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see? (Point out the specific part) Help young children learn names of the various parts of
their bodies. This vocabulary is important to children’s language development. In terms
of science though, the part’s name is only the beginning, since what this part does is of
more scientific importance than the name. So, as you identify a particular part, take some
time to talk about its function, too. Model the language and ask the students what do they
think about different parts? What do they think that they can do with their feet? What
wonders they have about the human body?

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Wheel of Wonder for Toddlers: Use apple sauce or anything else that is available and
appropriate for young children. Apply the Thinking Routine “Wheel of Wonder” to
identify parts of the body and what they do by focusing on child’s senses. The senses are
children’s first tools for learning about the world. Help students to make the connection
between parts of the body and their senses. Sense, Wonder, Explore, Discover. Make
comments such as: “What do you see?” “With my eyes I can see the sauce” What is the
color? How it looks like? “I use my nose to smell the sauce” I wonder how it smells.
Continue using senses and name the parts by exploring the apple sauce. “I use my tongue
to taste,” etc. What do you discover? What is the color, the smell, the taste, the touch?
Which parts of your body you use to discover all these?

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Listen 3X2: Children are quite good at making sounds with their bodies. Encouraging
them to do this is a really fun way to apply knowledge of the names of the body parts to
some of their more unusual abilities and functions. Challenge your students to do things
such as “Clap your hands,” “stomp your feet,” and “make noise with your lips”
incorporating the thinking routine. Make the noise and encourage them to do the same.
List 3 words. Repeat the noise and list 3 more.