Dear
Parent or Guardian:
We are delighted to introduce you to the comprehensive health, substance abuse and violence prevention program in which your child will be participating this year. This program, THE GREAT BODY SHOP, will help your child learn more about his or her own body and how to take care of it. The program is a team effort involving you, your child, the teacher and members of the community.
At the beginning of every month,, your child will bring home a Parent's Bulletin. The Bulletin will give you suggestions on how to reinforce at home the topic your child is learning in the classroom.
In grades one through six, children will receive their own copies of THE GREAT BODY SHOP each month. The topics include nutrition, illness prevention, drug and alcohol prevention, safety, etc. Each unit contains information to help your child understand his/her own body, the way it works, and the best ways to keep it healthy. The teacher will discuss each unit of THE GREAT BODY SHOP in depth with the students throughout the month and will guide them in activities to reinforce the Lessons contained in each unit.
We ask that you talk about the lessons learned in THE GREAT BODY SHOP with your child There is suggested reading for you and your child in the student material, Parents' Bulletins and Teacher's Guide. In addition, each Teacher's Guide unit contains Parent/Child Activities. These are designed to be done at home by you and your child together, signed and returned to the school. These activities will help keep you aware of what your child is studying and are intended to spark discussion.
If we all act as a team to reinforce the messages of THE GREAT BODY SHOP, this program can go a long way toward helping your child make the kind of decisions about his/her body that will keep him/her healthy, drug free, and ready to meet the challenges of the future.
We are delighted to introduce you to the comprehensive health, substance abuse and violence prevention program in which your child will be participating this year. This program, THE GREAT BODY SHOP, will help your child learn more about his or her own body and how to take care of it. The program is a team effort involving you, your child, the teacher and members of the community.
At the beginning of every month,, your child will bring home a Parent's Bulletin. The Bulletin will give you suggestions on how to reinforce at home the topic your child is learning in the classroom.
In grades one through six, children will receive their own copies of THE GREAT BODY SHOP each month. The topics include nutrition, illness prevention, drug and alcohol prevention, safety, etc. Each unit contains information to help your child understand his/her own body, the way it works, and the best ways to keep it healthy. The teacher will discuss each unit of THE GREAT BODY SHOP in depth with the students throughout the month and will guide them in activities to reinforce the Lessons contained in each unit.
We ask that you talk about the lessons learned in THE GREAT BODY SHOP with your child There is suggested reading for you and your child in the student material, Parents' Bulletins and Teacher's Guide. In addition, each Teacher's Guide unit contains Parent/Child Activities. These are designed to be done at home by you and your child together, signed and returned to the school. These activities will help keep you aware of what your child is studying and are intended to spark discussion.
If we all act as a team to reinforce the messages of THE GREAT BODY SHOP, this program can go a long way toward helping your child make the kind of decisions about his/her body that will keep him/her healthy, drug free, and ready to meet the challenges of the future.
K. Reed, MD
