My Environment and My Health That Help Me

Curriculum details

Strand

All About Me (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

My Environment and My Health That Help Me (1.5)

Content standard

K2.1.5.1 - Demonstrate understanding of the environment and how to keep it safe

Indicator

K2.1.5.1.1 - Take a walk in the environment, discuss and point to things that are safe and unsafe to play with.

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 6 (Week 6 of the year)

Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference

Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 116

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Community Circle time (CCT) and theme discussion
Follow basic procedures of the community circle time (as in K2.1.1.1.1) and introduce the theme for the week. Display a Conversational poster (# 17 on Pollution) and discuss how situations of the environment can affect our health. Call on learners to randomly talk about objects that are safe or unsafe to play with and state why.
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After that take learners out on Nature walk, to observe and identify the state of the environment around the school. Have them talk about things that can be dangerous and harmful to their health.
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Discuss with learners the importance of keeping the environment clean and how it can influence the health of humans.
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Ask question that will make learners act out how to keep the environment (both at home and school) clean, safe from accidents and diseases.