For October, I wanted to do something a little Halloween-themed without going overboard. I decided to focus on the human skeleton and created this skeleton unit study! We had so much fun with Skelly, our friendly Dollar Store skeleton that came to help teach us all about bones! This skeleton unit study was designed for my 7-year-old twin boys that love unit studies and hands-on learning. It lasted the whole month but they were completely engaged and wanted to work on it almost every day!
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Books for Our Skeleton Unit Study
As always I like to hit up my local library for the majority of our books! We have a great relationship with our librarian and she can always find the best books to add to our latest unit study. At this age, I usually pick one to two chapter books to use for read-aloud time and lots and lots of picture books. We’ll read a chapter or two from our read-aloud and then read two or three picture books of their choice toward the end of our unit study time.
Chapter Books
I love using a good chapter book as a read aloud!
The Search for the Missing Bones (The Magic School Bus Chapter Book, No. 2)
Picture Books
I love picture books that offer a fun story along with some great facts!
If You Ever Meet a Skeleton
Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library)
You Can’t See Your Bones with Binoculars!: A Book About Your 206 Bones
Skeleton Hiccups
Bonaparte Falls Apart
The Skeletons’ Dance: Bewitching and Hilarious!
The Skeleton Book: Get to Know Your Bones, Inside Out
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work
Skeleton Meets the Mummy
Hands On Activities
I like to have individual hands-on activities available to keep their little hands busy while reading our chapter book and to add a little extra to our unit study. This helps keep them focused and not jumping around like crazy. Hands-on activities also strengthen our gross and fine motor skills, logic and help cement concepts we are learning about.
Puzzled 3D Puzzle Human Skeleton Wood Craft Construction Model Kit
Learning Resources Skeleton Floor Puzzle
Know Yourself – The Skeletal System: Adventure 2
DIY Skeleton Halloween Costume for Kids & Adults
Games
Skeleton games are seriously hard to find but I managed to find a couple!
Couch Skeletons Card Game for Two Players
Bag O’ Bones Human Body Anatomy Educational Board Game
Too Busy to Make this right now? Pin for later to your favorite Pinterest Board!
Conclusion
I hope you enjoy this list of things to include in your skeleton unit study! The twins came away from it knowing most of the major bones and a few of the smaller ones (and so did I!).
If you like Unit Studies as much as we do be sure to check out the rest of our Unit Studies like this Africa Unit Study or our Dinosaur Unit Study! What are you working on in your homeschool this month? Tell me in the comments!
