Lesson Plan: “How Many Legs, Arms, Head, and Body?”

Objective: Students will be able to identify and count the number of legs, arms, head, and body parts on various animals and objects.

Duration: 2 hours

Materials: - Pictures or flashcards of animals and objects with different numbers of legs, arms, head, and body parts - Whiteboard or chart paper - Markers - Worksheets (downloaded or printed) - Scissors - Glue sticks - Crayons or colored pencils

Warm-up (10 minutes): 1. Greet the students and ask them to sit in a circle. 2. Begin by singing a song about body parts, such as “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.” 3. After the song, ask the students to touch and name different body parts on themselves.

Introduction (10 minutes): 1. Show the students pictures or flashcards of animals and objects with different numbers of legs, arms, head, and body parts. 2. Ask the students to identify the different body parts they see in the pictures. 3. Write the words “legs,” “arms,” “head,” and “body” on the whiteboard or chart paper.

Activity 1: Sorting (20 minutes): 1. Divide the students into small groups. 2. Give each group a set of pictures or flashcards. 3. Instruct the students to sort the pictures into categories based on the number of legs, arms, head, and body parts. 4. Circulate among the groups, providing assistance and guidance as needed. 5. After sorting, have each group share their categories with the class.

Activity 2: Counting (20 minutes): 1. Show the students a picture or flashcard of an animal or object. 2. Ask the students to count and tell you how many legs, arms, head, and body parts they see. 3. Write the numbers on the whiteboard or chart paper next to the corresponding body parts. 4. Repeat this activity with several different pictures or flashcards, encouraging the students to count and identify the body parts.

Activity 3: Worksheet (30 minutes): 1. Distribute the worksheets to each student. 2. Instruct the students to cut out the pictures of animals and objects and glue them onto the worksheet. 3. Ask the students to count and write the number of legs, arms, head, and body parts for each picture. 4. Encourage the students to use different colors to color the body parts on the pictures. 5. Collect the completed worksheets for assessment.

Game: “Body Part Bingo” (20 minutes): 1. Create a bingo board on the whiteboard or chart paper with different body parts written in each square. 2. Give each student a bingo card with pictures of animals and objects. 3. Call out a body part, and the students must find and cover the corresponding picture on their bingo card. 4. The first student to cover a line or complete the entire bingo card shouts “Bingo!” and wins the game.

Conclusion (10 minutes): 1. Review the different body parts and their corresponding numbers. 2. Ask the students to share one thing they learned about counting legs, arms, head, and body parts. 3. Sing the “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” song again as a fun way to end the lesson.

Note: The duration of each activity can be adjusted based on the pace and engagement of the students.