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Title

Healthy ABC's

Subject

Nutrition; Relationships; Body Parts; Children; Habits of Health & Habits of Mind (Ubbes, 2008)

Description

National Health Education Standards

Standard 1:
Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

Performance Indicators for Grade 2:
1.2.1 Identify that healthy behaviors impact personal health.

1.2.2 Recognize that there are multiple dimensions of health.

Standard 7:
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Performance Indicator for Grade 2:
7.2.1 Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.

Author

Strand, Emily; Jordan, Alea

Publisher

Miami University Libraries

Date

2013

Contributor

Ubbes, Valerie (editor and genre designer)

Format

PDF

Language

English; Polish

Type

Text

Identifier

HealthyABCs

Text

Healthy ABC’s (in English and Polish)
by Emily Strand and Alea Jordan

A B
When I eat an apple (jabłko), I am strengthening my teeth and enjoying a yummy snack!

I can make a healthy blueberry (Jagoda) smoothies with the help of my mom and dad!

C D
To help keep my eyes strong and healthy, my brother and I eat carrots (Marchew) everyday.

Mommy gave me dragon fruit (owoce smoka) while we sailed on a boat.

E F
I watch and learn while Grandpa cuts up pieces of egg (jaj) for me to eat at breakfast to give me energy!

My family and I cook my fish (ryby) together with vegetables to give me extra vitamins!

G H
My family and I eat green grapes (Zielony winogron) together as a snack after dinner.

Dad and I carefully cut the ham (Szynka) for our family dinner!

I J
Look Aunt Sally, I made a salad with iceberg lettuce (Góra lodowa sałaty)!

I drink my fruit juice (sok) with two hands so I do not spill.

K L
Kiwi (Kiwi) tastes great after a long day of playing outside!

Daddy makes me eat lima beans (Fasola Lima) even if they get all over my face!

M N
For a healthy snack at school my friends and I eat mangos (Mangos)

Hey, we can use our hands to squeeze this tool that helps us crack open our favorite nuts (nakrętka)!

O P
Mommy look! I can eat an orange (pomarańczowy) and pull my shoe off at the same time.

Hey Grandma! Look what dad bought me. Now I can use my new utensils to eat tons of peas (groszek) at the same time.

Q R
Mom, I’m tired of all the pictures. I am going to rest my head on one hand while I use the other to eat my quesadilla (quesadilla).

I can hold the bunch of radishes (rzodkiewka) in my hand while I lick one of them. Maybe tomorrow I might actually bite into one.

S T
MMM! PaPa I can suck all the juice from the strawberries (truskawka) with my lips all day long.

Action! “I like to EAT EAT EAT big round tomatoes (pomidor). I like to EAT EAT EAT big round tomatoes (pomidor)!”

U V
I can make my own fruit drink with an ugli fruit (owoc) and sip it through my favorite straw.

I can spread my vitamins (witamina) apart with my fingers then eat them one at a time.

W X
I can eat watermelon (arbuz) with my friends while we hold it up with our hands.

I can eat my teacher’s fruit salad, that has the fruit xigua (owoc), with my hands.

Y Z
I like to eat yams (słodki ziemniak m) with my fingers on Thanksgiving Day with my family.

Mom, the only point that is being made by me holding a zucchini (cukinia) is that I am strong. I can hold this without you in front of me!


Collection: Electronic Texts


Citation

Strand, Emily; Jordan, Alea, “Healthy ABC's,” Health Literacy Database at Miami University, accessed April 29, 2026, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/healthliteracy/items/show/101.

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