Human Body Week 3: The Skeletal System

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Go Back: Week 2: Skin, Hair & Nails

Read:

Human Body Encyclopedia pg. 20-21 ("Bones")
My Body pg. 19 "My Skeleton"

Additional Reading:

  

Watch:

Skeleton Dance

Schoolhouse Rock: "Them Not-so-Dry Bones" Video

Activity 1:

Why we have bones experiment w/ a rubber glove

Activity 2:

Cut out the pieces of this skeleton and help your child to put it together on a piece of black paper. (Yes, I realize it is in a different language but you should be able to figure it out.)

Vocabulary/ Copywork:

All my bones together make up my skeleton. It gives my body support and holds me up.

Activity 3:

Make a skeleton with Q-Tips. Use the Skeleton writing paper for your vocabulary copywork.
As another option, you could put the Q-tips in black Play-Doh.

Activity 4: 

My Body pg. 20-21: Color & cut out your bones and paste to the wall model of your child's body.

Read:

Human Body Encyclopedia pg. 22-23 ("Joints")

Vocabulary/ Copywork:

Joints are places where bones meet to help your body bend.

Activity 5:

Ball Socket Joint demonstration w/ clay



Go to next lesson: Week 4: The Muscular System