Exercise and Nutrition

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Course Description — Students will develop their strength and endurance while learning the proper way to exercise, as well as learn about proper nutrition. Students will also develop their knowledge of fire safety and a variety of disabilities in order to better understand those who are different from themselves.

Levels:

Levels 1-4 — 1st through 4th

Levels 5-8 — 5th through 8th

Worksheets: 

Week 1

Levels 1-4

Welcome to your first day of school! I wanted to give you one important reminder before you begin. Many of your lessons below have an internet link for you to click on. When you go to the different internet pages for your lessons, please DO NOT click on anything else on that page except what the directions tell you to. DO NOT click on any advertisements or games. DO NOT click on anything that takes you to a different website. Just stay focused on your lesson and then close that window and you should be right back here for the next lesson. Okay?

  1. If you didn’t get here through My EP Assignments, I suggest you go there and create an account.
  2. In our computer courses, we talk about being safe on the internet. There are other types of safety too. We don’t touch hot things. We look both ways before we cross a street. But there are other things we need to be careful of. No one is allowed to touch you in a way that you don’t like. No one is allowed to tell you to show them any part of your body hidden under clothing. If someone is talking to you or touching you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, talk to your parents or someone your family trusts right away.
  3. Stretching — stretch and warm up along with the video. Follow the directions!
  4. This is the end of your work for this course for today. You are allowed to move at your own pace (this is homeschooling), but it’s intended you complete one lesson each week.

Levels 5-8

Welcome to your first day of school! I wanted to give you one important reminder before you begin. Many of your lessons below have an internet link for you to click on. When you go to the different internet pages for your lessons, please DO NOT click on anything else on that page except what the directions tell you to. DO NOT click on any advertisements or games. DO NOT click on anything that takes you to a different website. Just stay focused on your lesson and then close that window and you should be right back here for the next lesson. Okay?

  1. If you didn’t get here through My EP Assignments, I suggest you go there and create an account.
  2. In our computer courses, we talk about being safe on the internet. There are other types of safety too. We don’t touch hot things. We look both ways before we cross a street. But there are other things we need to be careful of. No one is allowed to touch you in a way that you don’t like. No one is allowed to tell you to show them any part of your body hidden under clothing. If someone is talking to you or touching you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, talk to your parents or someone your family trusts right away.
  3. Stretching — stretch and warm up along with the video. Follow the directions!
  4. This is the end of your work for this course for today. You are allowed to move at your own pace (this is homeschooling), but it’s intended you complete one lesson each week.

Week 2

Levels 1-4

  1. Fire Safety — Create the story about the job of forest rangers.

Levels 5-8

  1. Fire Safety — Find and read about preventing wildfires and campfire safety.

Week 3

  1. Climb the stairs 5 times. If you don’t have stairs, find something you can step up on and down from. Count 50 steps.

Week 4

Levels 1-4

  1. Watch the video on road safety.

Levels 5-8

  1. Watch the videos on road safety.

Week 5

  1. Do at least 20 jumping jacks. (You could compete with a sibling to see who can do them the longest.)
  2. Here is a video to teach you how to do a proper jumping jack.

Week 7

  1. Try and do a push-up. Can you do ten? Try every day and you’ll get better.
  2. Watch the video to learn how to do it properly.

Week 8

  1. Write down what you had for dinner yesterday.
  2. Find the foods here and write what nutrients (vitamins and minerals) you got from your food.
    • Type your food in the search bar on the left.
    • Then you can click on the tabs on the main page to look for it.
  3. You could save this for your portfolio.

Week 9

  1. Do sit-ups, as many as you can properly.
  2. Watch the video to learn how to do it right.

Week 11

  1. Try to jog in place for five minutes.

Week 12* (Note that an asterisk * indicates that there is a worksheet on this day)

  1. *Look at this plate diagram. Fill in food items that belong in each food group.
  2. Think about how these compare to what food God gives people to eat in the Bible.

Week 13

  1. Stretch and then hold yourself in the push-up position for at least 10 seconds. This is called a plank. Then lie on your back and try and lift your feet off the floor for 10 seconds. Keep you legs straight.

