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During my homeschool review last year I was asked what I do for Health and PE. I was like...uh... we play sports, go to the playground, ride bikes etc. and we go to the dentist on a regular basis and receive healthy brushing information So... I needed to find something a little more standard

Does anyone have recommendations for health, like a unit type thing that can fit in with HOD? for 6th, third, and 1st. Maybe just a basic workbook or something? 6th might need something more advanced.

I have a basic Homeschooling/PE book from sonlight around somewhere. I'll see if I can find it. Health is the main issue.

Also, are the art activities that are integrated considered your main "Art" curriculum. Or do you add something in. I want to add in as little as necessary. I have most of the Draw Write Now books I could integrate if necessary.

Thanks.
Rebecca

Some YMCA's have homeschool p.e. available. As for health, Horizons, Abeka, and Rod and Staff have health books that would cover your needs. Rod and Staff's are pretty straight forward but they only have 2nd grade and one for 4th or 5th grade.
This is a description of Horizons
Cover all the aspects of healthy living inside and out with the appealing, print-based Horizons 6th Grade Health Set from Alpha Omega Publications! Christ-focused and easy to teach, this complete set comes with a soft-cover teacher's guide, student book, and a consumable student workbook. Perfect for your growing homeschooler, this health course covers informative topics like relationship management, body systems, diseases, unique personality traits, and more. The step-by-step teacher's guide includes 62 lessons, along with a list of needed materials, objectives, lesson overviews, and related activities!

Laying a solid foundation for lifelong healthy living, Horizons 6th Grade Health Set also comes with a full-color student book that includes student readings, photos, illustrations, and questions to reinforce the lessons. The additional student workbook has over 50 perforated, colorful student visuals and fun activities that complement topics taught in the teacher's guide. Adaptable to any homeschool schedule, this health curriculum is designed to be taught two to three days per week. Teach your sixth grader essential health topics and add Horizons 6th Grade Health Set to your order today!

They have health for all the grades from kindergarten on up.
As for art, I ordered some Art from R&S, but if you have the Draw Write Now books I would think they would be sufficient by themselves.
Val

I don't know anything in particular about the book but for your 6th grade son have you heard of the book "The Boy's Body Book"? It is written for ages 10-12. Or there is "Leo Lintball's Not-So-Stupid Questions About Your Body" from generations of virtue. It is written for boys from a godly perspective in the 10-14 year old range.

For your 8 year old daughter you might want to look at Inside-Out Beauty Book for ages 5-10 from generations of virtue about personal care, health, nutrition information. I know that American Girl has a book too called "The Care and Keeping of You" which discusses the same information but I am not sure what age that is really geared for.

Not sure about anything else you might need. Hope this helps.

I would steer clear of horizons health, as I've heard from different reviews there is SO much work to it and takes a lot of time. I could be wrong though.

For health, I like the Miller Family Series health book called prudence and The Millers for ages 7-14. Here's the description from one site:

Prudence And The Millers - Miller Family Series
Learn about health, safety and courtesy from the Bible. Each chapter includes a Scripture passage and true-to-life story, illustrating aspects of prudent living.
Ages 7 through 14

You can get it through many sites, just have to hunt for the best price!

P.E. I've heard good things about Homeschool Family Fitness- http://www.amazon.com/Home-School-Famil ... 99-3684745

We have used Horizons Health for Grade 3 and Grade 4 this year. We just bought the Student book and I had my kids read a certain number of pages once a week, and then, they went over the comprehension questions after each section aloud with me. It didn't take much time at all. Maybe 20 minutes, once a week, and we completed the book in maybe 8 weeks or so? Next year, we are doing Prudence and Your Health.

Hope that helps!

Thank you everyone. I am going to look at The Prudence one as it would work for everyone. I have the Homeschool Family fitness book, so I will browse through it. I think I like the Y idea for PE. Only we don't have anything too close. Maybe my dh can do a little with my ds that is on a bit more personal level. I really wanted to do just HOD. I want it all scheduled... But 20 minutes once a week , that I can handle!

Rebecca

HOD integrates basic exercise in the younger grades with their Bible box. But if you're needing more, basic calisthenics would be easy to add. We did this one year to get our ds ready for the physical requirements of hunting with my dh. He did sit-ups, push-ups, jumping jacks, and running each day. He kept a record of this and tried to beat his record each week.

In Christ,
Julie

We did Horizons Health last year for K, and it is a lot of work. There are a lot of supplies that you have to have, including puppets. Also, a lot of work on the teachers part. Not open and go. I am going to be using Prudence and the Millers for this fall. I am curious about the p.e. from Sonlight. I don't want a rigorous p.e, just something like jumping rope one day, playing tag another, etc. I guess I could just come up with my own, now that I think about it.
My kids love art, so we are doing a little extra. I am getting Abeka art, for grades K4, K5 and 1. It is colorful and bright and already on cardstock. In the younger grades it is more crafts, but in the older grades, there starts to be more drawing and technique.

LeAnna

Thanks ladies, I am looking into the Millers. Would a 1st grader be able to follow along? The workbook mentions 4-7th grade but the reviewer says his whole family used it. I think one book would be the best for me next year.

also, this is the PE book I have

http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Homescho ... pd_sim_b_3

It as games in it like no-net badmitton, one on one softball, two on one tennis and lots of other easily adaptible games depending on family size. I think this will be very easy to implement a game or two each week. Maybe DH can take that one on, maybe not. But the book is simply explained.

Rebecca

I read that Millers was for ages 7-14, so I would guess that they could all do it! Maybe just discuss with the 1st grader and the others do the written work?

I used Rod & Staff Health a number of years ago and it is really simple. You could use it with a wide age range as it is really practical stuff. You can see it here http://www.rodandstaff.info/samples/health/

God Bless,
Michelle