Grow Up Great
I look in the mirror and what do I see?
I see my eyes blinking at me.
I see my nose twitching at me.
I see my head nodding at me.
I see my mouth smiling at me.
Your body is amazing! Each of your body parts has a job to do. Your brain works like a computer, telling all the many parts what to do to work together. Our bones and muscles give structure and strength to our bodies and allow us to move. Our heart works to deliver nutrients to other body parts and keeps us healthy. Our lungs help us breathe. Our skin protects us and keeps our body parts together. Our eyes allow us to see. We smell with our noses. With our mouths, we can eat our favorite foods. Our ears help us to hear sounds. We can move our arms and legs; we can wiggle our entire body around at the same time.
These lessons are aligned with the Common Core State Standards ("CCSS"). The CCSS provide a consistent, clear understanding of the concepts and skills children are expected to learn and guide teachers to provide their students with opportunities to gain these important skills and foundational knowledge.**
Your body is amazing! Each of your body parts has a job to do. Your brain works like a computer, telling all the many parts what to do to work together. Our bones and muscles give structure and strength to our bodies and allow us to move. Our heart works to deliver nutrients to other body parts and keeps us healthy. Our lungs help us breathe. Our skin protects us and keeps our body parts together. Our eyes allow us to see. We smell with our noses. With our mouths, we can eat our favorite foods. Our ears help us to hear sounds. We can move our arms and legs; we can wiggle our entire body around at the same time.
Each of our bodies has some parts that are the same and some parts that are different. We all have two eyes, a nose, a mouth, two ears, and a chin on our faces. Our body structures are similar because each of us has a neck, shoulders, chest, tummy, back, arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, and toes. We have hair on our heads, but our hair does not look the same. We all have two eyes, but our eyes are different colors. Even though we all have similar body parts, not all of our parts are the same size or color, and that is what makes each of us different.
- You may want to begin the lesson with singing and dramatizing the song, “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.”
- Me and My Amazing Body by Joan Sweeney
- Body Parts by Bev Schumacher
- I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson
- Incredible Me! by Kathi Appelt
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There are currently no Common Core Standards for pre-k, but these lessons are aligned as closely as possible to capture the requirements and meet the goals of Common Core Standards. However, these lessons were neither reviewed or approved by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices or the Council of Chief State School Officers, which together are the owners and developers of the Common Core State Standards.
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