English in elementary school teaching materials collection 2013 the jet p rogr amme

PARTS OF BODY 
What’s this?
 
How many ____ do you have? 
Head/shoulders/knees/toes/eyes/ears/mouth/nose/feet/legs/arms/hands 
• Sing “Head and Shoulders” song. When the children know the song well, you can do it very 
fast, which is a lot of fun. 
• Play “Simon Says”. 
• Play “Fruit Basket”. 
ACTIONS 
___
___ your head/feet/etc. 
Touch/clap/shake/stamp/turn around 
• Play “Simon Says”. 
• Sing “If you’re happy and you know it...”, combining actions with body parts previously 
taught (e.g. shake your shoulders). 
LEFT/RIGHT 
Raise your hand 
• Sing the “Hokey Pokey” song. (“Put your ____ foot in...”) You may need to colour-code 
left/right to help children remember. For example, children hold a piece of blue paper in 
their left hand, red in their right hand. 
SIMON SAYS PLEASE! 
This is a twist on the classic “Simon Says” game. Rather than use the not very useful phrase 
“Simon Says”, try using “please” instead. If the teacher says “stand up, please,” the kids should 
stand up. But if the teacher says “stand up!” without saying “please”, the kids should not stand up! 
Try “Sit down”, “Jump”, “Spin”, “Clap” and best of all, “Smile, please!”. Then try “Smile” (with 
no please). If the kids smile, they are out. 
JUMPING 
Call out a number as you jump into the air (if you can do a high vertical jump your kids will be 
really impressed. The class then jumps and yells out the same number. It is important for the 
teacher to jump and count first so that the students can hear the correct pronunciation. Once you 
think the students have the hang of it you can try jumping together - instead of pausing between 
jumps try jumping as soon as you land. This is also a sure way of helping your students get rid of 
excess energy (i.e. use it to deliberately tire them out!). 
ROCKET LAUNCH 
Once your students are fairly competent with the numbers 1-12 (teaching the numbers 1-12 
means that the students will be able to use them in “telling the time” activities), give them a bit of 
a challenge such as asking them to count backwards, but in the form of a NASA-like rocket count 
down. Everyone crouches down and holds their hands above their heads like the nosecone of a 
rocket. As you count down from 12 you stand up a little higher with each number, and on zero 
you launch by jumping up in the air. Remember that if your students’ voices aren’t loud enough 
the rocket will not have enough energy to take off and you’ll have to do the whole thing again. 
EGG 
Instead of a nosecone, form the shell of an egg with your hands. Do the countdown and on zero, 
burst out of the shell and fly away like a cute little bird, flapping your arms for added effect. 

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