1. Growing Up Fit Together for 1st grade
Lesson 3
Growing Up Fit Together for 1st grade

2. Skeleton These are the bones in our bodies.
Bones hold up your body and keep it straight.
Bones protect your heart and other body parts.
Bones cannot move by themselves, they need help from your muscles.

3. Muscles These are the muscles that make up our bodies.
Muscles help you to move your body.
There are over 600 muscles in your body.
Muscles are all over your body and help you do things like walk, talk, blink, and chew.

4. Do You Remember?
Do you remember which food group was the most important in helping keep our muscles strong?
It was the purple group of MyPlate, which is called Proteins.

5. Let’s Talk About Our Muscles!
Now we will talk about two kinds of muscles that can be found in our body!

6. Voluntary Muscles
Voluntary muscles are the ones that move when you want them to.
You have to think in order to move these muscles.
These types of muscles are those in your arms and legs that make you swing your arms and walk.

7. Voluntary Muscles
Can you name some other things that you think are use voluntary muscles?
Waving
Walking
Turning our head
Jumping
Running
Sitting

8. Involuntary Muscles
Involuntary muscles are the ones that move all the time.
You do not have to think in order to move these muscles. They move on their own.
These types of muscles are those that make your heart beat, your lungs breathe, and your eyes blink. .

9. Try This!!! Warm Ups March in place Half neck circles Shoulder shrugs
Arm circles
Slow toe touch, then reach for the sky
Give yourself a hug

10. Try This!!! Vigorous Exercises Hop on one foot
Switch feet and hop on the other foot
Walk, Run, and Jog
Do 10 jumping jacks

11. Try This!!! Cool Down Walk slowly in place Arm circles
Sway from side to side with arms above your head
Give yourself a pat on the back
Give yourself a hug

12. Newsletters
Be sure to take the newsletter home and share it with your parents and family.