Healthy Habits

The Healthy Habits toolkit supports youth professionals in introducing essential health topics to children and young people in a simple, accessible and engaging way. It covers everyday themes such as personal hygiene, hair care, nutrition, medical care, baby care and self-care, helping young people build healthy habits and make informed choices in their daily lives.

The toolkit

A toolkit on health education and everyday well-being
EDUCATIONAL
POSTERS & GAMES
ONLINE 
TRAINING

Educational posters and games

This toolkit includes six redesigned health education posters, each exploring key topics such as personal hygiene, hair care, nutrition and medical care. It supports conversations on health and well-being with children and young people. Choose your preferred language below each poster and download them for free on StreetSmart Play.

Personal Hygiene

Explore hygiene habits by matching items to situations and spotting differences between similar scenarios.

Hair Care

Discover the basics of hair care and grooming through an engaging and visual learning activity.

The Food Pyramid

Start conversations about nutrition, physical activity and healthy lifestyle choices using a the inverted food pyramid.

The Doctor

Learn to recognise symptoms and understand when medical attention is needed.

Baby Care

Explore the basics of baby care and learn about responsibility and daily care routines.

Pregnancy

Discuss pregnancy in an accessible way, focusing on care, health and awareness of important considerations.

Online training

Strengthen your knowledge of health education and self-care through two self-paced online training programmes, available for free on StreetSmart Learn in multiple languages. Combining accessible theory and practical approaches, the programmes help youth professionals introduce health topics and self-care in an engaging and age-appropriate way.

Health Education in Youth Work

Learn how to introduce and integrate health education into your daily youth work practice.

Self-Care for Children

Explore the importance of self-care for children and learn how to support them in developing healthy habits, while building awareness of its different dimensions, including physical, emotional, social and psychological well-being.

More about the toolkit

Supporting healthy habits in everyday life
Health education plays an important role in helping children and young people develop awareness of their bodies, habits and well-being. For youth professionals, having accessible and practical tools makes it easier to bring these topics into everyday conversations.
It supports children in building knowledge and confidence around hygiene, nutrition, care and self-care in a way that is practical, visual and age-appropriate.

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This toolkit was created by StreetSmart.