Biology Lessons on “My Body”
Homeschool, Parenting Skills September 5th, 2007
Science lesson for K today was on the heart. I found this wonderful website called KidsHealth with valuable information to help teach about “the body”. They have pages on the following topics:
- Bone
- Brain
- Digestive System
- Ear
- Eye
- Hair
- Heart
- Kidneys
- Lungs
- Muscles
- Nails
- Nose
- Skin
- Teeth
- Tongue
What I like about it is their diagrams. They have a picture of the heart beating and with arrows to show how the blood flows. Plus, you can also see the valves opening and closing. Sure helps to have visual when you are teaching. They also have a video section.
You may feel the information may be too advanced for a kindergartner, so improvise as needed. But I think it’s okay to introduce words like aorta, pulmonary, circulation etc… Do it in the spirit of learning. Don’t make them feel like they have to memorize everything like for a test. You want your child to go away saying “Gee whiz, that was interesting!”
Hope you enjoy the site as much as I did.
March 9th, 2010 at 8:58 am
I go along with you actually, It looks like! Would that become likely that will have your blog translated into Chinese? English is actually my own second language.