Body Parts

Activities: 

All activities are aligned with VA approved standards and can be used with students in grades Pre-K through High School. 

• Math Strand Addressed:

  • Geometry 

• From Head to Toe with Story Props and Activities

  • Includes:  sentence completion activities, visual supports, ideas for songs and finger play, communication boards, and much more!

  • Animal Cards (concentration game - matching)

  • Can you?  GoTalk 9+ overlay

  • From Head to Toe YouTube Video

• Clap Your Hands

  • Following Two Steps - Dice Game: roll both dice and follow the commands

  • Act it Out - Dice Game:  roll the dice act it out / or for a twist play charades

  • Clap Your Hands - Go Talk 9+ overlay

  • Clap Your Hands YouTube Video

  • Action Songs Clap Your hands YouTube Video

• I Like Myself

  • Matching Cards (match word to symbol)

  • Writing Activities (a variety of writing activities, use matching cards to write)

  • My Book about Me - Sample

  • I Like Myself! YouTube Video

• The Hokey Pokey

  • Hokey Pokey Communication Board

  • Hokey Pokey Visual Supports

  • Hokey Pokey song

• My Body

  • Hey that’s different/same! (find the one that is different/same)

• Additional Activities:

  • Body Parts Bingo Game (includes four game cards)

  • Country Kids- Label Body Parts (magnetic -using words)

  • Mr. Potato Head (with game, communication board & Go Talk activity)

  • Uh-Oh Betty & Billy Boo-Boo (magnetic - includes receptive language cards) 

Suggested Additional Resources you can borrow from the T-TAC ODU Library  

• You can use the All Turn It  Spinner from Ablenet, Inc. (material # 303) to allow students who use switches to call the card during the bingo game, select body parts to put on Potato Head, or select who's turn it is next.  

Web Resources: 

• • The YouTube videos can be used with your single switch users.  Please visit the Specialbites website for specific instructions.  http://www.specialbites.com/  Watch on YouTube   Specialbites Access

  • As indicated on their website, “Tar Heel Reader is a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces online.”  http://tarheelreader.org/  

  • The following link is just one example of a book about” body parts” there are numerous others. The-body-book  

VDOE Resources: 

• Virginia's Early Learning & Development Standards ELDS 

• Introductory and Implementation Guidance Webinar on ELDS