2 My Body
Move your body, move your body,
Objectives
In this unit, children will:
• Be exposed to the names of body parts: ears,
eyes, hands, mouth, nose
• Produce simple sentences in English: Look!
My (eyes). I see. I touch. I wash my hands.
• Develop visual discrimination skills: identify
the position of facial features
• Identify characteristics of human beings:
senses of sight and touch
• Acquire greater autonomy: personal hygiene
• Recognize and name characteristics of
objects: blue, square
• Develop artistic abilities: make blue and
red patterns
• Develop pre-writing and fine motor skills
• Develop auditory discrimination skills
Lesson 1
Lesson Objectives: Auditory discrimination skills – body parts
Vocabulary: ears, eyes, hands, mouth, nose
Grammar: Look! My (eyes).
Materials: Before the book drawing of a boy or girl with
removable body parts; tape With the book CD 1 Track 13
Before the book: Point to your eyes. Say: Eyes. Look! My
eyes. Ask the children to copy you and repeat chorally and
individually. Do the same with nose, ears, mouth, and hands.
Before the lesson, draw a child on construction paper. Draw
the eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and hands on separate pieces
of paper and attach them with tape. Then remove the body
parts from the drawing and have the children put them in the
correct place as they name the body part.
58 13 Songs
My Body
Move your body, move your body,
Look! My eyes,
Move your body, move your body,
Look! My nose,
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Look! My ears,
Move your body, move your body,
Look! My mouth,
Move your body, move your body,
Look! My hands.
Lesson 2
Lesson Objectives: Language and communication – body parts
Vocabulary: blue, eyes
Grammar: Look! My (eyes).
Materials: Before the book blue objects With the book blue
tissue paper; glue
Before the book: Point to your eyes. Say: Look! My eyes. Ask
the children to copy you and repeat chorally and individually.
Show the children blue objects. Ask the children to repeat the
word blue.
Lesson Tip: Remind the children that they should only paste
the blue paper on the blue part of the eyes. Having the
children focus on staying within one small area will help them
develop fine motor skills.
Lesson 3
Lesson Objectives: Language and communication – body parts
Vocabulary: blue, ears, nose
Grammar: Look! My (nose).
Materials: Before the book objects that smell (e.g. food,
flowers, perfume); objects that make a noise (e.g. musical
instruments, beans inside a jar) With the book blue crayons
Before the book: Point to your nose and have the children do
the same. Ask the children to repeat chorally and individually:
Look! My nose. Do the same with your ears. Ask the children to
touch their nose and ears. Have the children sit in a circle. Pass
an object that smells around the circle. Help the children to
notice which body part they are using to smell and ask:
Is it your nose or ears? (nose). Repeat with an object that
makes a noise.
Lesson 4
Lesson Objectives: Language and communication – mouth
Vocabulary: mouth
Grammar: Look! My (mouth).
Review: red
Materials: Before the book cookies or candy With the book
pieces of eggshell painted red (or pieces of red paper/red
paint); glue
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 Before the book: Point to your mouth and have the
children do the same. Ask the children to repeat chorally and
individually: Look! My mouth. Ask the children to touch their
mouth. Give the children something to eat, like a cookie or a
piece of candy, and ask them to describe the taste (allow them
to say this in their first language). Remember to check that
none of the children has food allergies.
Lesson 5
Lesson Objectives: Language and communication – body parts
Vocabulary: blue, hands
Grammar: Look! My (hands).
Review: red
Materials: Before the book objects with different textures
(e.g. furry toy, plastic toy, sandpaper, velvet, etc.); red and blue
objects With the book red and blue paint
Before the book: Hold up your hands and have the children
do the same. Ask the children to repeat chorally and
individually: Look! My hands. Give the children objects with
different textures to feel. Show red objects and have the
children repeat: red. Show blue objects and have the children
repeat: blue. Have the children look for red and blue objects
around the classroom.
Lesson 6
Lesson Objectives: Visual discrimination skills – identify the
position of facial features
Vocabulary: ears, eyes, mouth, nose
Grammar: Look! My (eyes).
Materials: Before the book pictures: a drawing of a boy or
girl with removable body parts With the book scissors;
cut-outs from page 107; glue
Before the book: Show the drawing of a boy or girl. Ask some
children to point to their eyes, nose, ears, and mouth and say:
Look! My (eyes). Put the body parts on the board. Have other
children put them in the correct place.
Lesson 7
Lesson Objectives: Real-world exploration – identify senses of
sight and touch
Vocabulary: eyes, hands, see, touch
Grammar: I see. I touch.
Review: circle
Materials: Before the book objects with different colors and
textures With the book different-colored crayons; pieces of
fabric (or any material with texture); glue
Before the book: Hold up a brightly colored object in front of
your eyes. Point to your eyes and say: I see. Repeat with other
objects the children can see and have the children copy and
repeat. Show the children objects they can touch. Ask them to
point to their hands as they say: I touch. Give out the objects
and let the children experiment with them.
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Lesson 8
Lesson Objectives: Personal and social development – hygiene
Vocabulary: blue, hands, wash
Grammar: I wash my hands. Look! My (hands).
Materials: Before the book picture: someone washing their
hands; a small towel; a bowl of water; soap With the book
blue chalk; water
Before the book: Hold up your hands and have the children
copy you. Ask the children to repeat chorally and individually:
Look! My hands. Show a picture of someone washing his/her
hands. Ask the children to repeat: I wash my hands. If possible,
bring to the classroom a small towel, a bowl of water, and
soap. Wash your hands while you repeat: I wash my hands. Ask
some children to wash their hands, too.
Lesson 9
Lesson Objectives: Mathematical skills – recognize and name
characteristics of objects: shape
Vocabulary: blue, square
Materials: Before the book square-shaped cookies or
crackers; blue objects and toys With the book blue crayons;
small blue paper squares; glue
Before the book: Draw a square on the board. Ask the
children to repeat chorally and individually: square. Ask the
children to look for squares around the classroom. If possible,
give the children some square-shaped cookies or crackers to
eat. Show blue objects. Ask the children to repeat chorally and
individually: blue. Give the children blue toys to play with.
Lesson 10
Lesson Objectives: Artistic expression – make blue and red
patterns
Vocabulary: blue, square
Review: red
Materials: Before the book pictures: square, something blue,
something red; blue and red paper squares With the book
blue and red paper squares (to match the size of the squares
on page 23)
Before the book: Show pictures of a square, the color blue,
and the color red, and have the children identify them: square,
blue, red. Place a red and a blue square next to each other
on the left of the board. Ask the children to point to the red
square, then the blue square. Place another red square after
the blue square. Say together: red square, blue square, red
square. Hold up a blue square and a red square and have the
children identify what comes next (blue square). Repeat several
times to continue the pattern.
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