1. CHAPTER 8: Fitness and Nutrition Create a Healthy Lifestyle
Movement and Music:
Developing Activities for Young Children
Jere Gallagher
Nancy Sayre
© 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

2. Making Connections
How did Denise’s early experiences in Mr. Wagner’s physical education class help her to be physically active when she turned 50?

3. Objectives

4. What are the components of health-related fitness?
Cardiovascular Endurance
Muscular Strength and Endurance
Flexibility
Body Composition

5. What factors are needed to consider to increase health-related fitness?
Frequency
Intensity
Time
Type

6. What are the proportion sizes by age and gender for a healthy diet?
Calories and portion sizes vary according to growth rate and activity level.

7. M2 Fun
Finger Knitting
Go to wikihow.com and search for finger knitting. Follow the directions and periodically place small bell in the links. Play a tune with the new instrument.

8. What are examples of the healthiest food? Recommendations

9. “Choose My Plate”

10. Example of a nutrition label

11. M2 Fun Tasty Bean Dip Cups
Place the following ingredients in separate containers with tablespoon serving utensils:
Refried beans
Sour cream,
Salsa
Shredded cheese
Give each child a foil cupcake liner with name
on the bottom. Child places 1-tablespoon of each ingredient in cup. Dip is served with
tortilla chips.

12. Food Contaminants

13. Steps in hand washing

14. Take Home Message
A knowledge of health related fitness is important when developing learning experiences that assist the young children to continue engagement in physical activity.
Young children need to provided experiences to practice making healthy choices.

15. Now It Is Your
Turn Design an M2
Fun Activity for the
class.
Have fun!