Week 2- Our bodies

You will need:

Flashcards
Side walk chalk
Syringe
Red food coloring
Scissors
Glue
Paint
Cotton balls

Day 1: Muscles

·         Muscles allow you to move. Move your muscles game. Write down on flashcards 6 muscles (abdominals, hamstrings, calves, biceps, triceps, deltoids). Model and practice first, then play.  Put cards face down and then take turns choosing one and then pointing to that muscle group.

·         Trace your body with side walk chalk and label 6 muscles.

·         Write down a list of things you have already done that day. What muscles did you use to accomplish that? You brushed your teeth- you used your biceps and triceps. Talk about what muscles you are using throughout the day.

Day 2: Skeleton system

·         Bones are hard white tissue that make up our skeleton system

·         Cut and paste bones   http://www.brendasfriends.com/mr.bones.cut.and.paste.html

·         Math problems with number of bones. Ex: how many bones are in both legs together?

o   4 bones in each leg -femur, tibia, fibula, and patella

o   3 bones in your arm -humerus (upper arm) radius and ulna (forearm)

o   27 in your hand

Day 3: Brain

·         Your brain is the boss of your body. Color a picture of a brain (I just copied one from google images)

·         Exercise your brain. Play a game like memory or tic tac toe.

·         Use your brain to remember what muscles and bones are. Review last 2 lessons.

Day 4: Heart

·         Your heart is a muscle that pumps blood throughout your body. Point to your heart.

·         Print off picture of heart and color (again I got mine from google images)

·         Use nose syringe and fill up with red colored water. Squeeze the syringe (heart), watch how the water/blood moves out. 

·         Make a rhythmic noise with your hands tapping your leg to imitate your heart beating. Explain that we will stop making the beating noise, but your heart does not stop.

·         Exercise your heart. Run fast, feel your heart beating in your chest. Sit down and rest, can you feel your heart beating.

Day 5: Doctors

·         Make a list of what doctors do to help keep us healthy.

·         Play doctor. Set up a table and chairs. Put on a lab coat (apron) and check each other’s ears, nose, mouth, etc. 

·         Use cotton balls to paint a picture of a body. What do doctors and nurses use cotton balls for?  How is painting with a cotton ball different then using a brush or our fingers?