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Toy Selection and Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the role toys play in child development, to become more aware of what toys to select, and the safety features in toys.
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Introduction to Child Development

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students introduce themselves, and discuss childhood experiences that had profound influences on them. They write essays on their own personal development.
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Nurturing Children

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners identify the importance of nurturing children. In this child development lesson, students define what it means to nurture a child. Learners research the importance of the topic and discuss the findings. Students write a...
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Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars become familiar with body changes during puberty.  In this stages of human development lesson, students review the stages of development from 1-5.  Young scholars read an article called I'm Growing but Am I Normal? and...
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Summertime Health Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students play together and learn together. In this early childhood lesson plan, students partake in any of the 10 listed here in order to explore healthful activities and foods.
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Constructing a Building

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars work with big boxes to connect big ideas. In this early childhood problem solving lesson, students develop social, language, math, creative-thinking, and problem-solving skills as they work together to plan and design a...
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Activity Plan 5-6: All About You And Me

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars explore their unique qualities as they create "me" puppets. In this early childhood lesson plan, students play a category game, discuss uniqueness, and create their very own "me" puppets.
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Dolphins

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore sea life. In this cross curriculum fine arts, science, and P.E. "dolphins" lesson, students sing songs and play games about dolphins, perform water experiments, create mosaics, and use their five senses to explore sand...
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The Human Body

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Explore the human body through hands-on activities. Young learners will trace their bodies and place cut out body organs in the proper place, print patterns using cut fruit, sing songs about good nutrition, and use their five senses...
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Balls & Hoops: Obstacle-Course Olympics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discover their playground is transformed into a fun, challenging action spot. In this early childhood physical education lesson, students are encouraged use large-motor skills as they make their way through an age-appropriate...
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Every Child By Two: Early Childhood Immunizations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the childhood immunizations and how they are used to help prevent the spread of disease. They conduct an information search using a variety of resources and focus upon the problem of disease in children. The...
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Science Charades

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students dramatize the wonderful world of nature, without making a sound. For this early childhood creative thinking lesson, students dramatize different aspects of nature to develop creative thinking, reading, memory, and motor skills.
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Body Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars explore the shape of things as they bend, twist, and turn. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop social, creative-thinking, and language skills and spatial awareness as they use their bodies to create...
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Summer Fun Activity: Have a Picnic

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students celebrate the summer by preparing a picnic together. In this early childhood lesson plan, students word together to prepare a picnic and develop fine motor and cooperative skills.
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Summer Health Activity: Visiting the Doctor

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars play with dolls to act out feelings about a common experience. In this early childhood lesson plan, students use social, language, and fine motor skills while developing an understanding of their own bodies and the role...
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Lesson 1: What's Unhealthy in this Classroom?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners discover behaviors and practices that are unhealthy within their classroom environment. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify behaviors and practices that lead to an unhealthy environment, and discuss how to...
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Summer Fun Activity: Dream Vacations

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars can turn the block area into a travel agency. In this early childhood problem solving lesson, students use creative-thinking and language skills as they design a play environment.
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Growing on My Own, Kids on the Grow

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in an after school program that promotes critical thinking, concern for others, recognizing differences, accepting differences, self-motivation and personal safety. They cover how kids develop, expressing different...
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Autism – What Is It?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students create a poster about expected development versus observed behavior of a child with autism. In this health lesson, students describe the signs of ASD. They read and analyze a simulated case study.
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Developmentally Appropriate Practices

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students determine which activities and teacher behaviors are developmentally appropriate activities. They examine what are developmentally appropriate activities and how can we incorporate these ideas into a child care setting.
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Genetic Disease Symposium

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research simple and complex inheritance patterns, fetal development and the potential complications of teratogens, fetal and genetic testing, and the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic counseling.
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Preschool Art

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students describe the growth and development of the preschooler. They identify some developmentally appropriate art projects for preschoolers and display how to complete these activities. They make the connection of how these...
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Comparison Food Shopping: Buying Groceries for Two People for One Week

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders investigate how to develop a simple food budget for two using newpaper ads, the basic four food groups, and calorie counts.
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First Smiles

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explain the risks associated with teeth and gum problems during pregnancy. In this adult  health lesson, students brainstorm ways to prevent childhood cavities. They recommend ways to care for their teeth.

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