Mental, Emotional, and Social Health in 3rd Grade Lesson

Lesson 1 3rdGrade Until 1 Mental, Emotional, and Social Health

Objectives Vocabulary Health Wellness Life Skill Healthful behavior Health Goal Risk Behavior Identify ten life skills that can help you take responsibility for your health. How a healthful behavior and a risk behavior differ.

Health and Wellness Health is the condition your body, mind, and relationships. These are the three parts to health.

Physical Health Physical Health Condition of your body. It includes how well your body systems work. It also includes how you care for your body systems.

Mental and Emotional Health Condition of your mind. It includes how you express your feelings and manage stress.

Family and Social Family and Social Health Health How you get along with others. It includes being a caring, responsible family member and friend. Is also includes showing respect for others.

Wellness Wellness Is the highest level of health you can achieve. You have wellness when you have health in all three areas.

Life Skills Life Skills Actions that increase and maintain your health. You learn life skills now and practice them the rest of your life.

Practice Healthful Practice Healthful Behaviors Behaviors A Healthful behavior is an action that increases the level of health for you and others. Practicing healthful behaviors is a key to life skills. Washing your hands before you eat is a healthful behavior because it kills germs and bacteria and decreases your risk of getting sick. Wearing a bike helmet is a healthful behavior because it will protect your brain from injury. Eating healthy food is a healthful behavior because it will give your body more energy.

Health Goals Health Goals

Avoid Risk Behavior Avoid Risk Behavior

Sense of purpose: Recognizing that you have value and importance as a person lets you set and reach goals. What is your purpose?

Positive outlook: Seeing the bright side of life reduces stress and increases your chances of success Attitude: the way you think, act, or feel.

Positive Attitudes can impact emotional health

Resiliency & Mental Health Everyone has to manage difficult and stressful situations. Mentally and emotionally healthy people handle stresses in positive ways. These people are resilient. Resiliency the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficult, or crisis. (Spilled Milk)

Self-esteem Developing self-esteem influences the other characteristics of good mental health. Self-esteem how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself. Self-esteem affects your overall attitude and the health choices you make.

What kind of things or situations increase your self-esteem? Increases when you are praised for your efforts or a job well done. Increases when you believe that you can succeed, or when you master new challenges. No one succeeds at new tasks and activities all the time. Why might someone not succeed at something the first time? Use positive self-talk-Affirmations Video What are some examples of negative self-talk? How can you change those around to positive self-talk?

Benefits of healthy self-esteem Helps you feel proud of yourself and your abilities, skills, and accomplishments. You feel that setbacks are temporary. You have the confidence to attack challenges and overcome them. Gives you the confidence to try new things regardless of outcome. Don t see self as a failure if they do not succeed at something.

Improving Your Self-Esteem You can control many things that affect your self-esteem. Avoid criticizing yourself, or spending time with people who criticize you. Set realistic expectations, and don t expect everything to be perfect. Choose friends who value and respect you. Focus on positive aspects about yourself. Replace negative self-talk with positive. Work toward accomplishments rather than perfection.

Unique ME Project Project Unique Me- Write what people see on the outside ,what people don t see on the inside.