Dayton's Bluff PreKindergarten
Unit Newsletter - Being Healthy (November-January)
Being Healthy in Our World
Read Alouds
You Are Healthy
My Body (Scholastic)
My Five Senses
Helping You Heal
Vocabulary
Week 2: arms, bone, feet, hands, legs, muscles, oxygen, pulse, senses, skeleton, strong
Week 3: basketball, ears, eyes, hear, mouth, nose, see, smell, taste, touch, washing, whistle
Week 4: bandage, dentist, doctor, examine, germs, heal, hospital, medicine, nurse, patient, sick, stethoscope, toothbrush
Guiding Questions
Week 2: What do you need to keep your body healthy? How does exercise keep your body healthy? How does healthy food keep your body healthy? How does rest keep your body healthy? How does your family help you keep your body healthy and growing?
Week 3: What are our senses? How do we use our senses? What parts of our body are connected to our senses? How do our senses keep us healthy and safe?
Week 4: Which people and places in my community help me stay healthy? What tools do doctors/nurses/dentists need to help keep me healthy? How do you feel when you go to the doctor or dentist?