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Health, Fitness, and Wellness (Health) with Erin Brown
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Science ➤ Health Science
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Middle School
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In this introductory health and wellness course,
you'll learn about how to be happy and healthy in mind, body, and spirit -- with
discussions, readings, journaling for health, and more!Instructor Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access/Single Access families is available for this course for $59!
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Video Instructor: Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA
See the sidebar to the left for information on Instructor Access teachers.Course Description: This course is designed as a foundation for understanding personal health and wellness in the areas of physical, mental, and emotional health. The interrelationships between the body, mind, and soul will be emphasized as students learn foundational life habits and the ways to create healthy lifelong habits.
©2021-2026 Homeschool Connections and Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA (aka author EB Conroy/Erin Brown Conroy). All rights reserved. This course is designed by Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA (aka author EB Conroy/Erin Brown Conroy).This material is only to be used for its intended purpose by active subscribers of Homeschool Connections. Any other use without explicit permission is in violation of the seventh commandment (yes, the 7th commandment) and in violation of US and International copyright laws.
You may print or download to local hard disk extracts for your personal homeschool and non-commercial use only. This is not to be used for homeschool co-ops without express written permission from Homeschool Connections.
Everything is provided FREE online from Professor Brown.
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Health, Fitness, and Wellness (Health) with Erin Brown
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Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA
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Recorded
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Science ➤ Health Science
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Middle School
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Aubrey Heki, Bonnie Donlon, Sharon Hamric-Weis, Natalie Meyer Schira, Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA, Donna Graziose, Sara Keefe, MA, Geralyn Rea, ME
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June 11th, 2024 at 5:30 PM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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Outline
Here's what you'll learn in this course:
Class 1: The healthy body-mind-emotions connection; healthy body image; the whole person concept; what it means to “Love the Lord your God with all your mind, soul, and strength”
Class 2: Healthy Fitness; keeping your body strong and fit; the role of activity, exercise, and sleep in keeping healthy; making healthy choices with exercise
Class 3: Healthy eating; portions and healthy eating; how sugar, caffeine, and sodas affect your body and mind; making healthy choices with food
Class 4: Emotions and the body-mind-feeling connection; keeping healthy in our emotions: How your mind is connected to your feelings; stress and your health: What’s the connection?
Class 5: More on healthy feelings; anger and disappointment: The mind-body connection and anger, how anger affects your body, and healthy ways to deal with anger and disappointment
Class 6: Healthy relationships -- with God, with parents, and with friends; spiritual health and its effect on the whole person; the mind-body-spirit connection and your future
Materials
Homework
Each class will have reading assignments, quizzes, and/or written assignments that track the student’s health choices. Plan on an estimated two to three hours of work per class.
Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA
ebconroy@homeschoolconnections.com
About Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA
Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA, is the creator and Director of the Aquinas Writing Advantage program. She is the author of 30 books (including Simplified Writing 101: Top Secrets for College Writing Success) and has been a professional author, editor, and university professor for over 30 years. Professor Brown has been coaching professional authors and writers worldwide, speaks at conferences and webinars often, and is a writing judge for multiple fiction writing/novel writing contests each year.
Professor Brown has been designing online writing courses for students of all ages since the 1990s and has designed the online writing program for three universities. She taught at two universities for 17 years (writing courses, interpersonal communication, management and leadership, and critical thinking). Professor Brown was also the General Education Communications curriculum development lead (writing, communications, critical thinking) for Western Governors University and served almost 20 years as a Senior Global Strategist in writing and as a marketing director.
Professor Brown has a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing/Genre Fiction from Western Colorado University, a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Rehabilitation, and a Bachelor of Music (BM) degree in Education from Western Michigan University. Professor Brown was a homeschooling parent for 34 years and homeschooled 10 children. She lives in Michigan and enjoys writing Science Fiction and Fantasy books in coffee shops, speaking online and at conferences, and walking her dogs.