My Body, My Senses
Objectives
- D03.S1.01.01 Identify and name basic body parts such as head, arms, legs, hands, and feet and tell a simple use for each.
- D03.S1.01.02 Notice and name body signals such as hunger, thirst, and tiredness when they feel them.
- D03.S2.01.01 Perform basic movements such as skipping, galloping, hopping, and jumping with balance and control.
- D03.S2.01.02 Use small hand movements such as cutting, threading, and buttoning with growing accuracy.
Essential questions
- What does my body tell me, and how do I listen to it?
- How does my body move through the world?
Big ideas
- My body sends me signals — hunger, thirst, tiredness — that I can notice and name.
- Movement is a joy; with practice my body grows stronger and more skilled.
Lessons
- 1 Meet My Body Parts 45 minutes
- 2 What Each Part Can Do 45 minutes
- 3 My Body's Signals 45 minutes
- 4 Listening to Hunger and Thirst 45 minutes
- 5 Tired and Rested 45 minutes
- 6 Skipping and Galloping 45 minutes
- 7 Hopping and Jumping 45 minutes
- 8 Balance and Control 45 minutes
- 9 Cutting, Threading, and Buttoning 45 minutes
- 10 My Body, My Senses 45 minutes
Assessment plan
Observation of movement sequences (skip, gallop, hop, jump) and fine-motor tasks (cutting, threading, buttoning); a body-parts chart and a "body signals" drawing as portfolio artifacts.
Unit 2 — My Body, My Senses
Overview
Building on Kindergarten’s five senses, this unit names the body’s parts and what each can do, and — new this year — tunes the child into the body’s own signals: hunger, thirst, and tiredness, noticed and named. The whole moving body is honored: learners skip, gallop, hop, and jump with balance and control, and practice the small hand movements of cutting, threading, and buttoning. The body is taught with dignity and joy, honoring the wide range of bodies and abilities humans have.
Essential questions
- What does my body tell me, and how do I listen to it?
- How does my body move through the world?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| L.01.002.01 | Meet My Body Parts | D03.S1.01.01 |
| L.01.002.02 | What Each Part Can Do | D03.S1.01.01 |
| L.01.002.03 | My Body’s Signals | D03.S1.01.02 |
| L.01.002.04 | Listening to Hunger and Thirst | D03.S1.01.02 |
| L.01.002.05 | Tired and Rested | D03.S1.01.02 |
| L.01.002.06 | Skipping and Galloping | D03.S2.01.01 |
| L.01.002.07 | Hopping and Jumping | D03.S2.01.01 |
| L.01.002.08 | Balance and Control | D03.S2.01.01 |
| L.01.002.09 | Cutting, Threading, and Buttoning | D03.S2.01.02 |
| L.01.002.10 | My Body, My Senses | D03.S1.01.01, D03.S1.01.02, D03.S2.01.01, D03.S2.01.02 (capstone: all four) |