🔬 Science · The Human Body
The Brain Controls the Body
Understand that the brain is the body’s control centre: it receives messages from the senses, thinks and makes decisions, and sends messages through nerves to tell muscles what to do
Typical age: 5–7 years
“Can your child explain what the brain does — that it’s in charge of thinking, feeling, and telling the body what to do?”
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