February is Heart Health Month or American Heart Month … a great time for a unit study of the human heart and circulatory system! You could just put out a few heart activities in honor of the month, or your heart unit could be part of a thorough study of anatomy.
Here are some great Montessori-inspired resources for a heart and circulatory system unit. They aren’t all designed as Montessori activities, but they’re hands-on activities that would work well in a Montessori program or homeschool.
Free Heart and Circulatory System Printables (and Some General Human Anatomy Printables)
Free Heart Printables and Montessori-Inspired Heart Activities {Human Heart and Valentine Hearts} (includes free human heart printables but doesn’t include the whole circulatory system)
- Free Circulation Game from Ellen McHenry’s Basement Workshop
- Free Human Body 11 Organ Systems Foldable from Megan Escobar at Teachers Pay Teachers
- Free Human Biology Materials from Elementary Observations
- Montessori Human Anatomy Activities with Free Printables from Natural Beach Living
- Free My Body Preschool Lapbook Created by Robin Diedrichs, Tina Franks, and Sako at Homeschool Share
- Free Human Body Lapbook Created by Jodi Smalls at Homeschool Share
- Free Human Body Lapbook from Homeschooling in Heels
- Preschool Human Body Printables (subscriber freebie) from Living Life and Learning
- Free Circulatory System Printables from Teachers Pay Teachers
Hands-on Heart and Circulatory System Activities
Heart and Circulatory System Activities
- How to Teach the Anatomy of the Human Heart to Kids from The Pinay Homeschooler (Also see The Study of the Circulatory System for Kids)
- Human Body: Learning about the Heart from Spell Outloud
- DIY Heart Pump from Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus
- Human Body Unit: Heart and Circulatory System Activities from The Homeschool Den
My Body – The Circulatory System from Every Star Is Different
Human Body – The Circulatory System from MOMtessori Life
8 Cardiovascular System Activities for Kids – From the Mrs.
Human Body Lapbook Resources by Jimmie Quick on HubPages
Blood and Guts Complete Lapbook from Schooled in Love (Heart Activities)
Create a Heart Model from The Homeschool Scientist
Learning About Blood from The Homeschool Scientist
Circulatory System Study Resources from The Homeschool Scientist
Parts of the Blood Activities
- Parts of the Blood from My Montessori Journey
- What’s Inside a Drop of Blood? from Creekside Learning
- Human Body Week 1 (Circulatory System) from Discovery Moments
- What Is Blood Made Of? from I Can Teach My Child
How to Make a Model of Blood from Adventures in Mommydom
Blood – Making a Model from Deceptively Educational
Human Body: Circulatory System from The Home Teacher
Human Body – Blood Activity from Highhill Homeschool
Human Body – Blood Type Activity from Highhill Homeschool
Human Body – The Heart from Highhill Homeschool
Blood Cell Sort-Transfer Using Quick Sticks
Blood Cell Sort-Transfer Using Quick Sticks (from my February transferring activities post at Living Montessori Now)
Making Blood from Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Human Body: Learning about Blood from Spell Outloud
Circulatory System Activities from The Fantastic Five
Modelling Blood Cells from Delivering Grace
Components of Blood Experiment from Almost Supermom
3D Blood Model from Schooling Active Monkeys
Circulatory System Game from Adventures in Mommydom
The Circulatory System (4th, 5th, and 6th Grade) from The McGuffey Montessori School
Human Body Unit Study Pinterest Board
Human Body Unit Study Pinterest Board
I have a Human Body Unit Study Pinterest board with a number of resources of all types and for many different levels.
More Anatomy Activities and Resources
- Free Heart Printables and Montessori-Inspired Heart Activities {Human Heart and Valentine Hearts
- Montessori-Inspired Heart and Circulatory System Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Skeleton Activities
- “All About Me” Free Printables and Activities for Back to School
- Handwashing Activities for Kids – Free Songs and Lessons
- Free Skeleton Printables and Montessori-Inspired Skeleton Activities
- Hands-on Fun with Montessori-Inspired Human Skeleton Activities
- Free Brain and Growth Mindset Printables and Montessori-Inspired Brain Activities,
- Brain Hemisphere Hat and Montessori Activities to Learn about Parts of the Brain,
- Free Brain Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Brain Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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I love any hands-on activity, but I feel like this sort of concrete work is more important in the sciences than most anywhere else. These are fantastic ideas!
Thanks, Melissa! I totally agree about the sciences … I wish my science education would have been hands-on. I’m sure I would have enjoyed science much more. 🙂
So many wonderful activities to keep in mind for our body study–thanks.
Thanks, Tammy! I love the creative ideas available online … have fun! 🙂
Wow, I love your circulatory system activities!!
Thanks so much … I had fun finding these! And I always love when you link up! 🙂
Hi Deb, Thanks so much for including our heart/circulatory activity! My kids really had a great time with that activity-racing the blood around and flipping the tiles from blue to red and back again as oxygen was gained and lost. They still talk about it!
Thanks for all the hard work you do putting these posts together for all of us. ~Liesl
Thanks so much for your kind comment, Liesl! I LOVE your activities – happy to feature them! 🙂
Great post Deb! I’m going to pin it.
Marcia 🙂
Thanks so much, Marcia! I appreciate it! 🙂
The model of the circulatory system is just wonderful.
Thanks for your comment! That is awesome, isn’t it?! Have a great week! 🙂