Teaching children about their bodies helps them recognize the importance of each part and how they all work together.
Understanding how their body functions encourages kids to care for it through exercise and healthy eating. Creative projects and movement games not only make teaching body parts fun but also help toddlers and preschoolers develop essential skills like fine motor coordination and sensory awareness.
Engaging sensory activities allow kids to explore the human body in an interactive way, helping them appreciate just how amazing it is.
Some of the benefits of body parts activities for preschoolers are:
- Body positivity
- Improved eating
- New vocabulary
- Body awareness
Fun Activities to Help Kids Identify Body Parts Through Play
Explore these exciting body parts activity ideas, perfect for use both in and out of the classroom:
1. Label the Body Printable
This activity helps children learn about basic body parts while practicing essential skills like cutting. Before starting the worksheet, sing Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes a few times.
This will help the kids grasp where all the body parts are. This also introduces another element that reinforces learning.
Materials:
- My Body Parts printable
- Scissors
- Glue
Learning Area: Bilateral coordination and fine motor skills
2. Blind Taste Test

This is an interactive activity that will get preschoolers to try new foods.
Allowing children to experience foods blindfolded lets them focus on their sense of taste. It is a fantastic activity to include when teaching about the mouth, tongue, and teeth. You can also encourage the kids to use new and exciting vocabulary to describe what they are tasting.
Some kids may be reluctant and even fearful. This is a great activity to encourage positive social interactions and moral support.
Materials:
- Foods with different tastes and textures
- Blindfold
- Books about the mouth and tongue
Learning Area: Develops senses and encourages new vocabulary and social skills
3. Handprint Art

Hands are great introductory body parts because we use them for everything. Kids will love getting their hands dirty and will be impressed that they can turn simple handprints into fun pictures. This is a great art lesson to incorporate into letter learning activities when teaching the alphabet.
You can also use footprints to create pictures, but be sure to use water-based paint and old clothes.
Materials:
- Paint
- Paper
- Markers
Learning Area: Fine motor and pre-writing skills
4. Body Parts Bingo Game

Bingo is a versatile and fun game that works as an excellent learning tool. Printable bingo pages make it easy to play at home or in the classroom, whether individually or in a group. It is also an effective way to help preschoolers learn and reinforce their body parts vocabulary.
Materials:
- Printable body part bingo card
- Place markers
Learning Area: Improves cognitive function, body part recognition, and teamwork
5. Organ Stones

This activity can be adapted to include organs or body parts, making it perfect for a body-themed unit.
Each child can create their own set of stones by cutting out organ pictures and attaching them to the stones with craft adhesive. Once dry, the stones can be placed on a body outline, and the children can draw around them.
The children can then put the organs into place using the shapes as a guide.
Materials:
- Smooth stones
- Pictures of organs or body parts
- Clear craft sealant
- Outline of the human body
Learning Area: Fine motor skills and shape recognition
6. Body Parts Matching and Tracing

This is a great follow-on activity to the Label the Body printable.
Preschoolers can recognize different body parts and trace the dotted lines to write the name of each part. By matching the body parts to their corresponding words, this activity reinforces learning and allows you to assess their level of understanding.
Tracing is excellent for building finger strength and fine motor skills. It helps preschoolers practice their pencil grip, develop pre-writing abilities, and encourages focused concentration in short, manageable bursts.
Materials:
- Body parts match and trace printable
Learning Area: Fine motor and pre-writing skills
7. Simon Says

This classic game is easily adaptable for different age groups and gets kids moving. It’s a fun way to teach body parts while keeping children active and engaged.
The game also promotes focus, listening, and comprehension skills, making it both entertaining and educational.
Materials:
- Free Simon Says printable
Learning Area: Listening and comprehension
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8. Digestion Experiment

Place the banana, crackers, and lemon juice in the ziplock bag and get the kids to mash it up. Then, cut the corner off the bag and place the opening inside the stocking. Then, by squeezing the mixture into the stocking, children see the excess liquid and the final product.
This hands-on experiment is an engaging way for toddlers and preschoolers to learn about how our bodies digest food, making science both fun and educational.
Materials:
- 1 banana
- 6-8 crackers
- 1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice/vinegar
- Ziplock bag
- Old pair of stockings
- Plastic funnel
- 2 styrofoam cup
- Gloves
- Scissors
Learning Area: Science and Biology
9. Noodle Anatomy

Creating a skeleton from pasta is a fun activity that encourages preschoolers to be creative while learning about bones. They can position their skeletons in various poses, helping them understand how bones bend and move.
For an extra touch, you can paint the pasta white to make the skeletons resemble x-rays.
Materials:
- Black card
- Glue
- Different types of pasta
Learning Area: Creativity and fine motor skills
10. Playdough Faces

Most kids love playdough, making it an excellent medium for a variety of activities. Using playdough to create faces provides a sensory-rich way for children to learn about body parts.
They can also experiment and get creative, like making pink ears or a blue nose. This type of imaginative play is a valuable learning tool that fosters creativity and exploration.
Materials:
- Face template
- Playdough
Learning Area: Improved finger strength, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills
11. Printable Body Puzzle
This activity is a fund way to help toddlers and preschoolers identify shapes and body parts. They can practice their cutting skills and match the body parts to the correct shape.
Materials:
- Free body puzzle printable
- Scissors
- Glue
Learning Area: Shape identification and fine motor skills
12. Movement Dice

This versatile body parts paper game gets kids moving and engaging with their bodies. You can add music and use this game to work out some energy before a sit-down activity.
One dice has body parts, and the other dice has movements. Roll both dice, and the children must complete the actions on the die. For example, wiggle and elbow will mean the kids have to try and wiggle their elbow.
This game will encourage kids to think about how the different parts of their bodies can move.
Materials:
- Free movement dice printable
- Scissors
- Tape/glue
Learning Area: Gross motor development and listening/comprehension
13. Body Parts Sensory Tray

Sensory trays are ideal for preschool children, and this blood sensory tray is a hands-on activity for a body theme.
The red and white water beads represent blood and open the way for interesting discussions about blood and how it gets pumped around the body. You can also talk about how important blood is for our bodies and the function it serves.
Materials:
- Red and white water beads
- Red buttons
- Laminated organ pictures
- Red pom poms
Learning Area: Fine motor skills and sensory development
14. Picasso Art

This fun art activity will challenge preschoolers to think about how body part placement affects how we perceive people. It is an activity that allows for self-expression while practicing fine motor skills like coloring and cutting.
Preschoolers will enjoy creating quirky pictures and will love playing around with the placement of ears, eyes, and a nose.
Materials:
- Markers
- Scissors
- Glue
- Funky face elements
Learning Area: Artistic creativity and fine motor skills
15. Body Pizza

Not only is this a delicious snack, but it also helps young kids understand how the different parts of our bodies work.
Use the cutter to create body shapes from the tortilla. This represents our skin. Cover the shape in pizza sauce and explain that it represents our blood. Cut strips of cheese and place them on the body where the bones would be. Cover the cheese with pepperoni like muscle covers our bones.
Then bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 15 minutes.
Materials:
- Tortilla
- Gingerbread man cookie cutter
- White Cheese
- Pizza Sauce
- Pepperoni
- Basting brush
Learning Area: Fine motor and kitchen skills
Make Learning Come Alive with These Body Parts Preschool Activities
Children learn best when activities are multi-sensory and engaging. Using paints, songs, pictures, games, and movement to discover and learn about the body will help kids to connect with their learning in a new way.
The human body is fascinating, and although the basic mechanics of our bodies are the same, we all have unique features. These activities add a personal element as children learn to celebrate their differences and look after their bodies.