While Parts of the Body Song (Animated Music Video), students learn about the different parts of the body while listening to catchy lyrics.
This senses sight worksheet asks kindergarten students to circle the objects that help their eyes see, then color four shapes. An answer key is included, so children learn what sight tells them about the world.
While Parts of the Body Song (MP3), students learn about the different parts of the body while listening to catchy lyrics.
This Senses Taste Worksheet asks Kindergarten students to circle the things they can taste and color four shapes, with an answer key included, so the sense of taste becomes a rule a young child can use.
This senses writing worksheet has Kindergarten students look at five body parts and write the sense word that matches each one. Answer key included — an easy, no-prep way to build five senses vocabulary and handwriting at once.
This Fish Parts Worksheet has kindergarten students label the eye, fin, mouth, and tail on a big numbered fish using a word box. An answer key is included for fast, easy checking.
This Basic Fish Parts Worksheet asks 1st graders to label six numbered parts on a big, friendly fish using a word box. An answer key is included, so science practice takes no prep at all.
This senses draw and write worksheet has kindergarten students draw something they see, hear, smell, and taste, then finish a sentence about touch to practice early science writing.
Head, shoulders, knees and science
Kindergarten anatomy is all about getting to know our own bodies. Kids name the main body parts, from head and shoulders to elbows and ankles, and connect them to what they do. They learn the five senses and the body part for each: eyes → see, tongue → taste. They also look at simple animal bodies, like a fish's fins and gills. The aha moment is when a child realizes, "My nose helps me taste too!"
Five-year-olds learn their bodies best by moving them.
Play the Parts of the Body animated song and have kids touch each part as they hear it. Speed it up the second time for giggles. Moving while naming builds the vocabulary fast.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withParts of the Body Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Set up a tasting station with something sweet, sour and salty, then have kids record what they tasted on the senses worksheet. Real experiences make each sense click.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withSenses Taste WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Show a picture of a fish and point out the fins, tail, gills and scales. Kids label them on the basic fish parts worksheet. Comparing a fish to our own bodies sparks great questions.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withBasic Fish Parts WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Wiggle, look and listen your way through the body.
SongsPlay the body song and freeze when the music stops. Kids point to the last part named.
Open Parts of the Body Song (MP3) →
WorksheetsPlay I Spy, then fill in the sight worksheet with what kids spotted around the room.
Open Senses Sight Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids draw something they love to hear, see or smell and write a word to label it.
Open Senses Draw and Write Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Parts of the Body Song (Animated Music Video), Senses Sight Worksheet and Parts of the Body Song (MP3).
Kindergartners usually learn the head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, shoulders, arms, elbows, hands, legs, knees and feet. Songs make these easy to remember.
Give each sense its own day with a hands-on activity: taste tests, sound guessing, feely bags, smell jars and I Spy. Kids connect each sense to its body part.
Not at all! At this age it simply means naming body parts and what they do. Kids love learning about their own bodies.
Play Simon Says with body parts, or sing a body song while getting dressed. Naming parts during bath time works great too.
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