Parts of the Body

  

This is the game "Simon Says" but using the word "teacher", or your name, instead.

Go straight into the game (no explanations necessary) by saying "Teacher says touch your (knees)". Do the action and make sure everyone else follows along.

Do a few more "touch your eyes, touch your toes", etc. Then at some point give a command without the "Teacher says" part (e.g. "Touch your mouth"). First time round, everyone will touch their mouth, so make it very clear that they shouldn’t do this when you don’t say "Teacher says". After a while your students will get the hang of it. Play the game faster and faster. When a student makes a mistake they have to sit the rest of the game out. The last student standing is the winner.

6. Read classroom reader "The Monster Family" Before class, downloads and prints off the reader "The Monster Family" from our website. As you go through each page, point to the pictures, elicit each key body word, and have your students touch their part of the body as shown in the picture, for example:

Teacher: What's this? ( pointing at head)

Students: Head!

Teacher: Yes, a big head! Everyone, touch your head (touching head).

Students: (Touching heads) Head!

Teacher: What color is his head?

Students: Purple!

Teacher: Right! (Reading) Hello. My name is Little Monster. I have a big head. etc.

Get the students really involved in the story by asking lots of questions (e.g. eliciting colors) and getting them to. 

head,shoulders,knees and toes