Learning about bones

A friend of ours broke his wrist and my daughter became very worried she might brake a bone. So we talked about our bones and did this fun activity I did while student teaching:





My
Bones

• Find a picture of a skeleton (I have a couple good ones, e-mail me and I'll send it as an attachment)
• Lay a piece of paper on top of the skeleton sketch and trace the body to fit around it
• Give your child the traced body to color to look like them (light colors).
• Staple the coloring on top of the skeleton, align bones into body again, and staple.
• If you have a light box use it as an "x-ray viewer" or just hold the papers up to the light. What's inside?
• Sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and "Hinges"
• Talk about how strong your bones are and food that will help make your bones strong.
• Use a piece of cardboard and straws to make a "skeleton hand." Show them a glove and talk about how floppy it is on it's own (like our skin). Then insert the "bones" and talk about how our bones give us shape and support.