Habits That Keep You Healthy
Aligned to NHES:1-K — Jump$tart National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education & Advance CTE Career Clusters.
What this lesson teaches
A few small habits, done every day, do more for your health than anything you do once. Washing your hands, sleeping enough, moving your body and eating different colors of food are the four that matter most at your age.
Worked examples
Example 1
Washing your hands with soap for as long as it takes to sing the alphabet removes germs that plain water leaves behind.
Example 2
Sleep is when your body grows and your brain stores what you learned. Losing an hour of sleep shows up the next day as a bad mood.
Example 3
A plate with a few different colors on it — orange carrots, green beans, brown bread — usually has what your body needs.
Practice questions
- Name the four habits from this lesson.
- How long should you wash your hands? Try it with a timer.
- Name three colors of food you ate today.
Watch the lesson
Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.
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Hábitos que te mantienen sano
Unos cuantos hábitos pequeños, hechos todos los días, hacen más por tu salud que cualquier cosa que hagas una sola vez. Lavarte las manos, dormir lo suficiente, mover el cuerpo y comer alimentos de distintos colores son los cuatro que más importan a tu edad.
Ejemplo 1: Lavarte las manos con jabón el tiempo que tardas en cantar el abecedario quita los gérmenes que el agua sola deja.
Ejemplo 2: El sueño es cuando tu cuerpo crece y tu cerebro guarda lo que aprendiste. Perder una hora de sueño se nota al día siguiente como mal humor.
Ejemplo 3: Un plato con varios colores — zanahoria naranja, ejotes verdes, pan café — normalmente tiene lo que tu cuerpo necesita.
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