What is a Brain? | StoryBots: The Human Body for Kids
Join the StoryBots for a musical introduction to the brain and its role in the body.
What is happening inside your head when you think, feel, remember and learn something new?
Your brain is busy even when you are not thinking about it. These resources invite children to wonder about what it does, how we protect it and what happens as we practise something new.
Watch together, browse a book or follow a question that catches your attention. You can enjoy these companion resources without buying the lesson PDFs.
Meet your brain and explore some of the things it helps you do.
Join the StoryBots for a musical introduction to the brain and its role in the body.
Explore what your brain does with this child-friendly introduction from SciShow Kids.
Listen together and wonder about how your brain grows and changes as you learn.
Enjoy JoAnn Deak’s introduction to the brain and discover how trying new things, making mistakes and practising can help us learn.
Browse books about the brain or explore the linked quiz together.
Browse this collection of books as a starting point for further reading about the brain.
Explore the linked brain quiz together; an adult can check the questions and choose whether they suit your child.
Keep noticing the learning that happens in everyday life.
Think of something you are learning, such as a tune, a drawing or a new movement. What feels different after you have tried it a few times? Talk about what you notice, without needing to get it right straight away.
If you could watch your brain learning something new, what would you be curious to see?
Take this topic further with our beautifully illustrated printable lesson, made for exploring together at home.
Explore the brain through conversation, a cushioning experiment and playful reflections on how we learn.
£6.99
Every Sunday we release a new wonder-led lesson: one big question for your family to explore together at home. Here’s this week’s.
Follow the wonder of moving pictures, meet early cinema pioneers and begin a small film story of your own.
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