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Our school year ends June 30th! I can't believe it's coming so soon. We still have so much material to cover. Rest assured we will! This unit was planned for much earlier in the year, but the kiddos became ill, so it didn't happen. I'm excited I waited to do the unit now. The kiddos are so much more interested in the body. Princess appears to be the most passionate. She's decided she wants to be a doctor when she grows up. Her new interest started in December and is sticking. (I try not to let it show how excited I am.) Sunshine has loved watching her siblings work with their new activities. Today she was so proud of herself. She learned she had a brain. Now she just has to remember it's in her head, not in her tummy. Lol. All of the kiddos are doing so well with these activities! I love when that happens. Here's what we're up to:
Language:
Body Part Spelling with Movable Alphabet
This week the kiddos are using our movable alphabets to spell body part words. I'm LOVING our new cursive movable alphabet. Dinomite is enjoying it too! Princess and Bulldozer are still using our manuscript movable alphabet, as they don't quite feel as comfortable with their cursive letters yet. The printable for this activity has more cards than are shown in the picture.
Source: I created this printable as part of my My Body Activities for Tots & Preschoolers Printable Pack 1. For your free copy, click on the link below.
My Body Activities for Tots & Preschoolers w/ Free Printables
Physician Specialty Syllable Counting
One of the best ways I've found to teach my kiddos new vocabulary that may be difficult to pronounce, is to create a syllable counting activity. It works like a charm every time. I think it helps that the kiddos love syllable activities.
Between our four special needs kiddos, we've become acquainted with many specialists over the years. Bulldozer still tops the list when it comes to how many specialists he's seen. If I remember correctly, the number of specialists was definitely over 10 by the time he was two. Words can't express how thankful I am that he's doing so well. Since the kiddos are familiar with so many different types of doctors, I wanted to be sure to cover that in our unit. Princess is trying to decide what kind of doctor she wants to be, so I thought this activity would help her with that too. Today she said she wants to be a surgeon. Lol. If anyone could pull it off, it would be her!
Source: I created the printable for this activity as part of the My Body Unit Printable Pack 1. For your free copy, click on the link at the bottom of this unit post.
Math:
Odd & Even Practice with Skeleton Bones
I don't remember how or why it came up, but the kiddos and I were discussing odd and even numbers a couple weeks back. It was quite apparent that it'd been a while since we reviewed this material. Here's hoping the refresher will stick with them.
Source: I created the printable for this activity as part of the My Body Printable Pack 1. For your free copy, click on the link at the bottom of this unit post.
Culture:
Medical Instruments Match Up
The kiddos are such pros when it comes to doctor's appointments... unless they're getting shots. That's a different story. All of them are becoming quite interested in the names of specific medical instruments. I thought this activity would be fun for them. Most likely, they'll turn it into a memory game.
Source: Jason created the printable for this activity as part of the My Body Printable Pack 1. For your free copy, click on the link at the bottom of the is unit post.
Science:
Learning the Body Systems
It's been my goal to learn about each of the body systems as we progress through our Montessori preschool years. Though we've not covered them all yet, the kiddos have done a fabulous job with the ones they do know. The next two units you'll see posted will be our new Respiratory and Digestive System Units. It's also my goal to update old system posts with free printables for you to access very soon. To ensure the kiddos are still remembering all of the systems, I created these cards. The kiddos match up a symbol that represents each system, with its corresponding card. We've done this activity in the past, but it's been a while. I'm excited to see what the kiddos remember.
Source: I created the printable for this activity. For your free copy, click HERE.
My Human Skeleton Book
Princess LOVES creating books during learning time. If she notices one on the shelves, it's the first thing she chooses. We've created this book in the past, but it was before the kiddos could read on their own. It was so much fun listening to the kiddos talk about the different bones today. I love watching them progress. The kiddos will color the correct bones on each page of their book. The cards are provided as a control for them.
Source: You can find this free printables at Montessori Workjobs.
Practical Life/ Sensorial:
My Body Magnetic Doll Activity
I fell in love with this magnetic human body play set from Melissa & Doug the first moment I laid eyes on it. Princess did too and can't wait for it to go in her room once we're finished with it in our learning time room. Dinomite was a bit leery of the boy and girl anatomy parts, but after a great discussion he was feeling much better. Bulldozer went right to town finding matching body parts, etc. Even Sunshine has enjoyed the activity.
3 Dimensional Body Activity
If I had to pick the favorite activity of the week, this one would be it. The SmartLab Toys Squishy Human Body has been so much fun to use! The kiddos LOVE to disassemble the body, placing all of the parts in the correct spaces on their organizer sheet. Once they do that, they have almost as much fun putting the body back together following booklet instructions. Hands on learning is always the best!
For those interested in the free printable pack for this unit, click on the link below!
My Body Unit Printable Pack 1 from Renae at Every Star Is Different
For more resources and printables, check out these posts!
My Body: The Immune System & Personal Hygiene
My Body: The Reproductive System
My Body: The Circulatory System
Eye Mini Unit w/ Free Printables
Dental Unit w/ Free Printables
Pharmacy Unit w/ Free Printables
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Life Cycle: Human Body Part 1 from The Pinay Homeschooler
Teaching Human Anatomy to Your Toddler from Mama's Happy Hive
Hands-On Study of Human Anatomy from Christian Montessori Network
Fun Preschool Skeleton Activities from Child Led Life
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