anytime” foods and “Sometimes” foods
What here are “sometimes” foods, and what are “anytime” foods?
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Tell your neighbor what you eat anytime and sometimes!
We need to stop and think before we eat foods with a lot of sugar, fat, and salt. But anytime foods have all of the nutrients we need to grow, play, and learn.
Help me think of some other foods and drinks like cookies, soda, chips, and french fries that we only eat sometimes.
What are some of the healthy foods we’ve talked about so far? �What are some healthy drinks?
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“Try for Five!”
Aim for five pieces of fruit and vegetables each day.
But don’t forget, have a little bit of everything on your plate for your meal: Fruits, Vegetables, Meat and Beans, Milk and Dairy, and Grains.
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Hungry-Full Meter
Do you know when you’re hungry and when you’re not?
While you eat, ask yourself, “I ate [whatever you ate], how do I feel now?”�Have a bite and notice if you are still hungry.
If you are already full, you can say “I feel just right!”
Just right! :)
Part Two: Exercise
SHAKE BREAK!!!
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We all move together!
Moving quickly gets your heart pumping, and all that pumping makes your heart stronger. When your heart is strong, it is easier to clean your entire system — your blood, your muscles, and your bones. �If you have 60 minutes of physical activity every day, you and your body will be happy and strong!
How do animals move? Which animals move fast? Which move slowly?
Which animal is your favorite, and how does it move?
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Cool moves you can do anytime, “rain or shine”!
Wiggle!
Skip!
Run!
Stretch!
Jump!
Dance!
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What are some ways you can move?
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What are some other healthy habits you can do for your body?
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Part Three: Your Mind
Being mindful keeps us relaxed and focused!
When you pause and focus their attention on the present, you are aware of what your senses tell you. This is called “mindfulness”.
When you are mindful, it helps your brain to have good memory and positive feelings, and to be less nervous and stressed.
Turn on your Spidey senses
Tell me the super-focused senses of smell, sight, hearing, taste, and touch that Spiderman uses to notice the world around him.
What can you smell? See? Hear? Taste? Touch?
Take the time to notice these things.
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Let’s be mindful together!
“Please get into your mindful bodies–still and quiet, sitting upright, eyes closed.”�“Now place all your attention on the sound you are about to hear. Listen until the sound is completely gone.”
[mindfulness bell]
“Please raise your hand when you can no longer hear the sound.”�“Now slowly, mindfully, move your hand to your stomach or chest, and just feel your breathing.”
“Just breathing in … just breathing out …”
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Part Four:
Daily Habits and their Consequences
The Choice
So, what are the healthy habits that can we do every day?
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Healthy Habits:
Aim for:
Five pieces of fruit and vegetables a day!
Have 60 minutes of moderate to high physical activity a day (even if it’s 15 minute intervals)!
Be mindful of your thoughts and feelings!
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Thank you and I wish you a healthy life! :)