Living Healthy

Students will gain essential knowledge on how to make healthy choices regarding nutrition and fitness. This class introduces topics including exercise, nutrition, personal health & safety, and much more. With this Creator-honoring course, students will learn to be good stewards of the body God has entrusted to them.

Students completing this elective course will:

- Build up their strength and endurance as they are challenged to engage in daily physical exercise
- Learn about the different foods that help and harm the body and its functions
- Discover how their body systems work together and take steps to keep themselves clean, inside and out
- Become more confident in their communication skills and managing their emotions
- Assemble their own first aid kit for injuries and create emergency plans for fires and natural disasters
- Grow more responsible and knowledgeable in the areas of health and safety for themselves and their family

*There are a few sensitive topics covered in this book, including a discussion of various approaches to health care, including vaccines and treatments with roots in the traditions of false religions; a faith-based presentation about children and personal boundaries; a discussion of gun safety and boundaries. We will skip these lessons in this course. However, you may email me if you'd like to see a preview of those lessons.

REQUIREMENTS

Required Texts:
Living Healthy by Masterbooks ($35.99)

Copy/Supply Fee: $30 (check written to Ashley Knickerbocker due at Orientation or at the first class attended)

Tuition: $370 ($37.00/month for ten months, August - May)

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Ashley Knickerbocker

B.S. in History

Ashley began teaching at Bridge Academy in 2016. She was raised in Chesterfield County and received a history degree from VCU. She and her husband David feel blessed to have homeschooled their three boys, Nathan, who now attends Liberty University, Justis, graduating high school in 2026, and Joshua, currently in middle school at Bridge Academy. Her teaching experience began at ICCS Preschool during college and she has continued teaching at home and in homeschool/classroom settings since then. In addition to teaching, she worked as a personal trainer and fitness instructor for eleven years at a local gym. She and her boys love Bridge Academy and look forward to being part of this coop for years to come!