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body unit
By Jasmine

THis is a fun body unit
At the beginning, you help each child trace their body onto large mural paper. (full body size)
Then, after you do each part of the body, you have them add that part to the boy.

For example
- we talk about the five senses and do some hands on activities for each one - and talk about how our brain interprets the information we get from the senses. We then add the brain, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and hands to the body tracing.
Then we talk about our bones. I bring in x-rays of bones, talk about how are bones gives us shape, support, and protection. Then we draw pictures

of us without bones. I then bring in an egg that has been soaking in vinegar. (IT dissolves the calcium in the egg) and the egg is soft and rubbery - the children touch it and we talk about what happens to our bones if we don't get calcium. I then have bone shapes cut out and we glue those onto the body tracings.

For muscles - we exercise, listen to our heart beat, etc. I then show them how a muscle pulls the bones to make them move. Then we use red crepe paper for mucles and add that to our bodies.

We talk about the stomach - how it is like a bag that holds our food until the rest of our body needs it. We get a plastic bag, mush up bread, and stick it inside the bag. and tape that to our body tracings.

We then talk about our skin and the functions of our skin. - i cut skin shapes out of celaphone (I use different colors of celaphane) and we add that to our bodies.

When we talk about hair - i bring in a wig with oil in it and we touch it and talk about how our hair is if we don't wash it, then we wash the wig and feel the hair. we add hair to our bodies.

Then we add clothes and I write something great about each kid on their bodies.