When Keona was about 2.5 I was taken aback when we were having our nightly chat before bed. He was lying next to me with his hands clasped across his chest and very purposely said, "Let's talk about the human body." Feeling a little hesitant, I said, "Okay, what do you want to talk about?" And with an impish little grin, he asked, "How does the poo poo get out the poo poo hole?" Whew, something I could handle. Anyway, since that time, he really hasn't lost his interest in the human body. He's always badgering me about finding videos about the human body on the internet-- oh and they have to be "exciting". So we've started a "human study box"; a collection of books, videos, and anything else we can find to aid our study. Bones are a special interest, so this week we built a model of a human skeleton.
We are also reading:
Inside your Outside by Tish Rabe (A Cat in the Hat book) The Dr. Suess styles introduces a lot of vocabulary in a fun way.
Pop-up Facts Human Body
This one has some wonderful illustrations and fun pop-ups.
also, the Magic School Bus Human Body DVD is popular.
I think our next project will be creating a 2D human body of our own and we're on the lookout for a good documentary type video on inside the human body. We're also looking forward to getting the Fantastic Voyage from Netflix.
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Sounds awesome! What a smart little cookie you have on your hands. I like the idea of the human body box. I was super-irritated with the Magic Schoolbus book about the human body because of the irregularities of scale all through it -- like, how big were they? Etc. But Benny liked it!!! :)
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