Health/Nutrition Experience

Class average age

20-24 months

Primary Objective & Infant Toddler Standards:

Children will learn new body parts and will be able to point to them. They will also dance to the
song promoting physical development.

 Nineteen to twenty-four months, physical development, develop skills that lead to good
health practices.

Secondary Objective & Infant/Toddler Standards:

The toddlers will listen to the song, acknowledge music and will participate in dancing.

 Nineteen to twenty-four months, creative expression, begins to develop creative thinking:

appreciates music, and participates in creative movement.

Experience description:

This activity will be dancing to the song. The song will include body parts that the children will
learn. The song will start slow so we can have time to point to our body points. The activity will
promote large and fine motor skills and expose new body parts that the children can now learn.
Having this activity as a song will be fun and interesting for the toddlers. Children know about
washing their hands from a young age, because of a song, so learning new body parts can be
interesting and fun when they use a song as a guide.

Materials

● “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” song

● Phone
● Speaker

Scaffolding (child’s prior knowledge to build on):

Children will learn new body parts, but the toddlers will also use their body strength to pick
themselves up and lean down, promoting their large and fine motor development.

Plan for carrying out experience (what caregiver will do):

The children will be playing, and I will play the song on the speaker. The song will grab the
children’s attention and will get near me to copy the dance. I will encourage them to touch their
head, shoulders, knees, toes, eyes, ears, and nose. The dance will be easy but keeping up to the
beat will be a challenge to us, making it fun. Right when the song ends, I will ask the toddlers
“where is your nose?” and “let us touch our toes.”

Assessment

A. How would you be able to determine the success of this activity?

I will determine the success of this activity by viewing how the children do in the dance activity.
If the children reach the indicated body part, and have fun doing it, the activity was a success.
Another way to figure out if the activity was successful, is by asking them to reach for their toes
or eyes after the song ended. Having them interested in the activity will let them develop motor
skills, but also learn the body parts and the term for it.

B. Did you feel children's knowledge base will change after this experience? (Do I see this
new knowledge being learned in other areas?

Children’s knowledge will change after this experience because now they will know some of
their body parts better and know the words for it. If a child gets hurt outside, we as caregivers
can ask them where it hurts, and the children will be able to respond if it hurts on their shoulders,
or on their legs. This can help with language development as they copy the adult singing the song
and learn the name parts of their body. Moving to music together helps children link their actions
to other people. When running outside, or kicking a ball, toddlers will understand that their body
parts are moving to make the action happen. They will know that they oversee their body, and
what they can do.