My hands and feet
My hands and feet are important parts of me that I can see. I use them
to do all kinds of work.
My fingers and thumbs pick up things and hold them. When I try to pick
up things without using my thumb, my fingers don’t work well.
My fingers and thumbs are good tools. I use them to button my coat, tie
the laces on my sneakers, turn a doorknob, hold my chopsticks when I
eat, and other jobs.
My fingers touch and feel things. They help me know when something is
hot or cold, soft or hard, smooth, rough, or prickly.
I use my hands to protect myself. If I get into a fight, I can make my
hands into fists to defend myself. I can use my hands to shield my eyes
from bright
\| Inside and Outside of Me
lights or to brush away a fly. My hands are especially good for holding
a kitten or fixing my hair.
My feet can do some of the things my hands can do. I can use my feet to
touch and feel things. And if I try hard, I can even pick up things and
hold them with my toes. My toes can’t do these things nearly as well as
my fingers. But my toes help me to jump when I play hopscotch or skip
rope.
My feet can do things my hands can’t do. My feet support the weight of
all the rest of my body so that I can stand, walk, run, jump, and go
whizzing along on my roller skates.
I can stand on my hands, and even walk on them for a short distance. But
my feet are better at this job than my hands are. My feet are especially
good for dancing, kicking a football, and playing soccer.
