Head and shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Head and shoulders, knees and toes,
It’s my body!
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Mouth and nose,
Mouth and nose,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
It’s my body!
Ankles, elbows, feet and seat,
Feet and seat,
Feet and seat,
Ankles, elbows, feet and seat,
It’s my body!
Body parts
Background：Kindergarten and elementary school for the first grade
Objective : To help students memorize the new words and familiar to
the plural form. Also, to help students make a sentence by
using the first person “I”.
Materials：
1. 1. Flash cards: a shape of body part in the front and body words on the
back.
2. 2. Tape
3. 3. Projector
4. 4. To draw the shape of Body parts included the whole body shape and
the segment body parts.
Process：
1. 1. The teacher use flashcards to practice identifying body parts. Call
out,
“Touch your _______.” We use “Teacher says” to go through this part.
2. 2. Then, the teacher explains the singular and plural form to student.
Students learn simple grammar about plural.
3. 3. Sing a song-- “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes” The song also
relates to the topic Body Parts. When we sing this song, we add to the
Body Language to inspire students’ interesting.
4. 4. Play games –“Panda”, “Body Memory” ,“ Bingo” In “Ponda”, when
students draw out a flash cards. He/she recognizes the Body Part first,
then speak out the Body words, and then touching the word. In “Body
Memory”, in addition to recognize words, we also train students to
practice a simple sentence. In “Bingo” game, students have to write
down the body words. This game can test students if they are familiar
with the whole words.
Outcome：
Through the song and the games, the students can memorize and write the
body words. They also can make simple sentences. This lesson plan
makes students learn listening, speaking, writing and the plural form.
According to The Audio-Lingual Method, we know that the native
language and the target language have separate linguistic systems. They
should be kept so that the students' native language interferes as little
possible with the student’s attempt to acquire the target language.
In other word, we avoid speaking native language when we are teaching.
Words of Body Part
Singular  Plural Singular  Plural
1. 1. Head
2. 2. shoulder +s
3. 3. knee +s
4. 4. toe +s 11.foot
5. 5. eye
+s
6. 6. ear +s
7. 7. mouth
8. ankle
9. elbow
10. seat
feet
Song : Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
(to the tune of “London Bridge”)
Head and shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Head and shoulders, knees and toes,
It’s my body!
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Mouth and nose,
Mouth and nose,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
It’s my body!
Ankles, elbows, feet and seat,
Feet and seat,
Feet and seat,
Ankles, elbows, feet and seat,
It’s my body!
Sentence Practice：
T: What is it?
S: It is my head. I have one head.
It is my shoulder. I have two shoulders.
It is my knee. I have two knees.
It is my toe. I have two toes.
It is my eye. I have two eyes.
It is my ear. I have two ears.
It is my mouth. I have one mouth.
It is my nose. I have one nose.
It is my ankle. I have two ankles.
+s
+s
+s
It is my seat. I have one seat.
It is my foot. I have two feet.
Games：
“Panda”
Rules : Every paper writes down one word and then put them on the floor.
Divide students into two groups. Every group has two students.
The first students of two groups play the finger-guessing game.
The winner can draw one flash card and the second student
belongs to the loser group has to touch the word one the floor
using any part of his/her body. The student who first falls flat on
the ground is loser. And, the winner group gets small pri ze.
“Body Memory”
Rules : To call out one student stick one balloon, and picking the paper
(Body words) up. For example, the paper is the word of “hand”.
The teacher will ask the student “What is it?” The student
responds, “It is my hand. I have two hands. ” And the student
paste the paper on the empty body shape. If the student do a
correct match, he/she can get a prize.
“Bingo”
Rules : Give every students one paper which draws 9 blanks. Then, ask
them to fill body words in the blanks as they like. The teacher will
call out one word every time and the students can give it a circle if
they can find it on the blank. The student who gets three lines first
is the winner. The winner can get a prize.
e.g. if the teacher call out these words: nose ,head ,hand, mouth,
toe, eye, foot, it will be crossed 3 lines.
eye
nose
mouth
knee
head
seat
toe
hand
foot