Our elementary school is doing Apologia’s Exploring Creation through Anatomy & Physiology this year. One of the activities during this class is the children put together a personal person project. They layer several of the human body’s system on top of each other. It’s a great project. I wanted to be able to help them complete it and provide an example for them. I’d like to share a very useful product that I ran across from Mona Melisa Designs. It is a Human Body Set which has provided the perfect supplement to the Apologia curriculum.
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Mona Melisa Human Body Decal Set
The Mona Melisa Human Body Decal Set arrived at our home well packaged and wrapped in plastic.
I took it out and the kids were immediately engaged and wanted to start working on the projects. However, please be advised human body set is a supplement for a study of the human body. It is not a complete curriculum and is best used in conjunction with another complete curriculum.
My children were able to apply the stickers themselves as well as put the skeleton together and label it with very little help from me.
Pros of the Mona Melisa Human Body Decal Set
- The kids enjoy the very hands on aspect of putting the skeleton together and labeling it.
- The stickers didn’t bother the paint underneath and was easily removed.
- It isn’t busy work or a huge project instead it is a simple hands on activity that allowed my children to practice reading, identifying and labeling the parts of the skeleton.
Cons of the Mona Melisa Human Body Decal Set
- This Is not a complete curriculum.
We also used the world map that they have for a geography class that we did last year in our co-op. This was also equally engaging they enjoyed sticking and re sticking the stickers. Additionally the pictures they used helped my children to remember the names of the different countries.
Check out All the Mona Melisa Sets
As of the update of this post in 2024 it appears as though the purchasing options on their website may not be working. You can however purchase this Human Body Decal set at Amazon.
They have a lot of very interesting curriculum supplements that would work well in a variety of classes. If you are looking to add depth to a subject with hands on projects and you do not want to spend all day creating something yourself, then I highly recommend you check out Mona Melisa Designs.
More Homeschool Human Body Resources
30 Human Anatomy Resources for Homeschool Science – These human anatomy resources for homeschool science include books, hands-on projects, curriculum, and more.
- Lyrical Life Science Vol.3: The Human Body – A curriculum that combines catchy songs, with text and workbook pages for kids in grades 4+.
- Young Scientist Anatomy & Physiology – This is an online, self-paced, one semester course for kids in grades 4-7. It covers scientific method, overview of human anatomy and physiology and these systems: skeletal, muscular, circulatory – heart, blood, veins, arteries, digestive, and respiratory. Reproductive system is not covered.
- Human Heart Diagram – This intricate lesson doesn’t shy away from detail. Young students will draw a beautiful human heart as well as label al the parts!
- Human Anatomy Models & Aides – Human anatomy models help make the pages of text come alive. With models you can touch, see, and imagine how each part fits together after taking the models apart and then putting them back together again.
- Skeletal System Activities for Kids including a Diagram Lesson – This collection of fun skeletal system activities for kids includes online lessons, fun facts, and hands-on projects.
~ Originally published November 2017. Written by Kyle McVay
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