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My Body and My Senses

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Primary 1 · Science and Elementary Technology

My Body and My Senses

3 lessons

Lesson 1 of 3

Parts of My Body

10 min

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Gatete is getting ready for school. His mother calls out, “Wash your face! Comb your hair! Put on your shoes!”

Face. Hair. Feet. Gatete used three parts of his body before he even left the house. Today you will learn the names of your body parts and the job each one does for you.

Start at the top: your head

Put your hand on the top of your head. Feel your hair. Now move your hand down slowly, past your face.

Your eyes — you have two. They help you see.
Your ears — one on each side of your head. They help you hear.
Your nose — you have one. It helps you smell.
Your mouth — inside it are your teeth and your tongue.

Under your head is your neck. Turn your neck slowly. Your head turns too! Your neck holds your head up all day.

The middle of you

Below your neck are your two shoulders. At the front is your chest. Below your chest is your tummy. Behind you is your back. This middle part of you keeps your heart and your food safe inside.

Your arms and your hands

An arm starts at your shoulder. In the middle of your arm there is a bend. That bend is your elbow.

Try it now: bend your elbow and touch your own shoulder. Well done!

At the end of each arm is a hand. On one hand you have 5 fingers. Count them out loud: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The short fat one is your thumb. Remember — the thumb is a finger too. Do not leave it out!

You have two hands. Each hand has 5 fingers. So 5 + 5 = 10 fingers altogether.

Your legs and your feet

Now stand up. Your two legs carry you everywhere. In the middle of each leg there is a bend. That bend is your knee. When you sit down on a chair, your knees bend.

Be careful not to mix these up. The bend in your arm is the elbow. The bend in your leg is the knee.

At the end of each leg is a foot. Each foot has 5 toes. Two feet, so 10 toes.

Every part has a job

Watch Uwase play football at break time. She sees the ball coming with her eyes. She kicks it with her foot. She catches it with her hands. She shouts to Keza with her mouth.

One short game — four body parts, four different jobs. Now you know the rule: every part of your body has a job it helps you do.

Tip

Twos and ones. Some body parts come in twos: two eyes, two ears, two arms, two hands, two legs, two feet. Some come alone: one head, one nose, one mouth, one tummy.

Point at yourself and say it out loud: “Two of these… one of these.” It helps you remember!

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Try it yourself

Touch each part on your own body as you answer. Try first, then tap Show answer to check.

Which part bends in the middle of your leg?
Which parts do you use to hear the school bell?
How many toes do you have on both feet altogether?
Keza is carrying a cup of tea to her grandmother. Which part of her body is holding the cup?
Name one body part that comes in twos.

Answers

Your knee. (The bend in your arm is the elbow — that one is different.)
Your ears. You have two of them, one on each side.
10. Each foot has 5 toes, and 5 + 5 = 10.
Her hand. She may even use both hands so she does not spill it.
Eyes, ears, arms, hands, legs or feet. Any one of these is correct.

Quick check

The bend in your arm. What is it?

What you learned today

Your body parts have names: head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, neck, shoulders, chest, tummy, back, arms, elbows, hands, fingers, legs, knees, feet and toes.
The bend in your arm is the elbow. The bend in your leg is the knee.
Every body part has a job: eyes see, ears hear, legs walk, hands hold.

1Start at the top: your head

2The middle of you

3Your arms and your hands

4Your legs and your feet

5Every part has a job