Tots-Teens-Tuesday

I thought I'd share a couple of resources I used last month to with the children.  I used them as a health unit in our schooling.  They've both been helpful for the children to better understand and embrace some of the changes we have made.

The first is a resource I downloaded.  It's geared toward a younger elementary age group. There are several weeks involved and we're still working our way through it.


I'm hoping, at some point, to get the coloring book offered by the Fully Alive! ministry, as I know they'll enjoy using that as well.

http://engine2diet.com/resources-and-research/plant-strong-kids/

 

 

A resource I used with my middle school aged boys was a book I grabbed this summer at a library book sale.  It's not *exactly* the teaching we're following, but I like my children to understand that there are many different angles people have to understand and apply health principles.  By reading material that sometimes supports and sometimes conflicts with the choices we've made, they are learning to think critically, evaluate, compare, and make choices for themselves.  I've enjoyed watching them read this material for themselves. It's reinforcing what we're teaching while giving us a chance to discuss why there are differences of thought and how to handle that wisely.

 



 

 

 

 

I'm seeing great benefit from spending time with my children helping them explore resources that help them understand and embrace this new way of thinking. So many of the curriculum and children's books we've used in the past work under the assumptions that the government food pyramid is the only way to get in adequate nutrition. 

 

A Berenstain's Bears book I was reading with my preschoolers was teaching them that they must get in meat and dairy for adequate health. I love having these opportunities to look at those kinds of statements with my children and help them see that they can think outside of that box and find truth.