Busy BODY

Olivia is a very eager learner, and when she is interested in something her focus can be intense for such a tiny being.  Aside from singing nursery rhymes, she has a new interest in body parts. She has been pointing to them when asked for a few months, but has recently been making great attempts at saying them. Her fave book at the moment is called My Nose, My Toes, and Me by Frida Bing. It is a lift and flap book that uncovers various parts of the body.  While we read she always points to her, or my, corresponding body part, and now repeats it herself. She gets so excited and has memorized the book, so she often points to it before lifting the flap.

 

 

                  

 

This week after the reading the story I decided to stretch the story further and add a few activities. Being the diva that she is, she loved looking in her mirror and pointing to the parts of her face on the mirror as I asked her.

We also broke out good ‘ol Mr. Potato Head, always a hit in our home. This was a fun way to see if she could put the parts in the respective areas and then we also got silly creating crazy creations…that’s totally what it’s intended for : ) This is also a great fine motor activity.

 

We sang songs like Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes!

Last, I cut out several pictures of body parts from magazines and gave her the dry erase board with a piece of contact paper taped sticky side up.  She placed her pieces on the contact paper and I simply said what they were while she did it. It created quite a cool collage!

 

I have always had a love for children’s books, and extending the book with fun activities is one of my favorite ways to introduce and practice a skill.

What are some of your kids’ favorite books right now?