Year 1 · My Body and My Senses · Summary
Year 1 Science My Body and My Senses: summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 Science my body and my senses chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Head, neck and face | Your head sits on your neck. Your face has eyes, ears, a nose and a mouth. Teeth are inside the mouth. |
| Arms and hands | Each arm has an elbow. Each hand has five fingers, including the thumb. |
| Legs and feet | Each leg has a knee. Each foot has five toes. |
| The five senses | See with eyes, hear with ears, smell with nose, taste with tongue, touch with skin. |
| Keeping safe | Never taste unless a grown-up says it is safe. Never look straight at the Sun. |
Can you…?
- I can name the parts of my head, face, arms, hands, legs and feet
- I can label the parts of a body picture
- I can name the five senses and the body part I use for each one
- I can say which sense tells me about a thing
- I can draw a hand or a face and label its parts
- I can use my senses to find out about things, and keep safe
Key terms
- sense
- a way of finding out about things around us, using a part of the body
- head
- the round top part of the body, on top of the neck
- neck
- the part that joins the head to the body
- face
- the front of the head, with the eyes, nose and mouth
- elbow
- the bendy joint in the middle of the arm
- knee
- the bendy joint in the middle of the leg
- finger
- one of the five parts on each hand, including the thumb
- toes
- the five small parts at the end of each foot
- tongue
- the soft, wet part inside the mouth that tastes food
- skin
- the covering over the whole body, which feels things