This week introduces the names, locations, and everyday functions of major body parts through movement, songs, mirrors, stories, puzzles, and games. Circle investigations, collaborative art, sensory tasks, and fireless cooking reinforce body awareness alongside fine- and gross-motor practice.
What children learn
- Identify and name primary facial and body parts.
- Connect body parts with functions such as seeing, hearing, eating, walking, and moving.
- Recognise physical similarities and differences, including the plan’s introduction to gender.
- Recognise and explore circles through objects, movement, construction, and art.
Key activities
- Body-part rhymes and a point-and-repeat identification game
- Body Parts Puzzle using cut-outs and body outlines
- Mirror exploration and a reading of *Pinocchio*
- Concept of Gender role-play with boy and girl dolls, followed by clay face-making
- Functions of My Body Parts dice game and hands-and-feet painting
- Body-parts Show and Tell, Smiley Face Sandwich, and circle art painting
You’ll need
body-part flashcards and cut-outs, mirrors, storybook, dolls, body outlines, clay and rolling pins, dice, paint and brushes, chart paper, circular objects and cut-outs, buttons, glue, bread and sandwich toppings
Structure: 5 days; each day includes a Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, GMD, Cognition/Literacy, FMD, and Numeracy activities.