Building Healthy Foundations: A Biblical Approach to Health Education | 224

In this episode of the Homeschooling Families podcast, Leslie Nunnery welcomes Ashton Tate, the founder of Glory to Glory Fitness, for a deep dive into a Biblical perspective on health education for kids. Ashton shares his personal journey of transformation and how he overcame his struggles with health during his high school years. He discusses how God’s design for stewarding our bodies can empower kids to live their lives to the fullest. The conversation explores strategies for parents to guide their children towards a healthier lifestyle and mindset while navigating the overwhelming barrage of health-related information in today’s culture.

Ashton introduces the “FORM” curriculum he and his wife developed, outlining four pillars that provide a simple framework for kids to approach fitness, nutrition, rest, and maintenance in a practical and sustainable way. Discover how to empower your children with a holistic approach to health that aligns with God’s purpose for their lives.

Meet The Guest:

Ashton Tate is the founder of Glory to Glory Fitness in Franklin TN. He and his wife, Kelsey, created The F.O.R.M Curriculum to help parents teach their kids God’s design for how to steward their bodies so they can do all God has called them to.

Topics Covered In This Episode:

Guiding Through Conflicting Culture
Addressing Health Education Challenges
Exploring The F.O.R.M Curriculum
Fulfilling God’s Purpose Through Health

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Additional Resources:

In today’s culture, it can be tough to find a health and PE curriculum that’s Biblically Based and Aligns with our values. This usually means spending hours sifting through and piecing together resources we hope will be appropriate for our kids. Well, we’ve got great news! Our friends over at The F.O.R.M. Curriculum have created resources for health and PE that help you teach your kids about God’s Design for health from a Biblical worldview. With Animated lessons, Devotional Guides, Movement videos, Lesson guides, Auto-graded assessments, and more, It has everything you need to cover the health credit. Oh and did we mention everything is completely turn-key?! Their resources come alongside you as parents to back you up and help your kids actually apply what they learn! They even cover topics like relational health, emotional health, substance abuse and Biblically-based sex ed! You can go to FORMCURRICULUM.com/TTD to get a FREE preview of the entire platform instantly. And use promo code TTD to even get $25 off!

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Leslie Nunnery

Leslie Nunnery and her husband David founded Teach Them Diligently, the nation’s premier source for gospel-centered homeschool events and resources. With over 10 years of homeschooling experience from preschool-high school (and beyond) and a passion to encourage and equip homeschool families, Leslie has written a discipleship-focused parenting book called Teach Them Diligently and authored a course called Heart School that helps homeschool parents learn how to disciple their children through home education. This mom of 4 shares her know-how and insights weekly through Teach Them Diligently media and on Teach Them Diligently 365.