Kindergarten Health Idaho standards Standards

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

Advocacy

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Practice Healthy Behavior

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

Goal Setting

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

Decision Making

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

Interpersonal Communication

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

Accessing Information

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

Analyzing Influences

Students will comprehend core concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health including: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs; Nutrition and Physical Activity, Injury Prevention and Safety; Mental, Emotional and Social Health; Prevention and Control of Disease; Consumer and Community Health; Growth, Development and Family Life; and Environmental Health.

Comprehend Core Concepts

Identify that healthy behaviors affect personal health.

Recognize that there are multiple dimensions (i.e. emotional, intellectual, physical and social) of health.

Describe ways to prevent communicable diseases.

List ways to prevent common childhood injuries.

Describe why it is important to seek health care.

Identify body systems.

Identify how the family influences personal health practices and behaviors.

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

Describe how the media can influence health behaviors.

Identify trusted adults and professionals who can help promote health.

Identify ways to locate school and community health helpers.

Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings.

Demonstrate listening skills to enhance health.

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

Identify situations when a health-related decision is needed.

Differentiate between situations when a health-related decision can be made individually or when assistance is needed.

Identify a short-term personal health goal and take action towards achieving the goal.

Identify who can help when assistance is needed to achieve a personal health goal.

Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.

Demonstrate behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks.

Make requests to promote personal health.

Encourage peers and family to make positive health choices.