Monthly Archives: February 2021

Grades K-2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10bsVc9TZ0PstRXx2tL1LrekWGzPTOuwDJj6TEkEExwk/edit?usp=sharing

Grades 3-5: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wL6O_l51ptDVzuasnExknJ95Pow-ilDGfI879n_I4pY/edit?usp=sharing

Grades K-2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1et8DdCodOqdv2NZnvxpg_Bd4medpbWSSdLDzZt9lbjw/edit?usp=sharing

Grades 3-5: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Zf_7feuMM568hLxSTRtc_0VpRM5Ud6bCPuBMHrxgws/edit?usp=sharing

Grades K-2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sXkJpwK1JKObb6_V0PDof6nVhWF4lZ4E7Tw36EzgSZU/edit?usp=sharing

Grades 3-5: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NXsV_kfG1BbgKoP35d2VpOHQt0jV3JYuLWwVv_JDlVY/edit?usp=sharing

Grades K-2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_fSfyEf4UHjFLullnzE4pEho0hasmOIb4Q7jLLSI2Yk/edit?usp=sharing

Grades 3-5: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TN-mOgMNHOrHhdBDZQ6dQDCyGmGR4Dr2_od6jBK9mdQ/edit?usp=sharing

Physical Activity

February is American Heart Month! Check out our heart healthy activities to get kids moving! It is important to stay active as part of keeping our hearts healthy and leading a healthy lifestyle. You can learn more about physical activity opportunities and content provided by Dearborn SHINES and LAHC by scanning the QR codes: 

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lqIKvKlsKvoOWHRGFPMay1-JUO4g2-mHbdbAiCyd4ao/edit?usp=sharing
  • www.DSHINES.org   

Our physical activity for Heart Month will certainly keep your heart pumping!

How Hard Does Your Heart Beat?

Let’s see how fast our hearts can beat! You can use your fingers to feel how fast your heart is beating while sitting down. You can even count how many beats there are in a minute and write it down! Touch your wrist, neck, or chest to feel your heart beating. Now try these exercises and feel how fast your heart is beating after! Be sure to count how many beats per minute!

Marching in place Hopping
Running in place Dancing
Jumping in place Jumping Jacks

Nutrition

February is American Heart Month. Our hearts need healthy food to function properly. A heart-healthy lifestyle starts with healthy food choices. Choosing certain foods, like fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy, and protein rich foods is a great start to keeping your heart healthy. Examples of these foods include:

• Fruits and Vegetables: apples, bananas, oranges, pears, leafy greens (spinach, collard greens, kale), broccoli, carrots
• Whole grains: oatmeal, brown rice, whole-grain bread
• Low-fat dairy: milk, cheese, yogurt
• Protein: fish, turkey, chicken, eggs, nuts, legumes

A fun, heart healthy snack you and your child can make at home is Fresh Fruit Pops.

Ingredients:

• Strawberries
• Bananas
• Low fat vanilla yogurt
• Low sugar granola
• Popsicle sticks

Directions:

1. Wash strawberries and cut the tops off.
2. Peel bananas and cut into 3 in pieces.
3. Stick popsicle stick through each piece of fruit.
4. Dip fruit into yogurt and then into granola.
5. Place on serving tray and serve immediately.

Covid Resources

Getting the appropriate care during these times is very important. See the recommendations below from the CDC about doctor visits and getting medicine.

Talk to your doctor online, by phone, or e-mail

• Use telemedicine, if available, or communicate with your doctor or nurse by phone or e-mail.
• Talk to your doctor about rescheduling procedures that are not urgently needed.

If you must visit in-person, protect yourself and others

• If you think you have COVID-19, notify the doctor or healthcare provider before your visit and follow their instructions.
• Cover your mouth and nose with a mask when you have to go out in public.
• Do not touch your eyes, nose, or mouth.
• Stay at least 6 feet away from others while inside and in lines.
• When paying, use touchless payment methods if possible. If you cannot use touchless payment, sanitize your hands after paying with card, cash, or check. Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds when you get home.

Limit in-person visits to the pharmacy

• Plan to order and pick up all your prescriptions at the same time.
• If possible, call prescription orders in ahead of time. Use drive-thru windows, curbside services (wait in your car until the prescription is ready), mail-order, or other delivery services. Do the same for pet medicine.
• Check with your doctor and pharmacist to see if you can get a larger supply of your medicines so you do not have to visit the pharmacy as often.

Resources brought to you by: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/doctor-visits-medicine.html

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