My Body

Let us play the game 'Follow the Leader'. One of the students is chosen to bethe leader. The leader will do different actions like waving hands, tappingtoes and blinking eyes. The rest of the class will copy the actions of theleader.

You all know your names but do you know all your body parts havenames too. We just played a game using some body parts. Now, drawlines to match the names of the body parts to the picture.

head • • shoulder

neck • • armhand • • finger""""elbow "•.•...•..... _---;,.", • chest•stomach. • legknee • • ankle

foot • • toe

Did you know? ~Human teeth are veryhard.

Friendly helpers

Different parts of the body help us to do different things.

This is what we do withour hands.

clap

write

paint

cut

This is what we do withour legs.

climb

skip

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We have four fingers and one thumb on each hand. finger.

These fingers have special names. f~:::r

• The finger that stands apart is known as the thumb.

• The finger next to the thumb is the pointer finger.

Teacher's Notes

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pointerfinger

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1. Teach the children about different parts of the body by pointing towards them.

2. Help them understand how they have the same body parts but look different from others.

• The tallest finger is the middle finger.

• The fourth finger is known as the ring finger.

• The little finger is the baby finger.

The end of our foot has five toes. The largest toe is the big toe.The smallest toe is the little toe.

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• War

• Didbeyo

• LittleWra

foreheadThis is my face

I have two eyes, set side by side.

I have two ears, to hear and cheer.

My cheeks look red, below my forehead.

My mouth above my chin is to smile and grin.

We have five sense organs. These are:

Eyes

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eyeear

Nose Skin Ear Tongue

We sense different things with our sense organs.

Eyes to see Ears to hear Tongue ttaste

Nose to smell Skin to feel

Complete the sentences.

• We with our eyes.~

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~~~ Gj• We with our nose.-----• We with our tongue.-----• We with our skin.-----

• We with our ears.-----

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Your nose and earscontinue growing

throughout your life.

_--- ••...••./ My body ~".... ~

,.eyes, nose, ears,

tongue, skin"" t,.Functions of sense

organs:

eyes to see, nose to smell,ears to hear, tongue totaste and skin to feel

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head, neck, shoulder,elbow, chest, arm,

fingers, stomach, knee,hand, foot, leg, ankle, toe

Teacher's Note

Help students find out how our sense organs are important.

Exercises

Things you know

Choose the correct words from the box and fill in the blanks.

knees hands legs head

Key Feat• Wa

• Didy,beyoLittleWra

I. I use my to walk to school.

2. I nod my to say "yes" or "no".

3. I use my to clap.

4. I bend my to sit on the floor.

Fill in the missing letters to know the words.

I. You stand on us. ITEIill2. I shape into a smile. DiliDB3. You carry your bag on us.

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Answer in one or two words.

I. How many hands do you have?2. How many toes do you have? _

• Write the names of the parts of the face in the boxes given.

Get busy

The grid below has the names of the parts of a face. Find them. Circle thewords you have found in the word box. One has been done for you.

I X X X N X Y Y

L X M 0 U T H

I y y S X Y X

P X X E A R S

S y X X Y X Y

X X E Y E S X

• Things to do

How good are your eyes?

Look at the frogs carefully for some time.Now, can you tell which frog has a widermouth, Tiny or Wonky? Measure eachsmile with a ruler. What did you find?

Name the sense organs which help you know that:

Elephant is big.Ice is cold. Phone isringing.

Tiny

The flowersmells sweet.

Wonky

Candy issweet.