💛 SELGrade 2Lesson 23
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Make Healthy Daily Habits

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What you will learn

  • 1Identify healthy daily habits
  • 2Explain how small daily choices add up to big effects on your health and well-being
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Mini Lesson

Did you know that a tiny drop of water can slowly fill a whole bucket? That is exactly how habits work. Every small healthy choice you make every single day adds up — and over time, those small choices create big results for your body and mind.

What is a habit?

  • A habit is something you do so regularly that it becomes automatic.
  • Healthy habits protect your body and boost your mood and energy.
  • Unhealthy habits may feel easy in the moment but weaken your health over time.

Five areas of healthy daily habits

  • Sleep — go to bed on time, get 9 to 12 hours.
  • Nutrition — eat vegetables and fruits, and drink water every day.
  • Movement — be active for at least 60 minutes a day.
  • Hygiene — brush teeth, wash hands, stay clean.
  • Mindset — say kind things to yourself, read, practice gratitude.

How do habits form?

  • You do something once, then again, then again — it becomes automatic.
  • Habits are easier to build when attached to an existing routine (e.g., brush teeth right after breakfast).
  • Every day you choose a healthy habit, you are investing in your future self.

Words to know

Habit

Something you do so often it becomes automatic

e.g. Brushing my teeth is a healthy habit.

Nutrition

The food and drinks that fuel your body

e.g. Good nutrition includes fruits and water.

Movement

Active play or exercise that uses your body

e.g. An hour of movement keeps me strong.

Hygiene

Habits that keep your body clean

e.g. Hand washing is part of good hygiene.

Mindset

The way you think about yourself and the world

e.g. A grateful mindset is a healthy habit too.

Five healthy habit areasFive colored segments around a central circle, labeled Sleep, Nutrition, Movement, Hygiene, and Mindset.5 Areas of Healthy HabitsSleepNutritionMovementHygieneMindsetwell-being
Five habit areas — Sleep, Nutrition, Movement, Hygiene, and Mindset — around well-being.
Small habits add up over timeA stack of four habit blocks showing how daily habits build to big results.Small habits add up!Drink water every daybetter focus and energyMove your body dailystronger muscles and moodSleep 9 to 12 hoursbetter learning and memoryEat vegetables and fruithelps you stay well
Four daily habits stacked — each small choice builds up to a big result.
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Ask yourself: "What is one healthy habit I already have? What is one new habit I could start today?"

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