This week we've been learning about how we use our heart and keep it healthy.
My Body introduced different systems in the body and offered reminders throughout about exercise and healthy eating. It suggested different activities, some of which we tried looked listening to our heart beat, doing 20 jumping jacks, then listening to our heart again and observing the difference. National Geographic also has some fun books to cover this topic. Both their
Little Kids First Big Book of How and
of Why have chapters on the human body talking about healthy eating, exercise, tooth care and more. There were a few simple activities as well. I've always enjoyed the original Magic School Bus books by Joanna Cole, so we read
Inside the Human Body. The kids start in the digestive system and learn how nutrients are extracted and travel through the blood to the heart, lungs, brain, and muscles. It suggested a method to examine your cells, but we are waiting till we are older to try that. Finally, we read
Miss Fox's Class Shapes Up. Genevieve loves Miss Fox and it's a simple story of a teacher finding ways to help her class be healthy including eating healthy, fun exercise, and getting plenty of sleep.
We added some extra exercises to our weekly routine. We usually walk daily when weather allows, march at music class, play soccer, and participate in gymnastics. The weather wouldn't allow us much park time, but we did walk to the park one day to play and kick the ball with Grandpa. We also did some yoga and a dance party. We tried to observe our heart and breathing with some of our exercise.
Since we were stuck inside much of the week, we also played a lot in our puppet theatre. We worked on some workbooks from DK and
Brain quest and
cutting activities. Genevieve made and directed me in creating some scratch art. She's also enjoyed ABC mouse and PBS Kids activities. We read
We Came to America and
How I Learned Geography to help understand some of the words going around like immigration and refugee. They are beautiful books with personal, simple explanations.
Since we were stuck inside much of the week, we also played a lot in our puppet theatre. We worked on some workbooks from DK and Brain quest and cutting activities. Genevieve made and directed me in creating some scratch art. She's also enjoyed ABC mouse and PBS Kids activities. We read We Came to America and How I Learned Geography to help understand some of the words going around like immigration and refugee. They are beautiful books with personal, simple explanations.
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