About this book
Look, listen, touch. Find out how your body helps you learn.
A read-aloud science workbook for kindergarten to grade 2. Children name body parts and their jobs, then explore sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste with safe, everyday objects. They discover how the brain puts sense messages together, and that people gather information in many different ways.
- Point, circle, match and draw: very little writing
- Safe activities only: no tasting or sniffing unknown things
- Inclusive pictures and examples of different bodies and abilities
- Seven-step lessons with review and readiness checks
With explained answers for every page
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What this book covers
Covered
This book is about your body and five senses: seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and tasting.
Before you start, you should be able to
- I can name parts of my body.
- I can tell about a sound.
- I can follow a safety rule.
Notices
This book teaches early science about the body and senses. It does not give medical or health advice. All activities use safe, familiar objects; there is no tasting or close smelling of unknown things.
Pictures in this book are simplified learning models. Check answers with the explanations at the back of the book.
The steps in this book
- Step 1: Get Ready
Show what you already know.
- Step 2: Learn It
Learn a new idea with a picture.
- Step 3: See It
Watch how it is done.
- Step 4: Try It Together
Try it with help.
- Step 5: On Your Own
Try it on your own.
- Step 6: Look Back
Look back and remember.
- Step 7: Check and Fix
An adult checks answers and helps fix mistakes.
What is in the book
The modules
- Module 1: Notice and name body partsPages 5–14
- Module 2: Seeing and hearingPages 15–24
- Module 3: Touch, smell and tastePages 25–34
- Module 4: Senses working togetherPages 35–44
Contents
- Readiness check, pp. 3–4. Before Module 1. Its table tells you where to start.
- Modules, pp. 5–44
- Checkpoints, pp. 14, 24, 34, 44. The last page of each module.
- Mixed review, pp. 45–48. Questions from across the book, mixed together.
- Exit check, pp. 49–50. A last check across the book.
- Reflect and repair, p. 51
- Try again, p. 52. Fresh questions like those in the exit check.
- Extra practice, pp. 53–54
- Answers and explanations, pp. 55–64. Notes in this part are headed “Why”, “Common mistake”, “Help” and “Look for”.