Week 14

  1. See if you are allowed to make dinner today. Choose a healthy recipe.

Week 15

  1. Try a dance workout.
  2. You can choose between Old School and Hip Hop.

Week 16*

  1. *Keep a meal diary.
  2. You can decide with your parents what you want to use for your serving goals. This is only one recommendation.
  3. Give this to your parents to save for your portfolio.

Week 17

  1. Get a milk or juice container out of the fridge. How many times can you lift it above your head? How many times can you set it on the floor and pick it up again? How many times can you put it on the counter and take it off again? Use both arms.

Week 18

Levels 1-4

  1. Watch the video about the importance of drinking.

Levels 5-8

  1. Read about snacking smart for lots of energy.

Week 19

  1. March in place for five minutes.

Week 20

  1. Make a chart to record how many fruits and vegetables you eat in a day. Do you need to eat more?

Week 21

  1. With permission, plan/build an obstacle course and see how fast you can complete it.

Week 22

Levels 1-4

  1. Read about junk food.
  2. Here’s one more.

Levels 5-8

  1. Read about food labels.

Week 23

  1. Stretch. Then do 10 jumping jacks, 10 sit-ups and 10 push-ups (put your knees on the ground if you have to.) I want you to do this every day this week.

Week 24

  1. Stretch. Then do 10 jumping jacks, 10 sit-ups and 10 push-ups (put your knees on the ground if you have to.) Do this every day this week. We’re going to try and do it every day for forty days.

Week 25

  1. Stretch. Then do 10 jumping jacks, 10 sit-ups and 10 push-ups (put your knees on the ground if you have to.) Do this every day this week. We’re going to try and do it every day for forty days.

Week 26

  1. Stretch. Then do 10 jumping jacks, 10 sit-ups and 10 push-ups (put your knees on the ground if you have to.) Do this every day this week. You made it forty days!

Week 27

  1. Learn about Tourette Syndrome. Scroll down and read through the page and then take the facts check up. You don’t need to print. If you don’t know an answer, go back and try to find it. It’s not going to tell you the correct answer.
  2. You can keep doing your exercises!

Week 28

  1. After you do your stretches and sit-ups and push-ups, then jog in place for five minutes. Do it every day!

Week 29

  1. Learn about Autism. Scroll down and read through the page and then take the facts check up. You don’t need to print. If you don’t know an answer, go back and try to find it. It’s not going to tell you the correct answer.
  2. You might want to watch this video with a parent about a severely autistic girl who has learned to express herself through typing.
  3. You can keep doing your exercises!

Week 30

  1. After you do your stretches and sit-ups and push-ups and jog in place for five minutes, then go up and down the stairs twice. Do it every day!

Week 31

  1. Learn about Hearing Loss. Scroll down and read through the page and then take the facts check up. You don’t need to print. If you don’t know an answer, go back and try to find it. It’s not going to tell you the correct answer.
  2. You can keep doing your exercises!

Week 32

  1. After you do your stretches and sit-ups and push-ups and jog in place for five minutes and go up and down the stairs twice, then do five squats (squat and stand five times with your hands out in front of you.) Do it every day!

Week 33

  1. Learn about Mobility Loss. Scroll down and read through the page and then take the facts check up. You don’t need to print. If you don’t know an answer, go back and try to find it. It’s not going to tell you the correct answer.
  2. You can keep doing your exercises!

Week 34

  1. After you do your stretches and sit-ups and push-ups and jog in place for five minutes and go up and down the stairs twice and do five squats, then lift a milk jug over your head five times with each arm. Do it every day!

Week 35

  1. Learn about Visual Impairment. Scroll down and read through the page and then take the facts check up. You don’t need to print. If you don’t know an answer, go back and try to find it. It’s not going to tell you the correct answer.
  2. You can keep doing your exercises!

Week 36

  1. You don’t have to stop stretching and exercising just because it’s the end of the school year! Keep it up! Choose a favorite exercise, jogging, stair climbing, jumping rope…and try and do it for longer and longer each day.

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