A cycle of lessons “we learn to live healthy”

The aim of the programme is to promote the development of a healthy living environment in the family and to encourage physically active lifestyles by updating the need and importance of physical activity and sport in the lives of each person and family, and to foster parents' awareness of the emotional development of the child and their needs.
The programme is designed to provide parents with support and knowledge of family emotional health and its importance in building a strong family, as well as to improve the relationship between parents and children. The person is one whole - both physical and emotional health are interconnected and equally important. Physical health, the continuous development and growth of personality, the quality of the relationship and the familiarity of the family – these values are capable of providing emotional health, which must be taken care of all life and which must be provided to their children. Each lesson sets out the theoretical information of the specific topic and provides practical tips for parents.
The programme was developed by: Ineta Cross, Irene Batare, Biruta Rephen
Lesson 1. Nutrition, nutrients, their significance in the body 
Objective: to provide parents with knowledge and skills on the health effects of healthy diets.
Tasks:
1. Understanding the need for a healthy diet on a daily basis.
2. Highlight the role of the family in shaping and developing healthy lifestyles.
3. Get virtually healthy food recipes - delicious and interesting snacks.
Duration: 3 academic hours (2 x 45 min.)
Activities: Welcome, discussions, group work, lecture.
Lesson 2. The impact of nutrition on children's health and development. Promoting healthy diet for children in family and school 
Objective: To raise awareness of the composition of food products, the role of nutrients in the body, thus allowing parents to create suitable healthy eating habits without affecting the diverse and contradictory information found in the mass media.
Tasks:
1. Promote awareness of the importance of healthy and high-quality nutrition in human life.
2. Raise awareness of the information to be obtained in the labelling of food products.
3. Learn about virtually healthy knife-making recipes for children.
Duration: 3 academic hours (3 x 45 min.)
Activities: discussions, group work, practical work.
Lesson 3. Physical activity-healthy lifestyle component 
Objective: To update the need and importance of physical activity and sport in every human and family life, encouraging active participation.
Tasks:
1. Promote awareness of the importance of sport and physical activity in the comprehensive development of personality and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
2. Provide insight into the diversity of physical activities and their availability.
3. Encourage each choice of the most appropriate, most appropriate activity.
4. Exchange of experience between the parents involved in the activity.
5. Practically acquiring some sporting activity.
Duration of performance 3 academic hours (3 x 45 min).
Activities: meeting participants, lecture, group work, discussions, practice.
Lesson 4. The role of physical activity in strengthening health and family relations  
Objective: To promote awareness of the importance of physical activity in strengthening family relations.
Tasks:
1. Promote the diversity of family sporting activities.
2. Raising awareness of the role of physical activity in each individual's emotional and mental balance, family relationships.
3. Exchange of experience between the parents involved in the activity.
4. Learn practically some sporting activity.
Duration of performance 3 academic hours (3 x 45 min)
Activities: lecture, “mind storm”, discussion, practice.
Lesson 5. Positive attitudes and emotional balance 
Objective: To promote parental awareness of the emotional development of their children and their needs to strengthen parental and child relationships.
Tasks:
1. Promote awareness of children's development and education at different ages, updating the importance of self-regulation for children and parents.
2. Provide practical ideas to improve the behaviour of your child and promote his development.
Duration: 2 academic hours (2 x 45 min.)
Activities: discussions, group work, sharing experience, tips for parents, home work.
Lesson 6. Family emotional health 
Objective: to provide parents with knowledge of family emotional health and its importance in building a strong family.
Tasks:
1. Educate parents to be able to deal with difficulties, achieve their living goals and create an emotionally healthy atmosphere in their family, work and environment.
2. Create parents' understanding of conditions that improve family emotional prosperity.
Duration: 2 academic hours (2 x 45 min.)
Activities: discussions, group work, sharing experience, tips for parents, home work.