Body Parts

 

Why It Is Important To Teach Children About Human Body Parts?

Children are curious to know the answer to everything. While growing up, kids do have questions about their own bodies as well. 

When our little ones start recognizing themselves, they are very curious about their bodies. 

Therefore, it is very important to teach kids about human body parts. 

The following are some more reasons why we should teach children about body parts –

• It can help children broaden their learning experience.

• It introduces new words to children that they can add to their vocabulary.

• It helps children understand the function of body parts.

How Can You Teach Body Parts To Your Kids?

Looking for ways to teach your little one about body parts? 

The following ways can be helpful.

1. Teaching Through Songs 

You can use the following songs to teach your children about body parts –

Let’s Measure

• Let’s measure from our head

• Right down to our toes.

• Let’s measure our arms,

• Let’s measure our noses.

• Let’s measure our legs,

• Our waist, and all.

• Let’s measure to see

• If we have grown tall.

Put Your Finger On Your Knee

• Put your finger on your knee.

• Put your finger on your knee.

• Then turn yourself around,

• Stamp your feet upon the ground,

• And put your little finger on your knee.

Rub-A-Dub

• This is the way we scrub our arms, scrub our arms, scrub our arms.

• This is the way we scrub our arms when we take a bath.

• This is the way we scrub our legs, scrub our legs, scrub our legs.

• This is the way we scrub our legs when we take a bath.

• This is the way we scrub our stomachs, scrub our stomachs, scrub our stomachs,

• This is the way we scrub our stomachs when we take a bath.

I Have A Little Body

• I have a little body (Point to self)

• That belongs to me.

• I have two ears to hear with (Point to ears)

• And two eyes to see. (Point to eyes)I have a nose for smelling. (Point to nose)

• I have a mouth to eat. (Point to mouth)

• I have two hands to wave

• At every one I meet! (Wave Hands)

Here Are My Ears

• Here are my ears. (Child points to ears)

• Here is my nose. (Child points to nose)

• Here are my hands. (Child holds up hands)

• Here are my toes. (Child points to toes) Here are my eyes. (Child points to eyes)

• Both open wide. (Child opens eyes wide)

• Here is my mouth. (Child opens mouth)

• With white teeth inside. (Child smiles showing teeth)

Head And Shoulders

• Head and shoulders, head and shoulders,

• Knees and toes, knees and toes.

• Head and shoulders, head and shoulders,

• Knees and toes, knees and toes. Eyes and ears, eyes and ears,

• Mouth and nose, mouth and nose.

• Eyes and ears, eyes and ears,

• Mouth and nose, mouth and nose.

2. Teaching Through Stories

Children love to listen to stories. 

Below, we have mentioned the names of some stories that you can read to your child and teach them about body parts.

• Blue Hat, Green Hat
• Go Away, Big Green Monster (parts of the face)
• Where’s My Baby by Julie Ashworth and John Clark
• From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
• Barney Plays Nose to Toes

3. Teaching Through Games/Activities

Here are some games and activities to teach kids about body parts.

1. Point To The Body Part: 

Say the name of any body part, and your child has to point to or touch that part. 

For example, if you will say, “Touch your nose”, your child has to touch their nose.

2. Name The Body Part: 

Make it a daily habit to pick up a newspaper or a magazine, show your child one human image in it, point to their body part, and ask your child to tell the name of that part.

3. Guess The Name: 

In this game, you will tell your child the function of body parts, and they have to guess the name of that body part.

 For example, ask your child, “We smell with the help of our ____?” and your child has to give the correct answer, which is “nose”.

4. Mirror Play: 

Stand with your child in front of the mirror and start pointing to your body parts. 

Say the name of one body part, point towards it, and encourage your child to do the same.

5. Circle The Body Parts: 

Give your child a storybook on body parts to read. 

Ask them to circle all the body parts they come across while reading the story.

6. Draw And Colour: 

Ask your child to draw different parts of the body, like the nose, eyes, ears, lips, etc. 

Also, ask them to colour these body parts.

7. Write The Name: 

Take out a print of the body parts chart without their names. 

If your child can write, ask them to write the name of each body part, or else ask them the name, and you can write the name of the body part for them.