Health Education Standards - Age 3 (2023)
Lesson Plans

Strand 2: HEALTH FOUNDATIONS AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS OF A HEALTHY SELF

Students will learn the characteristics of safe and healthy relationships.

Standard HE 3 yr.2.2

Identify and practice how to make friends and be a good friend by calling peers by name and engaging in parallel and associative play.

• Building Friendships
  Children will practice friendship skills as they join activities or invite others to join them in their play.
• Imaginary Play - Grocery Store
  Children will communicate what they intend to do during imaginary play. They can use props and toys as they act out certain situations.  Brainstorm with the child(ren) about different things they may add to the play area for that specific theme. Once they are done playing, they can draw a picture and write to tell what they enjoyed the most. 
• Imaginary Play - House
  Children will communicate what they intend to do during imaginary play. They can use props and toys as they act out certain situations.  Brainstorm with the child(ren) about different things they may add to the play area for that specific theme. Once they are done playing, they can draw a picture and write to tell what they enjoyed the most. 
• Imaginary Play - Post Office
  Children will communicate what they intend to do during imaginary play. They can use props and toys as they act out certain situations from the story, or made-up scenarios similar to what they read/heard about.
• Imaginary Play - Restaurant
  Child(ren) will brainstorm with an adult about different things they may add to the play area for a specific theme. Children will communicate what they intend to do during imaginary play.

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