Discover Your Physical Characteristics and How You Grow!

Your body has special features you can see. These are called physical characteristics. Hair color, eye color, and height are all physical characteristics. You can learn about Personal Uniqueness to see how your features make you special.

Every person has physical characteristics. They make each person look different from others. No two people look exactly the same!

Your hair can be long or short. It can be straight or curly. Hair can be black, brown, blonde, or red. Your eyes help you see things around you. Eyes can be brown, blue, green, or other colors.

Your skin covers your whole body. Skin can be light, medium, or dark. Your height tells us if you are tall or short. These features are all physical characteristics!

Your body parts each have a special job. Your eyes help you see. Your ears help you hear sounds. Your nose helps you smell things. Your tongue helps you taste food. Your skin helps you feel if something is hot or cold.

These body parts are physical characteristics too. You were born with all of them!

Your body grows and changes as you get older. This is called physical growth. You get taller and bigger every year. Your feet grow bigger too that is why you need new shoes!

Around age five or six, your baby teeth start to fall out. New, bigger teeth grow in their place. Growing is something all healthy children do. You can explore Personal Milestones to learn about big moments in your growth.

Some things about your body stay the same as you grow. The color of your eyes usually stays the same. You always have ten fingers and ten toes. Other things change like your height, your weight, and your shoe size.

Looking at baby photos helps you see how much you have grown. You can also learn about Personal Timelines to see how you have changed over time.

Physical Characteristic: A physical characteristic is something about your body that you can see. Hair color, eye color, height, and skin color are all physical characteristics.

Height: Height tells us how tall or short you are. You can measure your height in centimetres.

Hair Color: Hair color is the color of the hair on your head. Hair can be black, brown, blonde, red, or other colors.

Eye Color: Eye color is the color of your eyes. Eyes can be brown, blue, green, or other colors. Your eye color usually stays the same as you grow.

Skin: Skin covers your whole body. Skin can be light, medium, or dark in color. Your skin also helps you feel hot and cold.

Hair Texture: Hair texture tells us if your hair is straight, curly, or wavy. It is something you can see and touch.

Physical Growth: Physical growth is when your body gets bigger and taller as you get older. Growing is something all healthy children do.

Growing: Growing means your body is getting bigger over time. You grow taller, your feet get bigger, and your teeth change as you grow.

Baby Teeth: Baby teeth are the first teeth you have. Around age five or six, your baby teeth start to fall out and new teeth grow in.

Unique: Unique means one of a kind. Your mix of physical characteristics makes you unique and special!

You can draw a picture of yourself and color in your hair, eyes, and skin. This is called a self-portrait. Look in a mirror and name your physical characteristics out loud.

You can also measure your height and write it down. Then measure again later to see how much you have grown! Explore Making Observations to practice looking closely at things around you.

Learning about physical characteristics connects to many other topics. You can learn about Individual Interests and Abilities to discover what makes you special beyond how you look. You can also explore Family Relationships to see how family members may share some physical characteristics.

When you are ready, you can look at Then and Now Comparisons and Generational Changes to see how people change over many years. You can also practice Asking Questions about what you notice.

This topic connects to many other exciting topics you will explore. Personal Uniqueness shows you how your special mix of features makes you one of a kind. Individual Interests and Abilities helps you see that who you are is more than just how you look.

Family Relationships helps you see how people in your family may share physical characteristics like eye color or hair color. Personal Milestones and Personal Timelines help you track how your body has grown and changed over time.

You can also explore Family Changes and Generational Changes to see how families grow and change across many years. Then and Now Comparisons helps you compare how things looked before and how they look today. Finally, Making Observations and Asking Questions are skills that help you learn about the world around you including physical characteristics!