Using music and motion to make connection is proven to help us learn new information. We tried out the Body System Song this morning and I told the kids I would share it with you so that they can practice at home. This would be great for a long car ride! 🙂
“The Body System Song” – By Lisa Perkins
(Sung to the tune of “The Ants Go Marching”)
The Respiratory System helps me breathe, me breathe.
The Respiratory System helps me breathe, me breathe.
I need my lungs to help me breathe, I need my lungs to help me breathe,
and my lungs are part of my Respiratory System.
The Urinary System keeps my body clean, me clean.
The Urinary System keeps my body clean, me clean.
I need my kidneys, I need my kidneys, I need my kidneys to keep me clean,
and my kidneys are part of my Urinary System.
The Digestive System helps me use my food, my food.
The Digestive System helps me use my food, my food.
I need my stomach, I need my stomach, I need my stomach to use my food,
and my stomach is part of my Digestive System.
The Nervous System helps my brain to think, to think.
The Nervous System helps my brain to think, to think.
I need my brain, I need my brain, I need my brain to help me think,
and my brain is part of my Nervous System.
The Skeletal System helps my body move, to move.
The Skeletal System helps my body move, to move.
I need my bones, I need my bones, I need my bones to help me move,
and my bones are part of my Skeletal System.
The Muscular System makes my body strong, so strong.
The Muscular System makes my body strong, so strong.
I need my muscles, I need my muscles, I need my muscles to make me strong,
and my muscles are part of my Muscular System.
The Circulatory System helps me move my blood, my blood.
The Circulatory System helps me move my blood, my blood.
I need my heart, I need my heart, I need my heart to move my blood,
And my heart is part of my Circulatory System
