Kindergarten Health Kansas Standards

Relationship between nutrition, exercise and disease prevention

Roles of the body and medicines in preventing germs

Communicable and non-communicable illnesses

Importance of personal health and to seek health care

Heart-healthy activities and the benefits of exercise

Development of coping skills

Responding to unwanted, threatening, or dangerous situations

Drug types and dangers of each (alcohol, tobacco, other illegal drugs)

Health plan for germ protection for disease prevention

Functions of major body organs

Digestion

Healthy ways to communicate needs, wants, and feelings

Safety rules and laws (ex. - seat belts, helmets, crossing the street, sunscreen, fire safety, etc.)

Stages of growth and development

Healthy and clean communities

Reliable health-care products, safety professionals, and services

Community helpers (police, firefighters, nurses, sanitation, doctors, EMT, etc.)

Helpful and harmful drugs

Common childhood illnesses and symptoms

Maintaining clean skin, hair, teeth and clothes

Role of food and nutrients in providing energy

Communicating care, consideration, and respect

Emergency and non-emergency situations

Body parts and their functions

Reduce, reuse, recycle, and alternatives

Safety rules for using medicines and health-care products

Local community needs/issues/events

Appropriate use of medicine

Balanced diet

Refusal skills and decision making, to reduce accidents and injuries

Five senses

Types of pollution

Interpersonal and intrapersonal influences on health choices

Healthy Communities (home, neighborhoods, school, etc.)

Safe choices with medicines and drugs

Impact of food choices

Positive body images and self-esteem

Similarities and differences as individuals and families

Environmental health hazards (air, soil, sun, water, noise, food, chemicals, etc.)

Effects of medicines and drugs

Healthy and unhealthy behaviors impact personal health and self-worth

Food groups

Bullying/harassment prevention

Strategies to report verbal, mental and physical harm

Adapting to changes within families

Refusal skills

Types of germs and transmissions

Daily requirements for water

Conflict resolution steps

Responsibilities/roles of family members

Purpose of immunizations

Safe food-handling practices

Dangers of poisons

Importance of routine check-ups

Relationship between exercise and nutrition

Nutrition

The students will know, comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize and/or evaluate:

Human Sexuality and Relationships

Consumer Health

Personal Health

Community Health

Injury Prevention and Safety

Prevention & Control of Disease

Environmental Health

Substance Use and Abuse & Addiction

Mental and Emotional Health