We need to go back to the skeleton today. Look at the model human body that you started on Monday. Have you made a spine. Let’s look at some X rays and think about how our spine is designed. Did you know that your spine contains your spinal cord? Your spinal cord moves information and ideas from your brain to your body, arms, and legs so that you can walk, move, dance, draw… everything. What does your brain tell your body to do?
Your spine helps hold you upright but is still flexible so that you can bend and move and dance.
Let’s make a spine for your human body model. How long is your spine? It goes from your head to your hips. Do you have any O shaped cereal.? Let’s thread O’s onto pipe cleaners or even yarn to create a our spine. If you don’t have pipe cleaners you could use yarn and stiffen the end for threading with tape.
Here’s a fun skeleton activity with different kinds of pasta.
Do you know what an x ray is? Doctors use x rays to see our bones inside of our bodies. Have you ever gotten an x ray?
Here’s a book written by a class of second graders about getting an x ray at the doctor’s office.
Here’s a simple x-ray project that you could use in your pretend doctor’s office. Make your own x ray!
But how do x-rays really work?
Let’s talk about the letter X. You can make the letter X from so many things around your house. What other words have the X sound? Is it at the beginning or the end?
Send us a picture of how you make the letter x at your house.
This time at home is helping me find new songs and artists for you. Check out Mister G.
I’m so glad every day is Earth Day here at the Children’s Garden. This song is called Green World.
Put your hands in the air Garden Children. Wherever you are we wish you well.
