Preschool
Science
The Human Body
Your preschool science
program must include a section about humans and the human body.
In
my class our initial focus was on the concept that as humans "we are all the same but we are
all different."
We are all the same in a sense that all human beings have to eat,
sleep, drink, move around and so on. We are all born, grow up and when
we get old we die. Human beings can have babies. We all have bodies and
our body parts.
We
are different because our body features are not the same. Our eyes,
skin color, height and weight are different. We might not think the
same way or like the same things. We are unique individuals.
Let's
begin with some preschool science activities about our bodies:
Our
Bodies - In and Out
Q:
What are our body parts?
Q: What role does each body part play?
We
have eyes, ears, mouth, nose, hands, legs and so on.
Inside
our bodies we have internal organs, bones, muscles, blood. They each
have a role in our body. What would happen if one was missing? For
example: What would our bodies look without our bones?
Activities:
What are the functions of each body part?
Arms
- Help us keep balanced.
Hands
- Help us hold and touch things.
Legs
- Run, walk and move.
Feet
- Help us stand
Play
a movement game to help explore balance, running, walking, standing and
so on.
Create a life size drawing
of the body and place the internal organs in their right spot.
Heart - Pumps blood through our body
Brain - Helps us think and
talk
Lungs - Breathe
Stomach - Turns food to
energy
Muscles - Help us lift and
move
Bones - Hold us up
The Five Senses
We
use certain parts of our bodies to learn about the
world around us.
Eyes
- Vision - See the world.
Ears - Hear - Listen to sounds.
Nose - Smell - Smell things.
Mouth - Taste - Sweet, salty, sour or bitter.
Hands - Touch - How things feel.
Preschool
Science Activities:
Feels Like..
Place various objects in a dark bag. Ask
your child to place their hand inside and to try to guess what they are
feeling.
 Smells
Like...
Blind
fold the children and let them smell different objects such as onion,
perfume, chocolate. Can they guess the items behind the smells?
 Tastes
Like?
Blind fold the child and have a taste test. Try a variety of flavors
and textures.
How Am
I?
Ask
one child in the class to close their eyes. Ask another child to
approach the first child and say "who am I? Can you guess?" Can the
child recognize his/her friends voices. For a little challenge have the
children change their voice.
 What's
That Sound?
Play a tape of different sounds such as: bell, horn, toilet flushing,
washing machine. Can they guess the sounds?
Books:
Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? by Eric Carle
Guidelines
to taking care of our bodies and staying healthy:
- Eat
healthy food
- Drink
water
- Sleep
- Stay
warm
- Brush
your teeth
- Wash
your hands and body
- Exercise
your body
- Exercise
your brain
- Stay
safe - wear a helmet, put your seatbelt on, wear sunscreen.
 
Preschool
Science Healthy Activities:
1.
Cut and glue and sort from flyers healthy and junk food. (Picture on
the left).
2.
Draw healthy food and Junk food in the right side of the page. (Picture
on the right).
Germ
Experiment:
Put a drop of sparkle glue on the hands of each child.
Tell the kids to rub their hands together. The sparkles represent the
germs on their hands.
Let the kids touch different objects in the classroom. Do you see how
the sparkles remain on the objects?
Have
the children wash their hands with soap and warm water. Encourage them
to remove all the sparkles from their hand. Focus on proper hand
washing including back of the hands and in between the fingers.
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