Skeletons and Obstacle Courses

So, as I mentioned in the newsletter and briefly in the last post, we are working on a study of the human body right now. The kids have been really getting into it so far! This week was our exploration week, so I borrowed a skeleton and a couple of models from the high school for the children to look at. They had so much to say about them, and they wanted to examine every part of them. I even had to get a step stool for them at one point, so they could examine the skeleton's head. 

We talked a bit about bones and organs this week too. We tried to put together our own skeleton using a felt board, which led to many great conversations about how our bodies are put together and how many bones we might have. We also played around with where our organs are found in our bodies. My favorite guess was that our lungs are in our legs!

Since we are talking about our bodies, I designed an obstacle course for the children to run through in order to explore the different ways our bodies can move. They started out on a balance beam:

did a couple somersaults:

crawled through a tunnel:

hopped over some hoops:

and took a ride on a scooter:

The kiddos had a great time with this, and I'm sure this will be something I'll pull out again for them.

I'm looking forward to our Valentine's Day party on Tuesday. Your child brought home a class list on Thursday, so if you decide to send valentines with your child you can use this list to address them.

I forgot to mention in our newsletter that we will not have school on Monday, February 20 following the LMCS school calendar!

Have a great weekend!