My Body!

Concept: I have a body
Activities:
     1. Body Chart - on a large sheet of paper, I drew the different body parts and Ynigo wrote down how many of each part he had.
     2. Body tracing - I asked Ynigo to lay down on butcher paper.  I then traced his whole body and while I traced he identified which part.  He enjoyed this activity and would giggle at times saying he was ticklish.

            Throughout the days that followed, Ynigo and I added more to his body tracing as we discussed the different body parts...
           3. Paper Face - I printed out a picture of Ynigo's face.  Then I cut out the parts (eyes, nose, mouth, hair and ears).  Ynigo then pasted the parts on a circular sheet of paper.  Just seeing 1 eye, Ynigo was immediately able to guess that it was his.  You will be able to see your child's spatial relation skills as he does this activity. We then attached the paper face on his body tracing.
           4. Hand traces - during the time we discussed about the hands, we also traced ynigo's hands and even printed numbers in each of his fingers.  He kept on counting each of his fingers.  We also did left and right activities with his hand cut-outs.  These were then added again to his body tracing.
           5. Foot prints - We had 2 foot prints made, which I cut out and placed on the body tracing as well.
           6. Shirt design - While discussing the chest and torso, I gave Ynigo a shirt that he could decorate.  I asked him how he wanted to decorate it and said he wanted to use stamps.  Armed with stamps, Ynigo made a shirt that he later on attached to his body tracing.
           7.  Shorts (stringing) - for the shorts, I made a cut-out pair of shorts and punched holes all around.  Since Ynigo is just 3 I made sure to roll masking tape around the end of the yarn to make it easier for him to insert the yarn into the holes.  Stringing activities helps strengthen finger muscles and will help prepare children in using tripod grasps.