Body parts - ESL games [kindergarten and primary school]

Teaching body parts like “head” and “toe” is very common in young learner classrooms. The best tip for teaching young learners body parts is lots of action songs where they sing and touch or move the body parts they mention. As the song plays the teacher sings and does all the actions, touching each part of his/her body with two hands in time with the song. Make sure your students are following along. It’s easy and fun so your students will love doing this. Each verse gets faster so by the last verse it will be frantic but great fun. Traditional songs with body parts vocabulary include: *Head Shoulders Knees and Toes (+ eyes, ears, mouth and nose) *Hokey Pokey (left/ right + arm and leg) *One Little Finger (body parts you get students to place their fingers on) *If You’re Happy and You Know It (hands, feet and head) Play "Simon says" Go straight into the game by saying "Simon 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 "Simon 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 "Simon 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. #ESL #games #classroom