All About Me

We had so much fun learning more about ourselves with our “All About Me” theme this week! It was such a great way to kick off our school year. There were so many different directions you can go with this theme. Since we were talking about body parts and facial features, I decided to focus more on this area. To do this I wanted to make a very detailed doctor’s office. By doing this, we had the chance to look at body part x-rays, examine our baby dolls, and have fun being doctors.

The best part about making this doctor’s office dramatic area is that there are tons of free printables available on Pinterest and if ever there were two things I love it would be free things and Pinterest! I was able to find some awesome printables for exam, patient, and doctor prescriptions forms. You can get them here.

 

This next part is my favorite. I came up with this as I was brain storming what kinds of things you would find in the waiting room of a doctor’s office. Magazines is what came to my mind, but how do you make paper magazines toddler-friendly?

Here is what you will need:
Magazine
3 binder rings
Laminator

First, I tore off the front page of a magazine and then some pages through-out the magazine that looked interesting. I then laminated those pages, punched 3 holes on the side and put them together with binder rings.

 

Of course you can’t have a doctor’s office without some doctor’s instruments. I’m sure most of you have some in your class already, but I didn’t. So I just paid a little visit to the local dollar store. I was so excited to actually find some there!

To decorate the office, I simply googled doctors office pictures and x-ray pictures and come up with these. It added a lot to the theme.

The last part is optional, but I wanted something that would divide the waiting room and doctor’s office.

What you will need is:
2 tri-fold boards
2 dowel sticks
doctor pictures

I first took the one tri-fold board and cut the middle out of it. I then used to 2 side pieces and hot glued it to the bottom of the second tri-fold board. This gave the prop a door way. I then added the dowel sticks to the back of the tri-fold board to make it sturdy. All that’s left to do is add doctor pictures to the outside to decorate it.

Now all you need to do is add the baby dolls to the area and there you have it. You’re all set to explore!

To learn more about facial features I came up with this fun game.

You will need:
Contact paper
Picture of a blank face
Pictures of facial features

Again I googled a picture of a blank face. I colored it to make it look bright and fun and used contact paper to laminate it to the table. Now all you need to do is add pictures of facial features. You can find some great facial feature pictures here.

Here are some really neat songs I found that will help your class learn more about themselves and their friends.

That's Me, Complete

I have ten little fingers and ten little toes
Two little arms and one little nose,
One little mouth and two little ears,
Two little eyes for smiles and tears,
One little head and two little feet,
One little chin, that's me complete 

My Name Is...

My name is Miss (Sarah), Miss (Sarah), Miss (Sarah),
My name is Miss (Sarah), who are you.

(Point at a child and have them continue the song.)

Where Are You

Where is (child's Name), Where is (child's name)
There he/she is, there he/she is.
How are you today, sir.
Very well today, sir.
Sit right down, sit right down.

Special Me

Special, special, special me
How I wonder what I'll be
In this big world I can be
Anything I want to be
Special, special, special me
How I wonder what I'll be

I Am Special

I am special
I am special, don't you see?
Don't you see, someone very special.
Someone very special
Yes, its me, yes, its me
(You can substitute 'because God made me, God made me' for the last line)

What's On A Face?

Here's a face, Now let's begin
It has two ears, a nose and chin.
A mouth, two eyes, with a bushy brow
What's on a face? We all know now

I Am Special

I am special, I am special
So are you, so are you
We can work together,
We can play together,
While we're at preschool
While we're at preschool
Yes we can, yes we can

Runaway

I have two eyes to see with,
I have two feet to run,
I have two hands to wave with,
And nose I have but one.

I have two ears to hear with,
And a tongue to say 'good day!'
And two red cheeks for you to kiss,
And now I'll run away.

Stand Up and Turn Around

(Child's Name) stand up; (Child's Name) stand up.
Turn around; touch the ground.
Reach up really high now; jump to touch the sky (wow)
Now sit down, now sit down.

You're Important

(Child's Name) is important, important, important.
(Child's Name) is important to you and me.
In work and in play, he does his best each day.
(Child's Name) is important to you and me. 

Hands

Hands for holding
Hands for shaking
Hands for giving
Hands for taking
Hands for counting one to ten
Hands for writing with a pen
Hands are helpful
But most of all
Hands are Handy

Two Little Hands

Two little hands so clean and bright,
This is my left and this is my right.

My hands

My hands can talk
In a special way.
These are some things
They help me say.
"Hello" (wave)
"Come here" (beckon with finger)
"It's A-OK" (make ok sign)
"Now stop" (hand out)
"Look" (hands shade eyes)
"Listen" (cup hand behind ear)
Or "It's far, far away" (point away)
And "Glad to meet you, how are you today." (shake neighbor's hand)

I Have

I have ten tiny fingers
I have ten tiny toes.
I have two ears,
I have two eyes,
I have a little nose.
I have a mouth to open,
And tiny teeth to bite,
I have a tongue,
Within my mouth
I keep it out of sight. 

Hands & Feet

My hands are clean
And ready to clap
One, two, three, four.
My feet are waiting for a sign
To jump upon the floor.

 I hope this was helpful and that you have as much fun as we did!