Our body is wonderful! We do all activity using our body. Thinking and our reasoning capability make us different from other living creatures of the earth. Our ability to communicate and think makes us human. Our body has many parts and each one has different name and use. Let’s know the names of our body parts.
My body moves
- We use our legs to kick, walk, skip, run, jump etc.
- We can wiggle our toes and fingers, write with our hands, lift things etc.
- While doing these things our body parts bends.
- Bending makes movement possible.
- All the places that bend in our body are called joints.
Parts of the leg are shown below
Parts of the hand are shown below
Observe your hand; do you see lines on your hand? Try to bend your hand at all the lines you see. What do you observe?
Is it possible for us to hold a scissors or brush without thumb?
No, without thumb we cannot use our hands and fingers to move things in a way we want to control.
Practice Questions
Q1. Rearrange the following words to get the name of a body part.a. sohluder - ______________
b. haederof - ______________
c. gersinf - ______________
d. higth - ______________
e. nkale - ______________
f. eot - ______________
g. eenk - ______________
h. danh - ______________
i. chkee - ______________
j. bowle - ______________
k. gueton - ______________
l. pil - ______________
m. cefa - ______________
Q2. Fill in the blanks.
a. Our body has ______________ parts.
b. Each part of the body has different _____________ and ___________.
c. Our body is _________________!
Q3. Answer the following:
a. List 4 ways in which we use our hands.
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b. How is thumb important to us?
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c. Name three places that a leg can move from?
K__ __ e
H __ p
A __ k __ e
d. Name the places that the arm can move from?
E __ b __ w
S h__ u __ d __ r
W r __ __ t