Joyful Noise Nutrition Expedition: 2015

Friday, December 18, 2015

Week 14 of Nutrition Expedition: Simon Says, "Move Your Muscles!"

December 14-18, 2015

Photo by Amanda F.

Simon Says, "Move Your Muscles!"

We got our muscles moving this week in Nutrition Expedition with a muscular rendition of the classic, "Simon Says"! Using a diagram of the human muscular system, I instructed the children to move, stretch, exert, and wiggle different muscles in their body.

Here are some examples of things we did:

Simon says, "Wiggle and waggle your frontalis (forehead/eyebrow) muscles!"
Simon says, "Stretch your trapezius (neck) muscles from side to side!"
Simon says, "Roll your deltoid (shoulder) muscles back and forth, up and down!"
Simon says, "Flex your bicep (arm) muscles!"
Simon says, "Bend and stretch your oblique (side) muscles!"
Simon says, "Shake your gluteus maximus (buns)!"

We had an absolute blast doing this!

Super Sleuth Questions

1. What did "Simon" tell you to do? (answer: move different muscles in your body)

2. Where is your bicep muscle? (answer: your arm)

3. Show me your favorite exercise!

Photo by Amanda F.

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Week 13 of Nutrition Expedition: Muscle People Playdough

December 7-11, 2015

Muscle People Playdough!

What was this skeleton missing? MUSCLES! So, we decided to give him (or her) some, using red playdough!

We reviewed some of the interesting things we learned about muscles last week, and I showed the children an example of what the human body looks like with the muscles exposed. I gave them each a laminated illustration of a child-sized skeleton (so the playdough wouldn't stick to the paper), and explained that they needed to give it muscles, so that it could run, jump, and play. Then, we got to work! The children were so engaged in this activity, and really took the time to add lots of muscle to their skeletons.