Classroom Toolkits
Health educators from Norton Children’s Prevention & Wellness offer wellness lesson plan toolkits, resources and programming for the classroom and after-school events.
Classroom toolkits/resources
- Pedestrian Safety Class registration
- Children and Hospitals Week: Building Healthy Superheroes
- Kohl’s Cares High Five Prevention Program
- Bike Safety Rodeo Program
- Safety City
Incorporating physical activity and mindfulness in the classroom
- GoNoodle.com
- ActionForHealthyKids.org
- Promoting healthy nutrition in schools
- Healthy ways to reward students
- Healthy fundraising solutions
Additional resources
Prevent coronavirus spread: Don’t touch your face
Touching your face may be a habit you don’t realize you have. One study shows that a person can touch their face up to 23 times per hour. Norton Children’s wants every child to be […]
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Cover your cough to be a Super Kid: Cough into elbow
Coughing and sneezing can spread illness — everything from the common cold to COVID-19. Wearing a mask is just one part of being a Super Kid; covering your cough by coughing into your elbow is […]
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When should you wash your hands?
Washing your hands is the easiest way to keep yourself and others from getting sick. Think of it as a do-it-yourself vaccine: Hand hygiene helps prevent diarrhea, strep throat, the flu and many other illnesses […]
Read Full Story
Drownings in Kentucky waterways this year already surpass all of 2019
Kentucky already has had more drownings this year than all of 2019, even while public pools are closed to limit the spread of the coronavirus. So far this year, there have been 33 drownings in […]
Read Full Story
Gun safety for kids
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), there is a gun in 1 out of 3 homes with children, and nearly 1.7 million children live in a home with a loaded, unlocked gun. Every […]
Read Full Story
Prevent coronavirus spread: Don’t touch your face
Touching your face may be a habit you don’t realize you have. One study shows that a person can touch their face up to 23 times per hour. Norton Children’s wants every child to be […]
Read Full Story
Cover your cough to be a Super Kid: Cough into elbow
Coughing and sneezing can spread illness — everything from the common cold to COVID-19. Wearing a mask is just one part of being a Super Kid; covering your cough by coughing into your elbow is […]
Read Full Story
When should you wash your hands?
Washing your hands is the easiest way to keep yourself and others from getting sick. Think of it as a do-it-yourself vaccine: Hand hygiene helps prevent diarrhea, strep throat, the flu and many other illnesses […]
Read Full Story
Drownings in Kentucky waterways this year already surpass all of 2019
Kentucky already has had more drownings this year than all of 2019, even while public pools are closed to limit the spread of the coronavirus. So far this year, there have been 33 drownings in […]
Read Full Story
Gun safety for kids
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), there is a gun in 1 out of 3 homes with children, and nearly 1.7 million children live in a home with a loaded, unlocked gun. Every […]
Read Full Story
