* Song
 
 Ask children to point to each body part named as they sing.  Invite them to
move creatively as they sing the last line of each verse.

 (sung to the tune of B-I-N-G-O)
 
My arms have parts that bend and move
 Every time I use them.
 Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.
 Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.
 Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.
 And this is how I move them!
 
 My legs have parts that bend and move
 Every time I use them.
 Knee, ankle, heel and foot
 Knee, ankle, heel and foot
 Knee, ankle, heel and foot
 And this is how I move them!
 
 My trunk has parts that bend and move
 Every time I use them.
 Neck, back, waist and hips
 Neck, back, waist and hips
 Neck, back, waist and hips
 And this is how I move them!
 
 I'm made of parts that bend and move
 Every time I use them.
 Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.
 Knee, ankle, heel and foot.
 Neck, back, waist and hips
 And this is how I move them!
 
 
* All By Myself (Song)
 
 Sung to "Three Blind Mice"
 
 All by myself
 All by myself
 See what I can do
 See what I can do
 I can brush my teeth and my hair so neat
 I can put my socks and shoes on my feet.
 I can get my napkin and snack to eat.
 All by myself
 All by myself.
 
 All by myself
 All by myself
 See what I can do
 See what I can do
 I can clean up my toys.  I can ride my bike
 I can kick a ball and match pictures alike
 I can read a book and sing songs that I like
 All by myself
 All by myself
 
 
* The Long and Short of Me (Project)
 
 Cut a three-foot long piece of bulletin board paper for each child.  Spread
the paper out on the floor.  Have the child sit on the edge of the strip and
stretch one leg out as far as possible over the length of the paper.  Use a
marker to trace the outline of his leg; then write the words "my leg" above
the outline.  In the same fashion, make and label an outline of his arem,
hand and foot, lining each part up at the same edge of the paper.  Allow the
child to choose more body parts to trace as space allows- a finger, thumb, or
even a toe.  AFter drawing all the outlines, have the child color them.
 Using the resulting picture graph of his/her body parts, encourage him to
compare their lengths.  
 
 
* What I Like (group project)
 
 Initiate a brainstorming session with your class using the book "What We
Like" by
 Anne Rockwell (Macmillan Publishing Company).  As you read each page,
encourage your children to name some of the special things that they like.
 Then, by gluing pictures from magazines and catalogs onto a sheet of
construction paper, encourage each child to form a collage in similar fashion
to the pages in the book.  Program the top of each child's page to read "What
(child's name) Likes".  Laminate each of these pages; then assemble them into
a class book titled "What We Like"
 
*  In Sept. we do an All About Me theme also. The best project we do is one
that is done at home by the family. Each child is given a sheet with All
about _______ on it.
 He or she can decorate it any way they wish using family photos, drawings,
magazines etc. When it comes back we make an all about me class book. The
children look back on this book with their families all year long. We also
did a book where the parent got a sheet of paper that said  ___________is
special because. This was a page the parents had to create about their child.
This was the first year this book was done and it was a big hit.