Before we get on to flashcards, worksheets, materials in general, we have a free resource that we can use to teach a variety of language! Our bodies! These activities are great at the start of the class to warm up, or as a transition between seated activities, to refocus!
1. Phrase + Body Part
Learning the names of your body parts is one of the first things we do in English class. Why not spice it up with a question, or command:
Where are your feet? Here!
Where is your tummy? Here!
Clap your hands! Shake your hands! Wash your hands!
You can challenge them to a more difficult action:
Clap your feet! Shake your elbows! Wash your back!
2. Open / Close
Body parts are great for teaching this very useful pair of verbs. Start with the question:
What are these? Hands!
Open your hands. Close your hands.
Open, close, open, close, open, open!
Once they get a rhythm, repeat the same command twice and try and catch them out! This also works with arms, mouth, eyes…
3. Prepositions of place
Hands on your knees.
Hands on your head.
Hands behind your back.
Hands in front of your face.
You can give them more of a challenge:
Put your elbow on your tummy.
Put your foot on your knee.
It’s also fun to get students to think of commands.
4. Counting
With younger kids, we practice counting with our fingers. You can also count other body parts:
How many toes do you have? How many teeth?
Practice answering using “have/have got”.
I have / I’ve got twenty teeth!
5. One and the other
I like to put small coloured mats on the floor, and play a giant game of twister. In this case, we can introduce some new vocabulary.
One hand on blue, the other hand on red.
One foot on green, the other foot on yellow.
It gets more difficult if you use knees/elbows/heads!
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