Mrs. Crabtree's Counseling Corner

This month, I will be working on Nutrition for all my classes.  You will see how I have broken it down month by month and some of the materials I use for each lesson.  As a point of reference, I wanted to show you which habits I will be connecting with these units as well.  This unit is mainly for grades K-2.  I am working on the visual for grades 3-5 and will post it as soon as I can.   If you'd like the lesson plan for this week, click here ,  On the lesson plan, I have hyperlinked the documents and Powerpoints I plan on using.  Hopefully you can access those.  If not, please comment below, and I will work to get them to you.

Nutrition is all about Balance! Starting in January, I begin my lessons on Nutrition, Drugs and Alcohol, Health, Hygiene and all the other fun stuff that goes along with it.  While these lessons are a little more on the Science/Health side of things, it's still so easy to streamline these topics within the 7 Habits.  This is where I emphasize Habit 7 quite a bit!  Habit 7 teaches all about balancing your body, mind and soul; not over doing things, and how too much of anything isn't a good thing.  During my Nutrition units, I am very intentional in demonstrating that while we study food labels, the MyPlate requirements, and diet and exercise, we need to make sure we find balance between what we are taught is right, and what we enjoy.   I am clear to illustrate that it's okay to have foods that loaded with sugar SOMETIMES, as long as you have balance !! Here are some activities I have found very helpful in teaching nutrition thus far. Sort the Foods Gam...