Description

Help your students choose a leader's lifestyle and overcome our culture's invitation to live on junk food and video games. Incorporating Master Books’ Living Healthy homeschool curriculum will give your children the knowledge they need to honor God by making a lifetime of healthy choices.

You are preparing them spiritually and academically for a great purpose. Exercise and nutrition are critical areas of discipleship for every believer! Just imagine the impact of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's food choices were in the outcome of their whole nation and the generations who have read about them in the book of Daniel!

Course Objectives

Students completing this elective course will:

• Build up their strength and endurance through daily physical exercise
• Learn about the different foods that help and harm the body and its functions
• Discover how their body systems work together and take steps to keep themselves clean, inside and out
• Become more confident in their communication skills and managing their emotions
• Assemble their own first aid kit for injuries and create emergency plans for fires and natural disasters
• Grow more responsible and knowledgeable in the areas of health and safety for themselves and their family

Course Components

Living Healthy is designed for 4th – 6th graders. Lessons take approximately 20 minutes, excluding recipes, extensions, and daily walks. Two lessons can be completed per week for a 36-week course, or four lessons per week for an 18-week course

The four 9-week units are:

• Exercise
• Nutrition
• Personal health
• Environmental health and safety

Note to the Teacher: A few sensitive topics are covered in the course. Please review the “Note to the Teacher” section on page 7 of the PDF preview provided on this page and in the curriculum to review them.