We started out by reading a ton of books on the brain. J learned that the brain is the command center. She started this unit not too thrilled but she quickly snapped out of it after learning how cool the brain was. J put together a puzzle of the brain while reading what each part does.
Here she is putting the brain back together!
I bought a 4 D human body puzzle. It was smaller than I expected but we will still work with it. I just wanted to explore the brain but she insisted she put the whole thing together.
I traced her body on brown shipping paper - that's not as easy as it looks. Her neck turned out to be somewhat misshapen. But it will work:) Each week we will learn about a different part of the body and add it to her body outline.
She put together a puzzle of the brain while using her brain to figure it out!
She tested her brain with this awesome color word test. The object is to say what color the word is printed in rather than the actual color word. She thought it was going to be easy but it was definitely difficult. I found this printable at (link below).
She worked on her brain hat while listening to Ned the Neuron on the iPad.
Cute - huh? She thought it was a funny looking hat.
She worked on several sheets for her human body notebook. She learned about the brain by watching a few videos and playing a few human body apps.
We tested her reaction time with several games...catching the ruler at several distances...
balance....
And I couldn't help it...I found Brain Silly Putty at the Dollar Store. It was really something in the Zombie section but it looked liked fun. So, she played with Brain Putty. We are done with learning about the brain. Now, we are onto learning about the human heart.
Links/Resources
My Body Book by Patty Carratello - the will be the book we will use for the patterns to add to J's body outline.
Adorable Wearables by Donald Silver - the brain hat pattern came from this book. We will use this book throughout the unit.
Easy Make and Learn: The Human Body by Donald Silver - another main resource for some hands-on projects.
The Crafty Classroom - the brain puzzle and the color word test came from here along with other brain printables.
Kids Health - this website has some great mini videos about all of the body systems as well as online quizes and free printables. We will use this website each week.
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