Whole Health Concepts
Lesson 1: Get Moving like Harrison Dog
• When you exercise regularly you can
Objectives participate in more activities, recover more
1. Understand the benefits of daily physical quickly from illness, and are more satisfied
activity. with how you look. If you ever want to hike
2. Participate in 15 minutes of physical activity. up a mountain, play a full game of
basketball, or run fast in a game of tag, then
Curriculum Ties exercising every day will help you do these
• Healthful living things.
• Math
• Remember every time you see Harrison
Teacher Planning Dog think “Get Moving”. Why? Because
Time Required for Lesson - 25 minutes Harrison loves to run and play!
Materials/Resources -
• “Meet Lester Panda and his Friends” -
illustrated children’s book
Activity
Lesson Walk for fifteen minutes around the
Harrison Dog loves all kinds of exercise and he school campus. Bring a stopwatch
wants you to love it too! It doesnʼt matter what and time the walk. Do not take any
you do for exercise; the important thing is that breaks. Walk without stopping for 15
you get your body moving! minutes. It doesn’t matter how fast
you walk. What’s important is that
Let’s discuss some benefits of getting daily you are moving!
exercise:
• If you learn to make healthy choices at a
young age you are more likely to make
healthy choices as adults.
• You’ll be physically fit, which means:
1. Being free from disease and illness
(reducing your chances of developing
heart disease, diabetes, and cancer)
2. Weighing the appropriate weight for your
size (not becoming overweight, obese, or
underweight)
3. Having good muscle tone
4. Having a strong heart rate and pulse
BAMBOO ZOO – Welcome to Bamboo Zoo! Whole Health Concepts - Lesson One