March: Focus on the Red Cross, Cleaning, Oral Health, and Nutrition

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The month of March welcomes SPRING! Many people engage in Spring Housecleaning to refresh their homes for the new season.

Did you know there is a definite connection between cleaning and well-being? National Cleaning Week is March 23-29.

Visit the National Cleaning Week page of the Cleaning Institute website for cleaning tips, resources, and ways to celebrate. And enjoy some good, clean fun trivia all about cleaning HERE.

Check out iSOSY's lessons about cleaning:

World Oral Health Day is Thursday, March 20.

Oral hygiene is even more important than most people realize. Poor oral health is linked to heart and respiratory diseases, cancer and diabetes. Tooth decay, better known as cavities, is the most common oral disease.

For more information and resources, visit HERE.

Finally, check out the lessons about oral hygiene that the iSOSY website has to offer:

March is also American Red Cross Month. The Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton and in 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt issued the first proclamation to honor the organization. The mission of Red Cross is to serve people in need by offering the following services:

Disaster relief and response (Click HERE to check out iSOSY's Disaster Preparedness STAT Lessons)
Support to military families
Blood donations
Health and safety training
International humanitarian efforts
Click HERE to learn more

March is National Nutrition Month

Working to develop healthy eating and physical activity habits can have a positive impact on both our physical and mental health!

iSOSY's Bilingual Clip Sheets collection has several fact sheets to choose from explaining the relationship between food choices and certain health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and oral health problems. You can use these materials to facilitate discussions surrounding wellness with your students.

Relatedly, please check out iSOSY’s series of lessons about grocery shopping. The purpose of these lessons is to help students navigate purchasing their food with increased confidence.

Let’s focus on supporting our bodies and minds with our food and movement choices this month!