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Healthy Habits for Preschool

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Healthy habits pages for preschool: washing hands, brushing teeth, everyday foods, taking care of my body and ways to move.

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Healthy habits

A chart of six habits to talk about and color.

Healthy food

Sort every day foods and sometimes foods, and find what is good for teeth.

Washing and caring for my body

Put hand washing in order and match each body part to what it needs.

Move your body

Color the ways you like to move and play.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these healthy habits worksheets

Preschool is when everyday healthy habits start to stick. Washing hands, brushing teeth, eating fruits and vegetables, drinking water, sleeping and playing hard all help a growing body. These pages turn those habits into simple pictures a preschooler can talk about, sort and put in order.

Children sort foods into every day foods and sometimes foods, put the steps of hand washing in order, find the things that are good for teeth and match body parts to the things that care for them. The chart and the move your body page are for coloring and talking.

Standards

  • ELOF P-PMP 4Child demonstrates personal hygiene and self-care skills.
  • ELOF P-PMP 5Child develops knowledge and skills that help promote nutritious food choices and eating habits.
  • ELOF P-PMP 1Child demonstrates control, strength, and coordination of large muscles.
  • ELOF P-SCI 3Child compares and categorizes observable phenomena.
  • ELOF P-ATL 8Child holds information in mind and manipulates it to perform tasks.

How to use them

  1. Hang the healthy habits chart by the sink or the snack table and point to it as you go through the day.
  2. Use the words every day and sometimes for foods. Treats are fine sometimes, and no food is bad.
  3. Practice the hand washing steps at a real sink, then do the sequencing page. Sing a short song while you scrub.
  4. On Healthy Teeth, talk about why each thing helps or hurts teeth before your child circles.
  5. After Move Your Body, go and do one of the moves together.

Teaching tips

  • Children learn routines by doing them the same way every time. Use the same words for each hand washing step.
  • Milk, water, fruit and vegetables are easy every day examples. Candy, donuts and fries make clear sometimes examples.
  • For the cut and paste pages, cut the strip into single pictures for a child who is still learning to use scissors.
  • Celebrate small wins, like washing hands without a reminder, more than the worksheet itself.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What healthy habits should preschoolers learn?

Washing hands, brushing teeth, eating fruits and vegetables, drinking water, getting enough sleep and moving their bodies every day.

Why say every day foods and sometimes foods?

It teaches balance without making any food bad. Children learn that some foods help them grow every day and treats are for sometimes.

Are there answer keys?

Yes. The food sorts, the hand washing order pages, Healthy Teeth and the body care match have an answer key on page 2.