“Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Knees and Toes!” What a fun week with an exciting theme to go along with it! We are very proud to say that our Bugs know all of their body parts, including some of the trickier ones like ankle, elbow and chest! We just love how practical and hands on this theme can be and we love the excited looks on our Bugs faces when they point excitedly to a body part they know!  

As a fun learning activity this week, the Bugs were each given a label from our theme board and asked to find and label the correct parts of Teacher Gemma. They of course thought this was the funniest thing ever and seeing Teacher Gemma at the end with labels stuck all the way from her hair to her toes made everyone laugh even more!  

They also all got a chance to examine themselves in our big mirror and point out all of their body parts that they know. 

We chatted about our moral theme, respecting other people’s personal space, and we all drew bubbles around us in the air. Our teachers explained that no one is allowed into your bubble if you don’t allow it. We then did an activity where we asked our friends for hugs. If they said it was okay, we moved into their space to give a hug. If they said no, we respected their choice. We also chatted about things like “What happens when your body gets hungry?” and then “Where does food go when you eat it?” Also, “what happens if you don’t brush your teeth?” We had a great time engaging their existing knowledge of the topic and then building on it. 

Even though our number for the week was 1, we can happily report that most of our Bugs can count up to 5. We played a game at ring time where each of them had to go find ONE RED thing in the class. What a fun game! We had red shoes, blocks and books! Well done, Busy Bugs! 

For our art activity this week, the Bugs coloured in an outline of the body, pointing out where different body parts should be when asked. We then looked though magazines to find eyes, ears, a nose, a mouth and hands, which we cut out and stuck around our coloured in body.  

We enjoyed a lot of “firsts” this week and the Bugs LOVED them all!  

We look forward to spending many more, happy weeks with these awesome Bugs!  

Next Week’s Theme: Me and my Senses 

Busy Bodies!