Grade 1 CBC Notes: Hygiene and nutrition

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Grade 1 Notes: Hygiene and nutrition

grade 1 mathematics notes,

Topic: Healthy  practices

Sub strand: healthy habits

 1: What are healthy habits?

Healthy habits are things we do to stay healthy.Things we do to stay healthy are; playing, washing hands, brushing teeth and eating healthy foods.We practice healthy habits to prevent us from getting diseases.

2: which healthy habits prevents illnesses?

Illinessis a disease and we get diseases when we don’t practice healthy habits

Habits that prevent illnesses are:

Washing hands

Sleeping well

Using the toilet or latrine

Doing exercises

Eating healthy foods

Bathing everyday

3: Why do we practice healthy habits.

We practice healthy habits to prevent our bodies from getting diseasesi.e

We wash hands to remove germs,

We use the toilet to prevent illnesses,

We bathe everyday to keep body clean,

We exercise to keep our body fit.

4: Doing healthy habits

Let Learners go out and do healthy habits like running, skipping, playing football etc.

Exercise 1.1

 

 

Care for the teeth

We grow two sets of teeth

The first set are called milk teeth

As babies grow older they loose the milk teeth.The second set of teeth are calledpermanent teeth

How to remove teeth in a clean way

1.Wash your hands

2.Hold the tooth with a clean cloth

3.Remove the tooth

4.Put the cloth in a bin

5.Gurgle salty water

Gurgle is to take water into the mouth,move it round then spit it.

Exercise 1.2

1.We wash our_____beforeremoving teeth (hands, mouth)

2.All children grow milk teeth.(true,not true)

3.Teeth that we remove are_____teeth(milk, good)

4.We do not  go to hospital to remove milk teeth.( Yes,no)

Use of medicine

Which medicine do you use at home?

Some of the medicines we take at home are;

Sick people take medicine to feel better

Care when taking medicine

Exercise 1.3

1.We should take medicine using_____water(clean, sweet)

2.Touching medicine with dirty hands is____(good,bad)

3._____is a type of medicine (tablet,table)

4.We should always keep medicine in a ____cupboard(closed, open)

 

Topic: Personal Hygiene

Care for the parts of the body

Parts of the body

 

Things we use to clean the body

Things we use to clean the body are;

Pumice stone is a soft stone for scrubbing the feet

 Handkerchiefis a small cloth used to clean the nose

Cleaning our face

1.put water in a basin

2.close your eyes

3.wet your face

4.put soap and rub

5.rinse your face

6.dry with a towel.

Cleaning our teeth

1.wet your brush

2.put toothpaste

3.brush your teeth up and down,front and back

4.rinse your mouth

We clean our teeth using Colgate, tooth brush/chewed stick, tooth paste/salt, and clean water

Clean your teeth at least two times a day

Washing our hands

We wash our hands after visiting the toilet and before eating

Washing our feet

To clean my feet;

Always keep your feet clean and dry

Keep your nails short

Cleaning our hair,nose and ears

 

 

 

 

Washing the hair

Let learner’s do an extended activity of washing the doll

Exercise 2.1

Answer this questions

1.We use____and____to clean our hair

2.Draw two things you use to clean your teeth

3.We use soap,water and ____to wash our face

  1. Name the parts of the body we clean with these things

 

 

Use of toilets and latrines

Toilets,latrines or urinals

Show the toilet, latrine and urinal

 

Always use the toilet orlatrine

Exercise 2.2______

2.After using the toilet,we should_____(knock,flush)

 

Fill in the blank spaces

1.Latrine is to outside the house while toilet is to

3.Used tissue paper should_____(be used again,be thrown in the latrine)

 

Topic: Foods

Sources of food

Food at our place

 

 

Activity

Learners to draw foods they eat on the table

 

 

Animal and plant food sources

Source is where food come from

 

Exercise 3.1

1.Draw and colour

  (a) One food we get from a

  (b) One food we get from plants

2.We get tomato from______(animals,plants)

3.Fish,milk and meat are foods from animals_____(true,not true)

 

Eating habits

Food we eat every day

 

Foods I like or dislike

Note: draw a table and let Learners copy it on their books,let them writfoods they like or not like.

 

Which foods are good for my teeth

 

Exercise 3.2

1.Foods like ____and____ are note good for my teeth.(carrots, biscuits, milk,sweets)

2.Draw two foods that you like.

3.Draw two foods that are bad for your teeth

 

 

Using our senses to know food

Foods we eat at home and in school

 

 

Common foods at our locality

Locality is where we come from.

 

Senses and food

How do we know food?

