HEALTH HABITS 

FIRST TERM

WEEK 8

NURSERY 1

THEME – HEALTH HABITS 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Good Health Habits (Nursery 1 – Age 3)

 

TOPIC – BAD HEALTH HABITATS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introductory Activities

2. Meaning of Bad Health Habits

3. Ways of Maintaining Good Health Habits

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to –

1. say the meaning bad health habits.

2. recognize all bad health habits.

3. smile and learn.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The children understand sucking finger or eating nails are bad behaviours.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Chart showing children suffering from bad health habits.

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

MEANING AND EXAMPLES OF BAD HEALTH HABITS 

Bad health habits are bad behaviour that affects our personal health.

Note – Support the children to be say the meaning of bad health habits.

 

EXAMPLES OF BAD HEALTH HABITS

1. Not brushing the teeth

2. Not taken bath daily

3. Not eating good and balanced diet

4. Not eating in time

5. Not washing hands before and after eating

6. Not taken good and clean water

7. Long and dirty nails

8. Bushy hair

9. Rough play

10. Not sleep well

11. Head banging and head rolling

12. Teeth grinding

13. Eating nail

14. Nose picking

15. Sucking finger or thumb., etc.

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher display chary showing a child eating his/her nails, sucking thumb, etc.

3. Teacher points to the chart and lets the children identify and describe the activities of the child.

4. Teacher uses the chart and the children relevant responses to introduce the lesson and explain the meaning and examples of bad health.

5. Teacher summarizes the lesson by asking the children questions based on the lesson taught and gives the children work to do at home.

Children’s Activities – The children participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding to the questions and do their homework at home.

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

NEXT LESSON

Meaning and Examples Safety Rules (Nursery 1 – Age 3)

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks the children the following questions,

1. _______ are bad behaviour that affects our personal health.

A. Bad health habits

B. Good health habits

 

2. Bad health habits are bad behaviour that affects our _______.

A. Personal health

B. Personal living

 

3. Eating good and balanced diet are bad health habits.

A. Yes

B. No

 

4. Play safe is one of the good health habits.

A. Yes

B. No

 

5. It is important that you wash your hand after toileting.

A. Yes

B. No