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Healthy Habits Challenge

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Identify five healthy habits that support my body and mind
  • 2Explain how healthy habits connect to my emotional wellbeing
  • 3Complete a one-day healthy habits tracker
  • 4Reflect on how caring for my body affects how I feel
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Mini Lesson

Have you ever noticed that when you are very tired or hungry, it is harder to stay calm or be kind? That is because your body and your emotions are deeply connected. When you take care of your body, you help your mind and your feelings too.

Five healthy habits that help body and mind

  • 🌙 Sleep — a full night of sleep helps your brain learn, remember, and stay calm under pressure. Tired brains have a harder time managing big feelings.
  • 💧 Drink water — your brain is mostly water. Staying hydrated helps you focus, think clearly, and feel better.
  • 🥦 Eat healthy food — fruits, vegetables, and balanced meals give your brain and body the fuel they need to work well all day.
  • 🏃 Move your body — exercise releases chemicals in your brain that reduce stress and boost your mood. Even a short walk helps.
  • 🧘 Rest your mind — quiet time, deep breathing, reading, or playing outside gives your brain a chance to reset and recharge.

How healthy habits connect to feelings

  • When you sleep enough, you are better at handling disappointment and conflict calmly.
  • When you eat well and stay hydrated, you have more energy to be patient and kind.
  • When you move your body, stress and worried feelings become smaller.
  • Taking care of yourself is not selfish — it makes you a better friend, family member, and learner.
Five healthy habits arranged in a wheel around a central wellbeing circleA central circle labeled Feel Good Inside is surrounded by five habit chips: sleep, drink water, eat healthy food, move your body, and rest your mind.Five Habits for Body and MindFeel GoodInsideSleepDrink waterMove bodyEat healthyRest mindAll five habits work together.Each one supports the others.
Five healthy habits — sleep, drink water, eat healthy food, move your body, and rest your mind — all feed into feeling good inside. Each habit supports the others.
How healthy habits connect to emotional wellbeingThree before-and-after pairs showing how body care leads to better feelings.Body Care > Better FeelingsWithout habitWith habittired> grumpyrested> calmhungry> frustratedwell-fed> patientstill> stressedactive> happy
Body care directly affects emotions — tired leads to grumpy, hungry leads to frustrated, and sitting still leads to stressed. Each healthy habit moves you toward a better feeling.
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Ask yourself: "Which healthy habit do I need most today? How might taking care of my body help me feel better right now?

Vocabulary
Habit
Something you do every day without thinkinge.g. Brushing teeth is a healthy habit.
Healthy
Good for your body and minde.g. Eating fruit is healthy.
Hydrate
To drink enough watere.g. I hydrate by drinking water all day.
Wellbeing
Feeling good in your body and minde.g. Sleep helps my wellbeing.
Recharge
To rest so you have energy againe.g. Quiet time helps me recharge.
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