In continuation of our scope (UW), we shall be progressing
with activities to teach Parts of the body……..
Teaching body parts like “arm” and “hair” is very common in
young learner classrooms, and justifiably so because:
- Conversations
about body parts (“I bumped my head”, “Ha ha ha, I can see your belly
button!”, etc) are very common in everyday life for young and (especially)
very young learners
- That
kind of language is also needed for classroom instructions like “Put your
hands on your head” and “Put up your right hands if… and your left hands
if…”
- There
are many good games, books and songs for teaching body parts
Some of those great activities are described below (check
previous post for 1-3);
4. Use
Visual Aids
The visual perception of kids is the highest and they glean a
lot of information from what they see. Use large posters of a human body or
even cartoons and use those to tell him about different parts of the human
body. As your child grows up, you can make the activity even more interactive.
Get a large paper and draw the outline of a human body on it. Let your toddler
then draw eyes in the right place, fingers on the hand, and so on.
5. Riddle
Me This
You don’t learn much the first time as much as you learn when
you need to recall it. Do the same with your kids as well and engage them in
simple activities where you ask them questions related to their body parts.
Simple things such as “wipe your nose” accompanied by your act of wiping your
own nose, can help him understand what needs to be done.
6. Bring
on the Music
If nothing else helps, memorisation and repetition can break
the barrier that’s holding your kid back from understanding body parts. If your
kid likes a particular nursery rhyme or any popular song, replace the words
with parts of the body and dance to the rhythm while pointing at those body
parts and saying the words out loud in the tune of the song. You don’t need to
be a lyricist to make it sound good. The aim is to use the tune as a tool of
memorisation and recall of various actions and body parts.
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