BLAST Elementary Thematic Program

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
& All The World's A Stage

(March and April 2008)

• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (K-2)
• All The World's A Stage (3-5)

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Recommended for grades K-2

In this highly active program, students will learn about parts of the body through multiple versions of the classic "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" song.  Students will have the opportunity to learn through music and movement, as well as through the trademark BLAST interactive read-aloud and craft.  

Fiction Books:

	Parts by Tedd Arnold
	More Parts by Tedd Arnold
	Even More Parts by Tedd Arnold

Informational Books:

	The Busy Body Book: A Kid's Guide to Fitness by Lizzy Rockwell
	First Human Body Encyclopedia by DK Publishers
	What Makes Me Me? by Robert Winston

Pennsylvania Academic Standards: 

1.6. A&B. - Speaking and Listening

Web Sites:

• Kids Health: How the Body Works
• Kids Biology: Human Biology

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All The World's A Stage

Recommended for grades 3-5

The classic tale, Stone Soup, will be studied during this interactive program about the cross-cultural nature of folktales.  Students will compare tales and learn about cultures while engaged in read-alouds and a reader's theater based on variations of Stone Soup.  An extending activity packet ends the program.

Fiction Books:

	Stone Soup retold by Heather Forest
	Kallaloo! A Caribbean Tale by David and Phillis Gershator
	The Real Story of Stone Soup by Ying Chang Compestine

Pennsylvania Academic Standards:

1.6. A&B. - Speaking and Listening

Web Sites:

• DLTK: Stone Soup
• Reader's Theater
• Marcia's Lesson: Stonesoup