The EFL Playhouse: Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

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!

Teaching Tips

Teach one verse at a time, adding new verse after students have mastered previous.
Practice identifying body parts. Call out, "Touch your ________." The first student to touch the body part named gets a small prize (sticker, M & M, etc., balloon). As students progress, you may also play an elimination game like "Simon Says."
>Divide class into two teams. Name a body part. Each team must quickly take the shape of that particular body part. The first team to become a nose (for example) gets a point.
Teach students to recognize words of body parts in the above song. Create "Body Memory" games for each student. Give students simple line art drawings of each body part and allow them to color these, cut them out, and paste each one on a separate index card. Students should then copy matching "body words" on separate cards. (You may write words for very young learners and ask them to trace them.) After cards are completed, students turn cards over face down, then, flipping two cards at a time, try to match body words with body parts.

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