Materials
anatomical poster or chart (optional)
Instructions
1. Display an anatomical chart if possible. Children love the details and textures
on charts designed for adults.
2. Ask the children to stand up. Point to your nose and say, "One nose." Ask the
children to do the same.
3. Now hold your earlobes and say, "two ears."
4. Continue touching and naming singular and plural body parts while the
children repeat what you say.
5. End by pressing your two hands over your one heart.
Teacher - to - Teacher Tip
* You can adjust the vocabulary according to the age and ability of the children,
and go through as many or as few parts as they will follow. Make the activity
more dynamic by increasing the speed and the distance between parts (for
example, "One neck! Two ankles!"). You could also simply point to a given
body part or pair of body parts for the children to name.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
* Can the children count the number of elbows, arms, hands, they have?
* Can the children add the number of hands they have to the number of arms
they have? Challenge them to add together the numbers of other body parts
they have, or to break into pairs and add their body parts together.
