For almost six years, Life Education has implemented an early childhood program focusing on the health and wellbeing of pre-school age children.

The program comprises a 60 to 90 minute interactive session in a pre-school environment using the following methodologies:

• story telling
• puppetry
• interactive play / group activities
• music and song
• movement

Content focuses on seven main areas:

• the body
• personal hygiene
• safety
• exercise
• nutrition
• sleep
• relationships

The Life Education pre-school program aims to:

• provide the knowledge and skills to help children make informed choices to lead a healthy and safe lifestyle
• provide a positive, interactive and fun learning experience that will support children’s learning and development for a healthy lifestyle
• provide pre-school teachers with supporting resources that will extend the learning experiences from the Life Education session to the classroom and home environment
• contribute to the development of a child’s wellbeing by:
• instilling in children a positive attitude toward life and their health
• building on a child’s mental, physical and social foundations
• developing children’s knowledge about their bodies through age appropriate anatomy and physiology of body systems
• demonstrating the importance of balancing healthy eating, rest and exercise
• complement the state and territory curriculum frameworks for the early years 3 to 5 years.