{"id":6972,"date":"2016-02-29T14:03:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T14:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2017-01-23T09:35:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T09:35:51","slug":"bring-operation-to-life-with-these-human-body-games-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blogs\/bring-operation-to-life-with-these-human-body-games-for-kids.html","title":{"rendered":"Bring \u2018Operation\u2019 to Life With These Human Body Games for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of kids\u2019 favorite games is Operation. This game, which teaches anatomy by having players \u201cremove\u201d damaged organs with tweezers, has been around over fifty years and been released in numerous versions. It is, however, a bit hard for younger kids to play because it requires well-developed, fine motor skills. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to wait until your child is ready for this popular game to begin teaching the human body for kids. Kids begin to learn body parts at a very early age \u2014 at least the ones they can see. Who hasn\u2019t played \u201ctouch your nose\u201d with a baby?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helping Preschoolers Learn the Parts of the Body<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can help that learning through the preschool years with a variety of games and activities. Here are some ideas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Songs like Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in which kids touch each part in synch with the lyrics are great practice and provide some exercise as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simon Says is a popular kids game, where kids are to follow directions only if prefaced with the words \u201cSimon says&#8230;\u201d You can focus specifically on the body parts you want them to learn about. For instance: \u201cSimon says wiggle your left toes.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because dance is all about the body, it\u2019s another great way to learn about its parts. Consider dancing the Hokey-Pokey, which directs kids to \u201cPut your right foot in, pull your right foot out, shake it all about.\u201d The dance goes on until you run out of parts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Elementary-age Kids Learn Body Parts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/download-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-6974 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/download-2-150x300.png\" alt=\"black skeleton on white background\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.turtlediary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/download-2-150x300.png 150w, https:\/\/wp.turtlediary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/download-2-75x150.png 75w, https:\/\/wp.turtlediary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/download-2.png 159w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>By elementary age, your child will have long since mastered the parts of the body they can see. Now it\u2019s time to take a look at what\u2019s under the skin. This is where interactive <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/game\/the-human-body.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">human body games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for kids especially shine as educational tools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once upon a time, we taught the names and locations of bones and organs by asking kids to memorize them from pictures in a textbook. How boring was that? Your kids are fortunate to be living in a time where technology has made possible a more effective and memorable way to teach about the human body for kids. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How Interactive Games Promote Learning Anatomy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human body games for kids have <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmedia.org\/game-based-learning--what-it-is-why-it-works-and-where-its-going.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">several advantages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over the old-fashioned rote memorization methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re self-paced. Kids learn better without the pressure of keeping up others. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re incremental. Kids can focus on mastering each body system until it\u2019s time for them to move on to a new one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repetition and speed challenge your child until giving the right answers becomes automatic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re just plain fun \u2014 and fun enhances learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s Even More Fun if You Play Too<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to continue your participation in your child\u2019s learning, play these <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turtlediary.com\/game\/the-human-body.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">human body games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with them. You might be surprised how fun and challenging these games are, especially if you can no longer remember the difference between carpals and metacarpals or where the spleen is located.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they\u2019re victorious, that\u2019s great! Few things delight children more and help to increase their confidence than besting a parent at an interactive game. <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">You might lose the game, but you win in having helped helping your child master human anatomy in a fun way.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of kids\u2019 favorite games is Operation. This game, which teaches anatomy by having players \u201cremove\u201d damaged organs with tweezers, has been around over fifty years and been released in numerous versions. It is, however, a bit hard for younger kids to play because it requires well-developed, fine motor skills. 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