Distance Learning for Kindergarten

Week of: 7 (May 18-22, 2020) Subject: Character Education Topic: Nutrition and Exercise

This Week’s Learning Goal

• I can identify food groups in MyPlate.
• I can name foods belonging under each food group.
• I can name healthy and unhealthy food.
• I can show a set of gross motor skills.
Lesson Activities
For this lesson, speak to your child about the importance of food and why we need to eat a balanced meal
to stay healthy. Also, help your child understand the importance of exercise and how it contributes to a
healthy lifestyle. The goals for this lesson are as follows: (1) to increase students’ understanding of
MyPlate Dietary Guidelines, (2) how to achieve a balanced diet, and (3) to create an environment where
physical activity is present.

Activity #1: What does it mean to be healthy?

• Have your child listen and watch to the read aloud of Very Hungry Caterpillar on YouTube (see
below for resource).
• Discuss with your child the meaning of being healthy and what can they do to live a healthy
lifestyle.
• Discuss with your child the consequences of living an unhealthy lifestyle.

Activity #2: What are some healthy food choices?

• Have your child watch YouTube link to help him/her recognize and understand the difference
between healthy and unhealthy food (see below for resource).
• Have a discussion with your child about what he/she learned about MyPlate after watching the
video.
• Discuss each food group section with your child.
• Have your child understand the different food groups by completing resources attached (see below
for resource) or having your child sort/categorize food found at home.

Activity $3: Why is it important to exercise?

• Practice set of skills such as skipping, galloping, catching & throwing a ball, and bouncing a ball
• Incorporate SPARK lessons with simple household items (see below for resource).
Assignments
Activity #1: What does it mean to be healthy?
• Active discussion with our child about what it means to be healthy.
• Have your child draw his/her favorite scene from the read aloud of Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Activity #2: What are some healthy food choices? (see below for resource)
• Print to cut or draw pictures of various foods and group them by healthy vs. unhealthy
• Print to cut or draw pictures of various foods and sort them by each food group
• Complete Free Healthy worksheets
• Work on My Plate Worksheet and healthy vs. unhealthy worksheet
• Create flip book of the different food groups

Activity $3: Why is it important to exercise?

• Complete some SPARK activities at home (see below for resource)
• Practice set of gross motor skills such as skipping, galloping, catching & throwing a ball, and
bouncing a ball outside! Go outside and get some Vitamin D! J
Lesson Resources
• Activity #1: Very Hungry Caterpillar video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
• Activity #2: My Plate Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebm04EO91_U &
Unhealthy vs. Healthy Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE8lezHs19s ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUOeqrc5QqU , & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdxTk7J0rM
• Activity #2: Worksheets
(1) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5ly189ws6rmr6ps/AADsFb-
Hcnh9T4pYYLM3kdEwa?dl=0&preview=healthy-food-worksheet.pdf
(2) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5ly189ws6rmr6ps/AADsFb-
Hcnh9T4pYYLM3kdEwa?dl=0&preview=free_Food+Groups+Sorting.pdf
(3) https://www.kindergartenworksheets.net/kindergarten-health-worksheets.html
(4) Flipbook worksheet: https://bit.ly/2xCWG8H

• Activity #3: SPARK lessons with instructions

(1) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5ly189ws6rmr6ps/AADsFb-
Hcnh9T4pYYLM3kdEwa?dl=0&preview=K2_eFsLS02GrabAple.pdf ,
(2) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5ly189ws6rmr6ps/AADsFb-
Hcnh9T4pYYLM3kdEwa?dl=0&preview=K2_eFsLS12HopsJump.pdf , &
(3) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5ly189ws6rmr6ps/AADsFb-
Hcnh9T4pYYLM3kdEwa?dl=0&preview=K2_eFsLS14MoveSpel.pdf

• Resource worksheets for all activities: https://bit.ly/2R5dThV

• Resources for children’s Nutrition Education: https://bit.ly/2X1xh39