Institute for Disability Studies

Health Literacy Guides

	Kindergarten The initial exposure for students in maintaining a healthy lifestyle is in kindergarten.
	1st_grade The relationship between personal health behaviors and individual well being is the focus of first grade.
	2nd_grade Second grade focuses on teaching students how physical, social and emotional well-being influences personal health and how to identify common health problems that should be detected and treated early.
	3rd_grade Students gain an understanding of how family influences personal health and are introduced to childhood illnesses or injuries and how they can be prevented.
	4th_grade (large 18MB pdf) Fourth grade students learn to identify indicators of mental, social and physical health and are exposed to role-playing in various settings.
	5th_grade Teachers reinforce the relationship between positive health behaviors and the prevention of injury, illness, disease and premature death.