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Helping Your Child Be Healthy and Fit
with activities for children
aged 4 through 11
By Carol S. Katzman and
Carolyn R. McCary
with Deborah Kidushim-Allen, R.D.
Edited by Cynthia Hearn Dorfman
Illustrated by Annie Lunsford
Carol Katzman has served as Assistant Superintendent in
the Beverly Hills Unified School District and has taught at all
levels, K-8. She served a four-year term on the California
Curriculum Commission, including one year as Chair. As a member
of the advisory board of the local Health Champions (a
comprehensive health education program) she was responsible for
its implementation. When this program became the model for the
California Department of Education's initiative, Healthy Kids,
Healthy California, she worked for the Department on the
program's overall design.
Carolyn McCary is an educational consultant who works for
school districts and private sector organizations. She taught
primary grades for many years. As a coordinator of the
comprehensive health program in the Beverly Hills Unified
School District, she helped build a program that served as a
training model for California's Comprehensive Health Education
and Training Program, and she consulted on the development of
the Healthy Kids, Healthy California initiative.
Deborah Kidushim-Allen is a registered dietician and
author of several cookbooks. She co-authored Light Style the
low fat, low cholesterol, low salt way to good food and health
(HarperCollins). She writes a weekly column for the Los Angeles
Times syndication, and serves as nutrition consultant to Health
Champions.
Annie Lunsford has been a freelance illustrator since
1975. Her works include a Children's Hospital calendar, a book
for Ronald McDonald House, and slide shows for the National
Institutes of Health. Her work has been recognized by The
Advertising Club of New York, the Society of Illustrators, and
The Printing Industry of America.
Contents
Introduction
The Basics
Important Things To Know
Activities
Face File
A Mirror of Me
Quilt of Many Feelings
My Folder
This Is the Our Hands
Smile If You Like Me!
Follow the Recipe!
Oven-Fried Potatoes
Sticks & Stones Snack
Brushhhh!
To Share or Not To Share?
I Do It for Me
Hold That Tiger!
Warm Up
Stretch
Run For It!
Keep Going!
Cool Down
More Ideas
Safety First
And They Licked the Platter Clean
Growing Up Drug Free
Appendices
Parents and the Schools
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Long-term good health is less an accident than the result
of good habits and wise choices. To enjoy good health now and
in the future, youngsters must learn how to eat, exercise,
sleep, control stress, and be responsible for personal
cleanliness and reducing the risk of disease. In addition, they
need to be aware of what to do in an emergency and when to say
"no".
Habits that include eating nutritious foods and
understanding the relationship between physical and emotional
health will help your child grow up healthy. Your child's
ability to learn and the chances for a longer and more
productive life can be greatly improved by developing and
following good health practices.
First of All, Your Child Is Special
The mental and emotional health of your child is just as
important as physical health. From the earliest moment, a child
needs to feel that he or she is special and cared about by
family members and friends.
A child who enjoys good mental and emotional health is
able to approach new situations with confidence. When children
are comfortable with themselves, they can express their
emotions in a positive way. As children learn to value
themselves and develop confidence in their ability to make
responsible decisions, they are building a sense of self-worth
or self-esteem.
Parents and teachers share the responsibility for helping
children build self-confidence. A child who is confident is
more successful in everyday interactions with peers and adults.
Confidence in one's ability to learn new and difficult skills
can affect future achievement, as well. Developing a trusting
relationship with your child, establishing open communication,
and recognizing personal achievements are all important. When
children know they can do something well, it makes them feel
special.
Get Ready, Get Set, Grow Up Healthy
From the time your child is born, there are ways in which
you can help your child learn how to grow up healthy. This book
has activities that help children
* understand their emotions and build
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