Human Body: Week 1: Cells

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Activity 1: 

Using a large piece of butcher paper or poster board, trace your child's body. At this point, leave it completely blank but post it on a wall to use later with the My Body book.

Read: 

Usborne Encyclopedia: pg. 4-5 ("Inside Your Body")
My Body: pg. 13 "My Cells"

Vocabulary/ Copywork: 

Cells are the basic structure of all living things.

Activity 2: 

Create your own edible cell using Jell-O and various types of candy. We did this as an introduction to the parts of a cell. I showed the kids this diagram of a cell. We did NOT go into depth about the names and functions of the various parts. Basically I just wanted them to see that even though this is the smallest structure of life, it still has smaller parts inside it.

Watch: 

"The Cell Song" from YouTube:

Additional Reading: 

While there aren't many books for this age on cells, there are plenty that will give a good overview of the human body, which is great for this introductory week: