This week introduces visible and internal body parts, their functions, and the five senses through observation, experiments, games, and dramatic play. Children also investigate their unique fingerprints and practise habits that support hygiene and health.
What children learn
- Identify visible body parts and describe what they do.
- Recognise key internal body parts and explore how the lungs and stomach work.
- Investigate the five senses and match each sense to the body part used.
- Observe that fingerprints are unique.
- Describe healthy and hygienic habits, including thorough handwashing.
Key activities
- Exploring Visible Human Body Parts with a doll, charts, and movement games
- Exploring Internal Body Parts at lung and stomach experiment stations
- Investigating Five Senses through a mystery snack and five sensory stations
- Discovering Our Unique Fingerprints with inkpads and magnifying glasses
- Healthy/Hygienic Habits treasure hunt and glitter-germ handwashing demonstration
- Body Tracing Painting and Doctors Clinic dramatic play
You’ll need
dolls and body-part charts, paper and chart paper, markers, paint and brushes, art supplies, flashcards, magnifying glasses, sensory samples and containers, role-play props
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, Social Studies/Science, Creative Learning, English, Maths