- Home
- Canvas Guide
Partial Progress - Circles (browser only)
The Digestive System
Objectives
To understand the function of the digestive system.
To know that food is fuel for the body and has to be digested in order to benefit the body.
Resources
Plain paper
Today's Lesson
Main Activity
Talk about the digestive system with your child. Ask what they know about digestion and make a drawing of what they think the digestive system looks like in the body.
Read the information from the following website:
READ - Follow Your Food! (National Geographic Kids)
You may also find it helpful to watch the following video which reinforces the information provided by the website above.
Access the internet and have a look at diagrams of the digestive system; then compare your child’s drawings with those on the screen. There may well be some similarities like stomach, intestines and other organs. There are probably going to be organs that your child knew nothing about. Can you find out what some of the key parts are for? Stomach? Liver? Mouth?