Decision Making-PreK-2

Promote and enhance health and well-being through the use of effective communication and decision-making skills.

Demonstrate procedures for communicating in positive ways, resolving differences and preventing conflict. Demonstrate Christian integrity by communicating in positive ways, resolving differences and preventing conflict.

Apply decision-making skills related to the protection and promotion of individual health. Apply decision-making skills that promote the concept that God has given us the gift of life that calls us to respect and protect our individual health.

Demonstrate skills essential to enhancing health and avoiding dangerous situations. Demonstrate responsibility through action, respecting and protecting our bodies by avoiding dangerous situations.

Differentiate between positive and negative behaviors (e.g., waiting your turn vs. pushing in line, honesty vs. lying).

Identify positive verbal and nonverbal communication skills (e.g., body language, manners, listening).

Recognize how choices can affect health (e.g., not brushing/tooth decay, smoking/risk of cancer and heart disease).

Demonstrate basic refusal skills (e.g., “Just Say No”, etc.”).

Explain how good listening skills can help avoid conflict. 

Practice good communication techniques.

Demonstrate good manners.

Tell how to make good choices. 

Play games in appropriate space.

Respect the space of others.

Show kindness toward others during work and play remembering that all of us are brothers and sisters of Christ.

List good personal hygiene practices.

Give examples of good and poor health choices.

Discuss and recognize consequences of actions (e.g., good choices and bad choices).

Respect their body by choosing good health practices. 

Discuss who strangers are and why there is a need to be cautions around them.

Identify uncomfortable and dangerous situations. 

Define ‘safe’ and ‘unsafe’ touch.

Ask themselves, “What would Jesus do?”