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H2O Lesson Plan

Objective: Developing healthy eating and drinking habits

Takeaway: Make sure that you’re making healthy choices when picking foods and drinks

Time: 30 minutes

Grade level: 3-5

 

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Tags: food and drink, health, fitness, well-being, nutrition

Look in the Mirror Lesson Plan

Objective: Emotional wellness and believing in yourself

Takeaway: Everyone deals with challenges differently; learn effective strategies to keep yourself motivated

Time: 30 minutes

Grade level: 3-5

 

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Tags: emotional wellness, confidence, mental health, writing, language arts, encouragement

Humpty Dumpty Lesson Plan

Objective: Brain Break: Dancing

Takeaway: How can you have a good time with your friends?

Time: 30 minutes

Grade level: K-2

 

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Tags: fun, dancing, creativity, friendship, writing, language arts, drawing

Colors Lesson Plan

Objective: Learning about colors

Takeaway: Colors can be mixed together to make new colors

Time: 30 minutes

Grade level: K-2

 

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Tags: art, painting, drawing, colors, visuals, creativity

Sugar Lesson Plan

Objective: Why eating too much sugar is bad for you

Takeaway: Limit the amount of sugar you eat

Time: 30 minutes

Grade level: K-2

 

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Tags: health, nutrition, fitness, sugar, food, writing, opinion, analysis

Stay Clean Lesson Plan

Objective: Writing down your feelings in a letter

Takeaway: You can use a letter to express your feelings

Time: 30 minutes

Grade level: K-2

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Tags: hygiene, health, habits, cleanliness, logging, tasks, chores, agenda, list, routine

Make It Up to You Lesson Plan

Objective: How to apologize if you mess up

Takeaway: An apology is a good first step in correcting a mistake

Time: 30 minutes

Grade level: 3-5

 

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Tags: emotional wellness, apology, letter, writing, language arts

My Letter Lesson Plan

Objective: Writing down your feelings in a letter

Takeaway: You can use a letter to express your feelings

Time: 30 minutes

Grade level: 3-5

 

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Tags: emotional wellness, apology, letter, writing, language arts, inspiration, self-expression

New Year, New Us: Setting Resolutions As A Family

New Year’s resolutions often never make it past the first couple of months of the new year. But that doesn’t mean they are pointless. In fact, setting resolutions together as a family can have a great impact on your young ones. Here are a few ways to be most successful in helping your family reach their goals for 2022. 

     1. Let everyone know what your goal is

If everybody in the household knows what your goal is, then they are more likely to help you achieve it or remind you of it when you fall behind. 

new year goals     2. Write it down, and make a plan!

Try writing up everyone’s goal on a whiteboard or poster in the house, so the goal stays in sight and mind. Make sure every goal has a detailed plan, including baby steps. 

     3. Make resolutions that are achievable and realistic

Make sure everyone in the home is choosing a goal that they are capable of reaching. Usually a goal like “make 100,000 dollars” isn’t achievable for your 10-year-old. So if your child’s goal is hard to reach, have them scale back their goal.

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     4. Make resolutions that are specific and measurable 

The best goals are ones that you can measure easily. For instance, a plan of reading more is okay, but a goal of reading for at least 3 hours every week is better because it is easier to track.

     5. Allow your child to choose their own goal

Let your child choose their own goal to ensure they are motivated to accomplish it. By all means offer your support in terms of developing the plan, but let them ultimately choose what they are aiming for.

    6. Share your progress as a family 

Tell your family members any progress you’ve made towards your goal, and be honest about any setbacks you’ve experienced. Even if you don’t meet a goal, your honesty will make sure your children feel comfortable sharing their shortcomings. It also shows them that temporary failures do not mean you can’t start again.

prayer as family

    7. Be the best goal-setting role model you can be

Because our kids learn more from watching us than listening to us, take on being the best goal-achiever and show them how to accomplish goals! 

All in all sticking to these goals as a family will make your family unit stronger and also help make each of you a more successful individual. Happy New Year and happy goal-setting!  

Internet Helps Kids? What The Marshmallow Test Revealed ​

We may need to rethink the concerns we have about today’s youth and the internet. When the Marshmallow Test of the 1960s was redone in the 2000s, researchers were shocked at the results. They found that modern children were able to wait on average 2 minutes longer than kids of the 60s. And they think the internet is the reason why.

kids on computers

Why is this important and what happened to modern children that helps them to wait longer?

Children who waited longer in previous studies correlated with better future outcomes because they could delay gratification. Some child development theorists believe that these new results prove a few things, the positive impact of technology being one of them.

Their theory is that technology has increased the brain power of today’s children. Technology helps to develop skills such as abstract thought and conceptual thinking. These same skills help with delaying gratification.

But how does the internet have this impact?

It seems that interacting with screens has actually had a positive impact on children, while most adults thought it would do the opposite. Because the presence of technology is increasing in both the home and the classroom, it is good to know that technology can actually help our children. This is also great news for busier parents, who may need a little extra help raising their kids. Screens can offer a healthy distraction to keep the kids busy.

boy on ipadSo whats the takeaway about technology and our kids?

In conclusion, a healthy balance of online and offline time is still highly suggested. However these studies can help calm the concerns of parents who are afraid of their kids online presence. Nevertheless, it is important to consider what types of sites and applications your children have access to. With some parental guidance and time limitations, the future of children and technology is brighter than we imagined

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