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This week, we learned about our heart and spine. We learned that our heart helps to pump blood to all our body and that we need to keep a healthy diet to keep it strong and healthy. Also, we learned that spine has 33 bones and allows our body to move. At science, the children learned how to use a stethoscope, and they listened to the hearts of their friends before and after exercising. The children played with a heart model to see how the blood pumps. The children used pasta and gummies to create a model of the spine. At dramatic play, the children continued pretending to be a nurse, doctor and patients. At manipulative table, we continued learning about non-standard measuring. The children trace their hand and measure with cubes and drew a picture and measured it. At art table, the children made representation of an X -ray, painted vegetables and fruit with watercolors and used curves and lines to make mat man. We finished the week by going to the Sassafras all children’s playground. ...

It was a short week, but full of learning! We continued learning about the human body. We learned that the brain controls our emotions, solve problems and control our bodies. Also, we learned that lungs help us to breath, and they are located in our chest.  At science, the children created a lung model and continued labeling the names of bones and body parts and learning the bones names. At art center, the children played with mannequin and then drew pictures of the body, used yarn to represent veins and used shapes to make a body/person. At blocks, the children used blocks to make skeletons and people. At manipulative table, the children counted plastic 1:1 correspondence and played with puzzles. At dramatic, they continued to pretend to be a doctor and patient. This week, they measured and weighed their patient and gave medicine. It was a fun week, and the children are loving our human body study! Fue una semana corta, ¡pero llena de aprendizaje! Seguimos aprendiendo sobre e...