1 – Understanding Health Concepts
Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Healthy Eating
Explain why people need food to have healthy bodies and minds
- Healthy Eating (Book)
- What’s so yummy? : all about eating well and feeling good (Book)
- The monster health book : a guide to eating healthy, being active & feeling great for monsters & kids! (Book)
- The great grains group (Book)
- You are what you eat (Book)
- Spoon (Book)
- Healthy Eating (Hoopla eBook)
- My Body Is Perfect Because It Is Mine (Hoopla eBook)
- Making Choices For My Healthy Body (Hoopla eBook)
- The 5 Fabulous Food Groups (YouTube)
Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
Demonstrate an understanding of essential knowledge and practices for ensuring their personal safety
- Tulee means business (Book)
- My body belongs to me from my head to my toes (Book)
- Safe at School (Hoopla eBook)
- Safe at Home (Hoopla eBook)
- Safe on the School Bus (Hoopla eBook)
- Respect The Rules (Hoopla eBook)
- How to Handle an Emergency (Website Article)
- How to Use 911 (Website Article)
- 8 Ways to Teach Children Their Address and Phone Number (Website Article)
- Strangers and 911 (Website Worksheet)
- When and How to Call 911 (YouTube Video)
Human Development and Sexual Health
Identify body parts, including genitalia (e.g., penis, testicles, vagina, vulva), using correct terminology and body-positive language
- Me and My Body (Book & CloudLibrary eBook
- Let’s talk about you and me : Who has what? : all about girls’ bodies and boys’ bodies (Book)
- Atlas Of Human Anatomy: Kids Guide Book (Hoopla eBook)
- How the Body Works (Website)
- Let’s Look Inside Our Body (PBS Video)
- Anatomy Book: Body Parts Edition (Hoopla eBook)
Identify the five senses and describe how each functions
- My Body (Book)
- Senses (Book)
- The five senses (Book)
- Wow! : the most interesting book you’ll ever read about the five senses (Book)
- Smelling (Hoopla eBook)
- Hearing (Hoopla eBook)
- Tasting (Hoopla eBook)
- Seeing (Hoopla eBook)
- Touching (Hoopla eBook)
- The Five Senses (YouTube)
Mental Health Literacy
Demonstrate an understanding that mental health is a part of overall health and reflect on the things they can do to appreciate and take care of their body and mind
- Breathing Makes It Better (Book)
- Violet Shrink (Book)
- It’s ok not to be ok : a guide to well-being (Book)
- Sitting Still Like a Frog (Book)
- Talking Mental Health (YouTube)
- 12 Instant Stress Busters (Website Poster)
- Launch a Worry Rocket (Website Game)
2 – Making Healthy Choices
Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Healthy Eating
Describe how the food groups in Canada’s Food Guide can be used to make healthy food choices
- The edible pyramid : good eating every day (Book)
- Showdown at the food pyramid (Book)
- Canada’s Food Guide (Website)
- Make healthy meals with the Eat Well Plate (Website Article)
- Involve kids in planning and preparing meals (Website Article)
- Healthy Eating Can Be Fun (Website Activities)
- Classify Great Lunch Foods Using Canada’s Food Guide (Website Lesson Plan)
Know and recognize cues to hunger, thirst, and the feeling of fullness, and explain how they can use these cues to develop healthy eating habits
- Healthy Eating (Book)
- Lulu and the hunger monster (Book)
- The Senses (Book)
- Go, Slow, and Whoa! A Kid’s Guide to Eating Right (Website)
- Healthy Choices A to Z (PBS Video)
- Healthy Eating (YouTube)
- Healthy Eating Tips for kids (YouTube)
Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
Demonstrate the ability to recognize caring behaviours and behaviours that can be harmful to physical and mental health and describe the feelings associated with each, as well as appropriate ways of responding, demonstrating an understanding of the importance of consent
- Under Our Clothes (Book)
- My body! what I say goes! : a book to empower and teach children about personal body safety, feelings, safe and unsafe touch, private parts, secrets and surprises, consent, and respectful relationships (Book)
- Bullying (Book)
- Consent and Communication (YouTube)
- Teaching Touching Safety Rules (Website)
- Bullying: What Kids Need to Know (Website)
- Bullying (ages 4 to 11) (Website)
- Kind Acts Bingo (Website)
- Be A Bud Not A Bully Colouring Sheets (Website)
Apply their knowledge of essential safety practices to take an active role in their own safety at school
- Safety at school (Book)
- Back-to-school safety (Book)
- All About Allergies (Hoopla eBook)
- Safe at School (Hoopla eBook)
- Safe on the School Bus (Hoopla eBook)
- Respect The Rules (Hoopla eBook)
- Food Safety in Seconds (YouTube)
- Kids Living With Food Allergies (YouTube)
- Road and Street Safety Colouring Pages (Website)
Human Development and Sexual Health
Demonstrate an understanding of and apply proper hygienic procedures for protecting their own health and preventing the transmission of disease to others
- Staying Health: Good Hygiene (Book)
- Smelly socks (Book)
- My body needs to be clean (Book)
- Keeping clean (Book)
- Better Hygiene (Hoopla eBook)
- Wash Your Hands UV Experiment (YouTube)
- Coughing and Sneezing Etiquette (YouTube)
- Why do We Brush Our Teeth? (YouTube)
- Where Do Lice Come From? (YouTube)
- Dentist’s Office Field Trip (PBS Video)
- Wash Your Hands | Meet the Helpers (Website)
- Sharing Circle: Head Lice (Website)
3 – Making Connections for Healthy Living
Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
Demonstrate an understanding of how to stay safe and avoid injuries to themselves and others in a variety of situations, using knowledge about potential risks at home, in the community, and outdoors
- Safety at Home (Book)
- Staying safe (Book)
- Safety at School (Book)
- Safety in your neighborhood (Book)
- Safe in Your Home (Hoopla Book)
- Safe at School (Hoopla eBook)
- Safe on the Playground (Hoopla eBook)
- On the Internet (Hoopla eAudiobook)
- 5 Internet Safety Tips for Kids (YouTube)
- Why You Should Wear Sunscreen (YouTube)
- Sun Safety (Website)
- Personal Safety Colouring Pages (Website)
Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours
Identify habits and behaviours that can be detrimental to health, and explain how people can be encouraged to adopt healthier alternatives
- The Berenstain bears and the bad habit (Book)
- Rotten Ralph feels rotten (Book)
- HOW DOES SOAP CLEAN YOUR HANDS?: A FILM ABOUT THE SCIENCE BEHIND HEALTHY HABITS (DVD)
- Screen Time (Website)
- Child Focus e-Safety (YouTube)
- Are Video Games BAD For You? (YouTube)
- Healthy and Safe Choices Activity and Colouring Book (Website)
Mental Health Literacy
Demonstrate an understanding that a person’s thoughts, emotions, and actions can affect mental health
- Shy spaghetti and excited eggs : a kid’s menu of feelings(Book)
- Lizzy’s ups and downs : not an ordinary school day(Book)
- Inside out (DVD)
- Mindset Matters (Hoopla eBook)
- Brain Breaks: What You Need to Know (Website)
- 20 Three-Minute Brain Breaks (Website)
- 5 Social-Emotional Learning Games to Play With Your Child (Website)