From the National Center for Health Education:
Growing
Healthy®, a Comprehensive School Health Currriculum for
Grades K-6
Growing Healthy®, America's first comprehensive
school health education curriculum, is designed to provide school
health teachers with the tools they need to effectively teach
health education. This K-6 curriculum is designed to motivate
and assist students to maintain and improve their health, enabling
them to develop the skills and attitudes necessary for health-related
problem solving and informed decision-making. Growing Healthy®
meets or exceeds the performance indicators established for
the National Health Education Standards at all grade levels.
In addition, Growing Healthy® utilizes opportunities to
integrate health education into other subject areas, allowing
students to create, apply, and use knowledge in many different
situations.
Click here for
more information about Growing Healthy®.
Starting
Healthy©, a Comprehensive Preschool Health Education Program
NCHE is proud to present the new 2005 edition
of Starting Healthy©, a Comprehensive Preschool Health
Education Program. Starting Healthy© provides a healthy
foundation for children ages 3-5 and their parents. Starting
Healthy© is modeled after NCHE’S nationally recognized
and evaluated K-6 Growing Healthy® curriculum and addresses
the components of comprehensive health education through 74
active, engaging, age, and developmentally appropriate lessons
and activities. The Starting Healthy© curriculum also includes
teacher instructions and parent brochures.
Click here for more information
and to view a sample lesson plan.
National
Health Education Week
The National Center for Health Education (NCHE)
has announced that the theme for National Health Education Week
(NHEW) 2006 will be Healthy Kids: Creating Safe Communities
and Schools. NHEW 2006 will be celebrated October 16-20,
2006.
Click
here for more information about NHEW 2006 and to download free
materials.
YPC
Newsletter
The Youth, Parents, and Communities newsletter
features articles and resources of interest to teachers, parents
and family members, business and faith community leaders, administrators
and youth who are interested in promoting the optimum physical,
mental, emotional and social health and well-being of school-aged
children. The newsletters provide information on school health
education programs and resources, information on current health
issues, helpful tips for schools, parents, youth and community
leaders, health and education related activities, and upcoming
events and conferences.
Click here to view
our current and archived newsletters.
News
& Updates
Stay up to date on activities,
materials, and curricula in development at NCHE.
Click here
to see what is new at NCHE.
Resources
NCHE maintains a list of resources
for parents, teachers, and organizations to access information
on various health topics.
Click
here to view our resource list.
Support
Us
The National Center for Health
Education (NCHE), created in 1975 by recommendation of a Presidential
Commission, is a non-profit organization whose mission is to
lead the nation in the implementation of lifelong comprehensive
health education. NCHE conducts programs and initiatives in
advocacy, convening, information exchange, technical assistance,
and research and evaluation, all focused on improving the health
of Americans.
Please help support the National Center for Health Education
and its programs to promote the health and well-being of children,
families, and schools.
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