United StatesLabel Your Body
Grade Levels: K - 2
Objectives
- Students will be able to identify the parts of the human body.
- Students will practice spelling words associated with the body
Materials
- Large sheets of paper or newsprint
- Markers or crayons
- Paper for each student
- Optional:
- Yarn (for hair)
- Construction paper
- Glue
Procedures
- Generate a list of body parts with students.
- Put the list on the board and say each word aloud. Ask students to point to the correct body parts as you name it.
- Review the Body Parts Vocabulary. Write the words on the blackboard:
- Hair
- Forehead
- Eyes
- Nose
- Ears
- Cheeks
- Mouth
- Teeth
- Chin
- Shoulders
- Arms
- Hands
- Fingers
- Chest
- Stomach
- Hips
- Legs
- Feet
- Toes
- Divide the class up into partners.
- Give each student a sheet of paper that is large enough to accomodate their height.
- Have each student lie down on top of the paper and have her partner trace the outline of her body.
- Ask students to draw the features of the face and other body parts (such as fingers, toes, etc.)
- Optional: help students glue on yarn for hair and make clothes out of construction paper.
- Instruct students to label each body part.
- Remind them to check their spelling by referring to the Body Parts Vocabulary you wrote on the board.
- Display the finished bodies around the classroom with the students' names underneath them.
