The Body Book--Finally!

When I saw this included in our Rome to Reformation package I was so excited...
for me to do it!

Today was the first day it was listed in our teacher's manual.
I, however, have been doing models for a few weeks in order to stay ahead so the kids have a finished model to look at as they make their copies.

I just wanted to share some of the things that have made model making easier for me.

Tools:

The usual things like colored pencils, scissors, glue stick and tape--



I also found bone folders to be very handy--


As well as an exact-o knife and ruler--


The ruler pictured is acrylic but I will be using my metal one in the future.

What to do:

We first talked about the subject of the day which was "senses" for us.

Then I had the kiddos start coloring their copy of the model--




Definitely best to do all the coloring before you start cutting and pasting.

Once all the coloring is done I had them cut out the pieces they would need
(these are all outlined with a solid black line)


While they were coloring and cutting I was preparing the other part of the model...
the "flappy part."

I might have them do this part on other models but because this was the first one and there was a lot of cutting, I decided to do this part for them.

Using the bone folder first, I scored all the dashed lines which indicate that line is to be folded.



Then using the ruler and the exact-o I cut the solid lines so the flap could open--


Here are side views of mine so you can see what they'll look like when they are all done--




The kids continued to work on their parts and once everything was cut out they glued the pieces to the appropriate spot--

Here is Kurt's after he finished gluing...


and Brigitta's


and mine! Hee hee


Next we laid the "face"/ "flappy" part over it and taped it together at the top--


Ta-dah! Now our models have flaps that open to reveal what the body part looks like on the inside--




I thought Kurt's model looked very "realistic," don't you? :)