The the Body Book: Easy-To-Make Hands-On Models That Teach

We are studying the human body right now and my six year old son loves making the models out of it. I would agree with another poster that it is good to copy the models on a heavier weight of paper.

As a teacher of children with a wide variety special needs, this book has been an invaluable resource. Students are offered loads of hands-on activities (which are by far the most effective teaching tool for both special- and regular-education students), covering all the major systems of the human body - the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and urinary-tract systems. Students cut out and assemble each system, all of which can be assembled on the same human body, which also allows pupils to see how all the systems interact. In addition, students can build separate models of the tongue (sense of taste), eye, ear, and musculo-skeletal joints. Further, the authors offer additional hands-on activities, though these require a little preparation. (Teachers may also want to practice assembling the models beforehand to ensure a smooth lesson.) I would recommend this book for upper-elementary and middle school students; third-graders and students with handicaps in fine-motor activies will have difficulty cutting out some of the components. That criticism aside, I heartily recommend this invaluable resource which my students enjoyed and principal greatly appreciated.

Awesome book to learn about the human body. When you are done, you have pieced together a skeleton. We are using this for school this year and all our children ask, "When do we get to do the next part". When you have them asking to learn more meaningful information....it's a great book.

my 5 yr old loved this book! We studied human anatomy for several months, added in books for each system in the body, and she (and I) would create and build all the models for each system in the body. "Susie", my daughter's 'final project' from this book, a 3-4 ft tall skeletal model of the human body with all the organs in their proper place, was a huge hit! I HIGHLY recommend this book! We loved it!

If you have been frustrated using a text book to teach your children anatomy, you've got to try this book! It gets the kids involved instead of just reading big words out of a book. I have 13,12, and 8 year old boys, and they all enjoy the making of the models. I highly recommend this book.