• Oct. 15, 2007
More Madeline Fun
Towards the end of our Madeline unit we've been learning about the human body and what a marvelous miracle it is. We've also talked about our bodies being gifts from God. This has been especially meaningful for our 6 yr. old son who has asked Jesus into his heart. We've talked about his body being the Holy Spirit's home and how we want to take care of Jesus' "house". Tomorrow we'll be reading some books about healthy habits and doing some really neat experiments about germs with a Magic School Bus Kit that Grammy Kaye, Aunt Tara, and Uncle Gary gave to Giggly Girl for her birthday. Anything science related is usually a big hit around here, as was this cool project we did on the parts of the human body. I got this idea from Paige P. on the FIAR boards. I'll post instructions after the pics. Both kids really enjoyed doing this. I can tell it's been one of Superman's favorite activities because in two different phone conversations with Grandparents it's been the first thing he mentioned to them when asked what he was up to.
Instructions on making a "wearable" body parts outfit.
What you need:
* brown paper bag,
* 3 sandwich baggies
* paper towel tube
* flexible straws * glue
* tape
* yarn
* dry manicotti noodles (and rigatoni noodles if you want)
* construction paper heart
* labels for each body part if you want
Instructions:
1) Cut arm holes and a neck hole into the paper bag. This will be the wearable "body."
2) Cut out a construction paper heart and glue it into position onto the body.
3) Label the paper towel tube "esophagus" and thoroughly tape a plastic baggie onto the bottom of the tube. Label the baggie "stomach." Glue the "esophagus" down the center front of the "body." Once the body is worn, have the child "drop" a piece of candy from the mouth, into the esophagus, and watch it fall into the stomach.
4) Take 2 flexible straws and thoroughly tape baggies to the ends of the straws. Tape/Glue the baggies to the chest area of each side of the body -- they will be the lungs. Once the body is worn, the child can blow into the straws and see how the lungs inflate and deflate.
5) Under the stomach, glue lots of yarn to show the intestines. You could make a "glob" of yard at one point on the right side to show the appendix.
6) On the back, glue the dry manicotti noodles to show the vertebrae of the spine. You can do one vertically and one horizontally to show the vertebrate and the disc in between. I'm going to use manicotti noodes for the vertebrate and rigatoni noodles for the disc.
Comments
• Oct. 15, 2007
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Posted by Anonymous
Nicely done! Thumbs up from the former science teacher. I have to say though that the yarn spaghetti looking intestines are my favorite!
Heather W
• Oct. 15, 2007
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Posted by Sheri
That's about the coolest darn thing I've ever seen!
Sheri from FIAR (http://theshadesofpink.blogspot.com)
• Oct. 16, 2007
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Posted by Jen Unsell from Fiar
Those body crafts turned out awesome! Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to do these.
• Oct. 24, 2007
OOOOOOOOOOOh Shannon!!
Posted by Anonymous
Can I post your pictures and instructions at HSS?
I *love* this! I've never seen anything like it! :) Ami
• Oct. 24, 2007
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• Oct. 26, 2007
I posted it! :)
Posted by amibrain
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/wearable_human_body_project.htm
THANKS! :D
• Nov. 10, 2007
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Posted by AdventureAcademy
This is so cool!!!
~Theresa
• Nov. 22, 2007
human body
Posted by LanaFalana
that looks like a lot of fun-- the kids are so adorable!
guess while I am here I will tag you- go to my page for the rules
Edited by LanaFalana on Nov. 22, 2007 at 9:36 PM
• Apr. 1, 2008
wow!
Posted by safia
i really loved your body parts project w/ your kids, and i'm so impressed that you homeschool - what a brave thing to do! can i ask, why did u decide to do that? how old were your kids when they started? dont they miss school and friends? and how do u keep sane if u have no time for yourself? gosh i have so much to ask u i wish i could invite u over for a meal!
