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
Take care of your sick child without getting others — or yourself — sick
Temperatures have dropped, and it’s officially cold and flu season. Here are some tips for staying well as you nurse your little one back to health. It’s not too late to get a flu shot […]
Read Full Story
New guidelines on when kids should get the flu shot
With this year’s flu season coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, pediatricians are urging parents to get their kids’ flu shots sooner rather than later. In newly released guidelines, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly […]
Read Full Story
How to help teens manage their feelings during the COVID-19 pandemic
Teens have different psychosocial needs than younger children. They crave autonomy and independence. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many teens are still grappling with a new normal: e-learning for the start of the school year, […]
Read Full Story
When is the flu or COVID-19 an emergency for kids?
¿Cuándo es la gripe o el COVID-19 una emergencia para los niños? It’s 2 a.m. and your child has a high fever. The signs of the flu are there, or is it COVID-19? At that […]
Read Full Story
Once school starts, there will be more than 1 virus to take steps to avoid
There will be more than one virus to take steps to avoid as schools reopen. Kids have always brought home germs, viruses and bacteria that could make their sick day a sick day for you […]
Read Full Story
Take care of your sick child without getting others — or yourself — sick
Temperatures have dropped, and it’s officially cold and flu season. Here are some tips for staying well as you nurse your little one back to health. It’s not too late to get a flu shot […]
Read Full Story
New guidelines on when kids should get the flu shot
With this year’s flu season coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, pediatricians are urging parents to get their kids’ flu shots sooner rather than later. In newly released guidelines, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly […]
Read Full Story
How to help teens manage their feelings during the COVID-19 pandemic
Teens have different psychosocial needs than younger children. They crave autonomy and independence. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many teens are still grappling with a new normal: e-learning for the start of the school year, […]
Read Full Story
When is the flu or COVID-19 an emergency for kids?
¿Cuándo es la gripe o el COVID-19 una emergencia para los niños? It’s 2 a.m. and your child has a high fever. The signs of the flu are there, or is it COVID-19? At that […]
Read Full Story
Once school starts, there will be more than 1 virus to take steps to avoid
There will be more than one virus to take steps to avoid as schools reopen. Kids have always brought home germs, viruses and bacteria that could make their sick day a sick day for you […]
Read Full Story
