Body Parts in English — Head, Shoulders, Knees (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: Young learners learn body parts fastest when they move. Touch your head. Touch your shoulders. The old song works because kinesthetic memory is one of the strongest kinds of memory — especially for children who learn with their whole body, not just their eyes.
💡 The Idea
Body part vocabulary: head · neck · shoulder · arm · elbow · hand · finger · chest · stomach · back · leg · knee · foot · toe · ear · eye · nose · mouth · teeth · hair. Teach using TPR (Total Physical Response): say the word + touch the body part simultaneously. Learners repeat the action before the word.
🗣 Example
🎵 Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (TPR Song)
Point to: head → shoulders → knees → toes → eyes → ears → mouth → nose🖼️ Draw a Monster! Give it 3 eyes, 6 arms, 2 heads, 1 enormous nose. Describe it: ‘My monster has three eyes and six arms!’
🎯 Try It Now!
👾 Draw Your Alien!
Draw an alien with UNUSUAL body parts. Label as many as you can in English.
| Alien has… | How many? |
|---|---|
| eyes | ___ |
| arms | ___ |
| heads | ___ |
| legs | ___ |
Write: ‘My alien has __ eyes, __ arms, __ heads and __ legs!’
✅ Check Your Answers
✅ Any answer is correct — it’s creative! Grammar check: ‘has’ for singular subject (My alien has). Plural nouns: arm→arms, eye→eyes, leg→legs, head→heads, foot→FEET (irregular!). Encourage labelling more body parts: ‘It has a big nose and small ears.’
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