While Parts of the Body Song (Animated Music Video), students learn about the different parts of the body while listening to catchy lyrics.
While Parts of the Body Song (MP3), students learn about the different parts of the body while listening to catchy lyrics.
Using this Human Body Mini Pack, students learn about the Human Body through ten fun worksheets and three activities.
This Sparkly Teeth Reading Comprehension Worksheet helps 2nd grade students read a short text about caring for teeth and answer questions. An answer key is included for fast checking.
The Healthy Teeth Paragraphs Worksheet lets 2nd graders write a paragraph about a toothbrush and about dental floss, turning everyday tooth care into strong informative writing practice.
This dental math word problems worksheet gives 2nd grade students five short dentist and healthy teeth stories to solve, each with its own answer box, plus an answer key so every problem can be checked in seconds.
This Human Body Lesson Plan contains various materials for you to successfully teach the human body while cutting your planning time down.
Using Five Senses Board Game Activity, studentssail around the board game to collect picture cards representing each of the five senses.
This dental hygiene graph worksheet has 2nd graders count 21 dental health pictures, build a four-category bar graph, and answer three questions. Answer key included, so checking work takes seconds.
This Clothes Clip Art is a perfect addition to any bulletin board, flyer, or other printable that you use in your classroom.
UsingDental Hygiene Activity, students learn about dental health and care by sorting pictures that are good and not good for your teeth.
This a trip to the doctor vocabulary activity is a picture and clue memory game for kindergarten through 2nd grade. Children learn eight checkup tools and what they do, with an answer key included.
The Yellow Teeth Reading Comprehension Worksheet lets 2nd grade students read about enamel, dentin, and plaque, then answer text-based questions. An answer key is included, making it easy to check and discuss healthy smiles.
Head, heart, and healthy teeth
Second graders discover that the body is made of parts that work as a team. They name outside parts and meet a few big inside ones: the heart pumps blood, the lungs breathe in air, the brain is the boss, and bones and muscles help us move. They connect their five senses to the body parts that do the sensing, and they learn how to care for it all with healthy food, exercise, sleep and brushing teeth twice a day. The click comes when kids feel their own heartbeat or their ribs and realize, "That's inside me right now!"
Kids are fascinated by their own bodies. These moves turn that curiosity into real science.
Play the parts of the body music video and have kids touch each part as it is named. Singing and touching at the same time links the word to the place. By the third play, they lead it themselves.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withParts of the Body Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Trace one child on butcher paper and teach a lesson as you add the heart, lungs, brain and stomach in the right spots. Kids see where each organ lives and what it does. Hang the body buddy up for the rest of the unit.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withHuman Body Lesson PlanLesson PlansOpen it →Open each science lesson with three quick questions: "What does the heart do? Where are your lungs?" Use the mini pack pages for a short review. Recalling the answers every day builds memory far better than one test at the end.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withHuman Body Mini PackWorkbooksOpen it →Learning about bodies is more fun when bodies are moving.
ActivitiesPlayers roll, move and answer sense questions. First to the finish wins!
Open Five Senses Board Game Activity →
ActivitiesPractice brushing on a model and sort healthy and unhealthy snacks for teeth.
Open Dental Hygiene Activity →
WorksheetsSolve word problems about teeth and brushing: science and math in one!
Open Dental Math Word Problems Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Parts of the Body Song (Animated Music Video), Parts of the Body Song (MP3) and Brush My Teeth Song.
They learn the main body parts, a few organs like the heart, lungs and brain, the five senses, and healthy habits. The focus is on what each part does and how to care for it.
Trace a child on paper and add each organ in the right place as you talk about its job. Songs and simple models make the names easy to remember.
Healthy teeth help kids eat, speak and smile. Learning to brush twice a day and choose tooth-friendly snacks builds habits that last a lifetime.
Have kids find their pulse at rest and after jumping, or play a five senses game. Anything that lets kids feel their own body working makes the lesson stick.
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