STE
Beginner
40 mins
Teacher/Student led
+65 XP
What you need:
IWB/Projector/Large Screen

What My Body Parts Do

Children discover the special jobs that hands, feet, legs and eyes do through movement activities and mime. They explore how body parts help us hold, hop, walk and see.

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    1 - Getting Started ~4 mins

    Illustration for Getting StartedWave your hands up high! Now stamp your feet! What did your hands just do? What did your feet do?

    Key point

    Today we are going to find out the special jobs our body parts can do. Our hands, our feet, our legs and our eyes are all busy helpers!

    2 - What Can My Body Do? ~7 mins

    Illustration for What Can My Body Do?Let's all stand up and try some jobs together!

    Hold up your hands. Can you hold a soft ball? Can you clap? Your hands are great at holding and clapping.

    Now look at your feet. Can you hop on the spot? Your feet help you hop!

    Now your legs. Can you walk on the spot, left, right, left, right? Your legs help you walk all around.

    Now your eyes. Can you look up at the ceiling and down at the floor? Your eyes help you see everything.

    3 - The Action Carousel ~16 mins

    Illustration for The Action CarouselNow it is your turn to be busy body explorers! We will move around five little stations. When you get to a station, your teacher will show you what to try. Then mime the job like a superstar!

    Listen for it

    When you hear the clap signal, it is time to move on to the next station. Listen carefully for the clap!

    Tip

    At each station, say out loud which body part you are using.

    4 - What Did Our Body Parts Do? ~7 mins

    Illustration for What Did Our Body Parts Do?Let's all sit in our circle and share. Hold up your hands. What job did your hands do today? Can you show me with a mime?

    Now your feet. What did your feet do? And your legs, what did they help you do? And your eyes, what did they help you do?

    Key point

    A footballer kicks the ball again and again, over and over. Doing something over and over to get really good at it is called training. A swimmer trains by moving their arms again and again so they can swim far. When we train our body parts, they can do amazing jobs!

    Let's all guess together, what do you think a runner trains? There is no wrong answer, let's say our ideas out loud.

    5 - Tidy and Wonder ~3 mins

    You were brilliant body explorers today! Our hands hold and clap, our feet hop, our legs walk, and our eyes look. Each body part has its very own job.

    Key point

    Each body part has its very own job.

    Let's tidy our stations together. Pop the balls and beanbags back in the box and put the frames away.

    End of lesson
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