We know different kinds of foods by

Activity

Let Learners bring different kind of foods to school

In groups let them cover their eyes one at a time.

Guide Learners to use hands,nose and tongue to tell the type of foods

 

Exercise 3.3

1.Draw and colour two foods you eat at home

2.We can know food by it’s colour,taste,smell or_____(touch,ty)

3.Foods that taste bitter are not good to our bodies.(yes,no)

 

Cleaning of fruits

Fruits at our place

Let Learners look at the pictures of fruits and name fruit in their locality.

 

 

Learners activity:

Draw and colour two fruit found in your locality

Choosing fruits

Are all fruits good for eating?

Types of bad fruits are;

When food goes bad we say it’s rotten

Show Learners pictures of fruit and let them say which fruits are good and which ones are bad

 

Look at the pictures

Which bananas are good for eating?

Which mangoes are good for eating?

 

Washing fruits

 

Exercise 3.4

1.We _____fruits before eating them (wash,bite)

2.Which fruit will you eat?A or B? why

 

3.Draw two fruits found in your locality

 

Why we eat

How many times do you eat in a day?

Foods we eat at different times

Show Learners pictures of foods

 

 

Why do we eat every day?

Exercise 3.5

1.Name two activities that you do.

2.Say if you need energy to do them.

3.We eat to grow and _____ (be healthy, sleep)

 

Good behavior during meal times

Meaning of mealtime

Look at the pictures

 

Good behavior when eating

1.Wash your hands before eating

2.Serve food that you can finish

3.Close your mouth while chewing

4.Clear the table after eating

 

Which family is showing good behavior during meal times?A or B?

 

Why we show behavior during mealtimes

Choking is when food get stuck in the the throat

Exercise 3.6

1.Peter likes talking while eating.He can____(choke,drown)

2.We only wash our hands after eating.____(yes or no)

3.Do not _____ food(waste,eat)

 

Buying food

Where do we buy food?

We buy food from the following places;

Kiosk is a small shop

Restaurant is a place where cooked food is sold

The food we buy

We buy food from different places.

1.We buy meat from the butchery

2.We get cooked food from a restaurant

3.We can buy maize and beans in the open air market

* Let Learners do an exercise of matching pictures on page 67 pupils book grade 1

 

Topic 4: Safety Education

Common accidents at home

What accidents happen at home?

Look at the pictures

 

Cuts and burns

Look at the pictures

 

The boy in picture A has cut his leg and the girl in picture B has a burn.

Cuts and burns are common accidents at home.

Falls and drowning

Ask Learners to look at the pictures

 

The boy in picture A has a fall and picture B shows drowning in water

Falling and drowningare also common accidents

Electric shock, choking and suffocation

 

Causes of accidents at home

Sharp objects

  1. Slippery floors
  2. Banana peels
  3. Furniture that is not arranged well
  4. Rough ground

Note: Furniture are things like chairs,beds,tables and desk

Slippery is something that can make one slide and fall

 

Sockets and flames

Touching a socket is very dangerous ,it can cause a shock

Playing with fire is also dangerous,it can cause burns

Learners to look at pictures on page 75 pupils book.

How can we prevent accidents at home

Activity:Ask Learners to make posters of how to prevent accidents in groups.

Exercise 4.1

1.Name the accidents.

 

  1. ___can cause accidents in the kitchen.(a knife, blanket)

3.We can prevent falls by___(keeping the floor dry,playing with a knife)

4.Electricity can cause____(electric shock, drowning)

 

Dangerous chemicals at home

Dangerousis a thing that can harrm us

Which chemicals are dangerous at home?

Let Learners look at the pictures of dangerous chemicals at home

 

 

 

 

 

 

What dangers do chemicals at home cause?

Insecticides are chemicals that kill insects like mosquitoes

Pesticides kills pest like weevil.

Give Learners this exercise on pg 85 pupils book

 

 

Simple first aid

What is first aid?

First aid is the first help given to a hurt person

We do first aid for all accidents

We do first aid to reduce loss of blood

First aid also reduces pain

The first aid kit

Let Learners look at the first aid kit on pg 89 pupil book

We keep first aid things in a first aid kit

Things found in a first aid kit are;

Activity

Let Learners do a hfirst aid activity in groups.

Let one pupil in each group act like they have been cuton the leg

Let the others do first aid to him/her

Observe and give out marks

Exercise 4.3

1.Your friend has cut herself.What will you do?

  1. Name the things below.

3.We do first aid on a cut to____(stop bleeding,stop crying)

4.Things used in first aid are kept in a ____(first aid kit, house)

5.____ are not found in a first kit(pins,nails)

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