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.
  

Frosting Fun

Here's a fun way to teach kids primary and secondary colors from a lesson I taught while student teaching years ago:

1. Divide white frosting into three bowls
2. Add food coloring to each bowl to make yellow, blue, and red frosting
3. Give each child a spoonful of each color (in a triangle on paper plate to leave room for mixing between colors)
4. Talk about Primary colors ("starter" colors)
5. Take equal parts of two colors (i.e. red and blue) and mix with a plastic knife on the clean space between the two colors. Have your child guess what color they'll make.
6. After all secondary colors are made (and any other combinations-yellow and 2x blue) spread frosting on graham crackers for treat.

Got a fun craft, activity, or lesson? Share the fun! Leave a comment or send me an e-mail (with pics. if possible).