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Name/Title: Body Part Awareness
Purpose of Event: To help children understand body part names and locations.
Suggested Grade Level: Preschool
Description of Idea
One might think that all preschool children know the parts of their bodies. But this is not true
for all children. Even those who can recite the names of various parts might not understand the
relationships of those parts and their potential for movement.
A fun beginning activity is simply to ask children to locate with their hands different parts of
the body. Children can be sitting on their carpet squares in a circle at the beginning or end of
class. This typically would take no more than 2 to 3 minutes. A list of some body parts for
children to identify is listed below.
Head
Back
Elbow
Nose
Wrist
Feet
Ankles
Shoulders
Stomach
Submitted by Steve Sanders who teaches at Univ. of Memphis in Memphis , TN . Thanks for contributing to
PE Central! Posted on PEC: 7/20/2001. Printed 8981 times since 8/24/2001.
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