Kindergarten Health IAS Standards

Identify that healthy behaviors affect personal health.

Recognize that there are multiple dimensions of health (mental/emotional, intellectual, physical, environmental, and social health).

Describe ways to prevent communicable diseases.

List ways to prevent common childhood injuries.

Describe why it is important to have regular medical checkups.

Identify how family and culture influence personal health practices and behaviors.

Identify what the school can do to support personal health practices and behaviors.

Describe how peers, technology, and media can influence health practices and behaviors.

Identify trusted adults who can help enhance and support health.

Identify ways to locate school and community health helpers.

Identify and demonstrate verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health.

Practice listening skills to enhance health.

Express needs, wants, and feelings in a healthy way.

Model ways to treat people with kindness and respect.

Describe ways to respond in an unwanted, threatening, or dangerous situation.

Explain situations where talking to a trusted adult is important.

Identify and explain healthy strategies to manage and resolve conflict.

Identify personal health decisions.

Identify people or places where health information can be obtained.

Identify the benefits of planning and setting personal health goals.

Identify a realistic and personal health goal.

Describe steps to achieve the personal health goal.

Identify possible benefits and barriers to achieving the personal health goal.

Take steps to achieve the personal health goal.

Identify trusted adults that can help in achieving the personal health goal.

Identify character traits and behaviors of a healthy and safe person.

List a variety of behaviors to avoid or reduce health and safety risks.

List personal, family, school, or community health and safety concerns.

Identify a health or safety issue that has personal relevance.

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Personal Belief for Health/Safety Issues

Personal Health Decisions and Influences

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Advocating for Health Issues

Standing for Health/Safety Issues

Barriers to Health Goals

School and Community Impact

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Accessing Health Information

Communicating Health/Safety Issues

Norms Perception Influence on Health Behaviors

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School/Public Health Policy Influence on Health Behaviors

Making Health-Related Decisions

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Health Decision Connections

Locating Reliable Health Products/Services

Communicating Care, Consideration, and Respect

Health Goal Adaptability

Safety Knowledge Skills

Verbal/Nonverbal Communication Skills

Expressing Needs, Wants, and Feelings

Professional Health Services

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Communicating Health/Safety Issues

Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

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Personal Health Responsibility

Media Influence on Health Behaviors

Personal Health Decisions

Personal Choices and Health Goals

Accessing Health Care

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

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Health and Safety Strengths and Needs

Health Information and Services

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Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family and community health.

Technology Influence on Health Behaviors

Practicing Healthy Behaviors

Cultural Influence on Health Behaviors

Safety Concerns and Assessments

Overcoming Communication Barriers

Personal Values Influence on Health Behaviors

Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products and services to enhance health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risk.

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Achieving Health Goals

Health Risk Refusal Skills

Evidence for Health/Safety Issues

Listening Skills

Setting Health Goals

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Managing Conflict

Family History & Personal Health

Health Goal Support Systems

Communicating Health/Safety Issues

Evaluating Health Information

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Health Risk Behaviors

Overcoming Communication Barriers

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Students demonstrate the ability to practice strategies and skills to enhance personal health and reduce health risks.

Peer Influence on Health Behaviors

Unhealthy Behavior Outcomes

Health Goal Progress

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Health and Safety Strengths and Needs

Asking for Assistance

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Preventing Injury

Personal Health

Dimensions of Health

Healthy Behaviors

Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology and other factors on health behaviors.

Family Influence on Health