Observations

Human parts ✩
Your body has a head, chest, tummy, legs, feet, arms, and hands.

Science activity
Draw a line from each word below to the correct part of the body.

chest arm

fingers elbow

head foot

leg tummy

hand toes

Science exploration
Rub an unsharpened pencil on the palm of your hand and then rub it
on the knuckle side. Rub the pencil the same way on the top and bottom
of your feet. On which side did you feel the pencil more? Record your
findings. Do the activity on website 15-1. Move the dancer on 15-2.

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Observations
Human parts ✩ 1
Your body has a head, chest, tummy, legs, feet, arms, and hands.

Science activity
Draw a line from each word below to the correct part of the body.

chest arm

fingers elbow

head foot

leg tummy

hand toes

Science exploration
The child learns that some areas of the body are more sensitive than others, such
as the palm of the hand, and the bottoms of the feet. Ask the child why this is
so. Explain that these areas are best suited for object manipulation and balance
because they have high concentrations of nerve connections.

The child learns that some areas of the body are more
sensitive than others,
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palm of the hand,
and the bottoms of the feet. Ask the child why this is