Our body unit started several months ago with talking about hearts, measuring our heights and weights, and has been evolving. Our kids are definitely retaining the information and talking about it at the dinner table!
Thanks to all the parents who have been sharing stories regarding "platelets are working," "white blood cells are fighting germs," "this is your prefrontal cortex," etc. We love hearing that our kids are applying their learning to their real lives!
This body puzzle was a tough one! It took 4 children, 2 moms, and 1 teacher to conquer it.
Y is the same size as the puzzle!
How tall are we and how much do we weigh?
Our Hearts...
We started talking about our hearts around Valentines day. It definitely started a conversation regarding veins. Some of our veins are easy to see and some are not.
Blood flow through the human body definitely captured their interest.
E is so proud that she has learned how to cut out a heart shape by folding her paper in half.
S added lots of detail to her heart.
M has a huge heart.
P adding color to her heart.
D practicing his scissor skills while he cuts out his heart.
M gluing on his heart.
Y making sure his heart is in the right spot.
Sensorial play around red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets....
Welcome to our school, P!
We were all very intrigued by how our heart pumps and flows through the body.
G making sure blood travel all the way to her finger tips and to her toes.
Working hard on our bodies, adding arteries and veins.
D making sure blood travels up to his brain.
P telling Teacher V all about the functions of the blood in our body.
Molding our "creative minds" out of floam for our body projects!
We talked about 3 brain parts: prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus. They were able to do a representational brain on their bodies.
Check out our brains - We used three different colors to represent the three parts of the brain that we focused on.
We love to work with floam!
G and P showing off their brains.
Hugs,
Teacher Richa & Teacher Kristina
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