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Keep Those Muscles Moving


Core Learning Experience + Supplies and Equipment

  • ​Do some stretching movement with the children – arms, neck, fingers, legs, feet etc. Use a thick rubber band to demonstrate the fact that muscles inside our body can stretch and contract in different directions every time we move. Point out that muscles are in every part of our body, although we can’t see them. Give the children rubber bands to stretch and contract.
  • Try to feel some muscles that are close to the skin. Make a fist and feel upper arm; feel muscles in back of neck. Feel flexing in lower leg.
  • Try the stretching movements again, this time focusing on which muscles are operating.
  • Now let’s go and drink a big cup of water. Because we sweat water out of our bodies when we move and exercise, we need to replace the water that we lost. Drinking water keeps us healthy.

Possible/Expected Discoveries

  • ​We all have muscles, and they are a very important part of our body. Whenever we move, our muscles are helping us do it. Muscles can grow stronger with exercise and movement. While children are running and playing, their muscles are growing stronger.
  • Our heart is a muscle. It moves all the time while it is beating.
  • Older children might like to learn the names of some important muscles. See sites below.
  • Can you think of some specific stretching and moving exercises for a particular muscle?   For example, what could we do to strengthen a shoulder muscle? How about a toe muscle?
  • When we run or jump for a while, we start to breathe in air faster. The air goes into our lungs, and then all around our body, and helps us be healthy. This kind of exercise is called “aerobic”

Extended Learning and Other Curriculum Areas

  • ​​Jump rope.
  • Dance to music.
  • Watch the tiny muscles in your fingers work while you draw a picture with crayons or pencils.
  • Pretend to be “Super Kid” the strongest mightiest kid on earth. Go save the day! Flex those muscles!
  •  Learn to spin a hoop around your arm or waist.
  • This topic might spark and interest in other parts of the body; or a study of water; or the things we need to do to keep our body healthy.
Preschool science activities - people use muscles
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Activity Packs and Printables

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This is a flexible set of activities that teachers can use to get the group up and moving. $3 (Free for KidSparkz members)

Websites

​http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/muscles_noSW.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/fit/work_it_out.html
http://www.kidport.com/REFLIB/Science/HumanBody/BodyMuscles.htm
http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/fitness/exercise.html

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  • Home
  • Lesson Plans Index
    • Life Science Plants and Animals >
      • Comparing Leaves
      • Exploring Pumpkins
      • Shucking Corn
      • Earthworm Observation
      • Parent and Baby Animals
      • Collecting Ants
      • Spider Season
      • Visit to a Pet Store
      • Living and Non Living Things
      • Animals Come in Many Shapes, Sizes and Colors
      • Ways Animals Move
      • Animals Need to Eat
      • Difference Between Wild and Tame Animals
      • People Can Use Products Provided by Animals and Plants
      • Animal Coverings - Hair, Fur, Feathers, Scales and Skin
      • Animals Live in Different Places
      • Metamorphosis and Change in Biology
      • Nocturnal Animals
      • Egg Science
      • Exploring Fish
      • Tree Skin Bark
      • Roots Growing Potatoes in Water
      • Stems - Making Daisy and Clover Chains
      • Flowers
      • Digging in the Dirt
    • Life Science People Index >
      • Parts of Our Body and How We Use Them
      • Our Heart
      • Our Hands
      • Our Feet
      • Fun With Balance
      • Sound Search
      • Sense of Touch
      • Exploring the Sense of Sight
      • Follow That Scent
      • Stop That Germ!
      • Interesting Tools That Doctors Use
      • We Need Healthy Teeth
      • Keep Those Muscles Moving!
    • Physical Science Index >
      • Blowing Bubbles
      • Magnify!
      • Ways to Measure Time
      • Magnetic Attraction
      • Ramps in Motion
      • Ice Melting
      • Sink or Float a Boat
      • Sponges and water
      • Dropping Things Through the Air
      • Static Electricity
      • Battery Electricity
      • Properties of Soap and Water
      • Weights and Balances
      • How Can Heat Change Things?
      • Tools Can Help Us Do Things
      • Lifting with Levers
      • Earth and Sky Science Index >
        • Shadow Chasing
        • Sun Effects
        • The Night Sky
        • Kinds of Clouds
        • Dressing for the Season
        • Classifying Rocks
        • Colors of the Rainbow
        • Who Has Seen the Wind?
        • Rain
        • Snow
        • Litter Hunt
        • We Can Take Care of the Earth
      • Wheels
      • Predicting How Simple Machines Will Work
      • Computers and Other Devices
      • Discoveries With Straws
      • Different Ways of Making Light
  • Teaching Notes
  • Links
  • Contact