Healthy bodies
5.2 Callisthenics Level Language focus Skills focus Thinking focus Teaching approach Interaction Preparation
* Instructions, vocabulary: parts of the body, shapes Speaking and listening Following directions Promote accuracy – correct errors Whole class work, suitable for large classes On the board, draw a circle, a square and a triangle. Write the English words beside each shape.
Procedure 1 Ask the children to stand up and give them one of the instructions from Box 94, e.g. Draw a big circle with your head. The idea is that they can stretch and exercise while they listen to directions and revise the names of the parts of the body. 2 When they have grasped the idea of the activity, call on one of the children to give instructions to the others, e.g. Draw a small square with your right foot. 3 Each child who has a turn to give instructions then chooses someone else to give the next instruction.
Box 94
Drawing shapes with the body
Draw a big/small circle
square
triangle
with your right arm. with your left hand. with your little finger. with your thumb. with your head. with your nose. with your eyes. with your mouth. with your ear. with your left leg. with your right foot. with your big toe. with your knee.
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