Kindergarten
Your child develops knowledge, skills, and attitudes for being active and healthy in these areas:
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Movement & Fitness
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playing cooperatively
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basic skills such as running, hopping, and bouncing balls
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participating in physical activities.
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Safety
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recognizing and following safety rules for physical activities, footwear, and playgrounds
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identifying safety symbols and rules for traffic, school buses, poisons and chemicals, stoves, sharp utensils, bathtubs, and waterfronts
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knowing where to go and whom to ask for help in the community.​
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Personal and Social Management
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identifying their own actions, feelings, emotions related to getting along with others
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knowing how to listen carefully, avoid danger, find help;
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recognizing what is safe/healthy and what is unsafe/unhealthy.​
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Healthy Lifestyle Practices
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knowing daily habits for healthy living, such as daily physical activity, teeth brushing and washing, healthy eating, and getting enough sleep
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identifying helpful and harmful substances
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naming the parts of the body
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understanding the right to privacy (e.g. washrooms)
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