Stomach/ Estomago

A hard working muscle!

You may gotten to the point when kids start asking about how their body functions. This month get ready to put your doctor/scientist hat on & be ready to teach your kids about some important organs in our bodies! Since last week we studied about healthy eating habits, we can take the time to teach where the food goes.

Introducing A Hard Working Muscle

We all know our stomach is a very important organ in our body, the shape & form of our stomach is determined by how much food we put into our bodies. To help illustrate the process to kids how the food goes from our mouth to our stomach, you can show the video below to your class. The video below goes into more detail beyond the stomach, so feel free to stop it at any point & continue the video at another lesson.

English

Spanish

Hands on Learning

Kids learn best by using their hands to feel the different objects that help put things into perspective. With that in mind we used an Anatomy Model similar to the the one found at Bed Bath & Beyond. Who knew they had educational toys for kids?! They have a brand named Learning Resources®

with several toys I recommend & will look into for future lessons. For now, check out Learning Resources® Human Body Anatomy Model, this is a great kit that will work for more than just teaching kids about organs. You can pull apart all of the other pieces to show kids how many layers it takes to get to the stomach. Or you can leave just the organs to show them how food is processed from your mouth, to the esophagus, then the stomach, & onto the intestines.

Another fun & visual tool I found is an apron that you can wear to show kids the organs in their bodies, check out, What’s Inside Me Apron. All of the pieces are adhered with velcro so it's easy to pull apart & store when your done.

Activity Time!

The activity for this week is a coloring page that you can find at Print Me!. This activity will help kids with their coloring & cutting skills. They can color all of the image then cut & glue the foods on the stomach. If you have any left over stickers from last weeks Healthy Eating, you can use those here as well!

To help them with their sense of touch, I also created the activity in color that you can use for a sensory bag!

Creating the Sensory Bag

To create the sensory bag you will need these or similar materials.

1. Soap, I choose orange to give the bag an acid look, but green can also work. Or you can buy clear soap & add food coloring of you choice. Hair gel, hand sanitize, or pudding will also work, I just found soap to be cheaper.

2. Strong packing tape.

3. Zip lock bags, the ones I found where blue, but I recommend clear bags. Also try to find something that's BPA free.

4. Any items that resemble food. I found these reusable ice cubes at Family Dollar that are shaped like oranges. During the summer you can find these anywhere!

5. Small Flocks' Printable Activity

Once you have all of your materials you can start! First you will need to cut out the activity.

Then turn the activity to the back & start taping it to the back of the zip lock bag.

Be sure to trim off or fold over the edges of tape if needed.

Once you've taped the activity to the back you can start filling the bag with soap & any items that resemble food.

Once this is done, you can close the bag, be sure to clean off any soap left over at the top.

Then you can tape ALL of the sides & edges. Make sure the top is completely taped of!

I made a note on mine that the bag was not for eating. You just never know with kids! Haha!

This will be your finished product!

**If you're interested in making this a biblical lesson you can use the verse found in Psalms 139:13. You can emphasis how God created each one of our body parts to function properly.

For more resources check out Small Flocks' Pinterest Board Organs of the Human Body, there you can find activities in Spanish & English.