![]() Here’s a Tip:You can also have fun with making up your own verses! How about “You put your hipsin”? Or knees? Or maybe even toes? Good luck! If You’re Happy And You Know It You do the Hokey Pokey, and you turn yourself around Here are the lyrics to this popular children’s song: When the song says the name of a body part, you simply place that body part in front of you. The movements for this song are easy to remember and do. ![]() ![]() This is a sing and dance nursery rhyme that helps with the development of various aspects in children, for example, balance, listening skills, and coordination. The Hokey Pokey is a highly popular song among both the children and the teachers alike, as it is very entertaining, and it helps to get rid of excess energy that the children may have. Repeat the verses again but this time you can also change the lyrics to be brush your hair, or wipe your face, or clean your hands etc… Hokey Pokey When you wake up in the morning at a quarter to five When you wake up in the morning at a quarter to fourĪnd you think you hear a knock on the door When you wake up in the morning at a quarter to three When you wake up in the morning at a quarter to two You brush your teeth ch ch ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch ch ch… When you get up in the morning at a quarter to one Here are the Brush Your Teeth song lyrics: You can also add a tooth brushing movement into this song to help make it more fun for the children to learn it, or you can even make up your own little dance to make it more entertaining. This is another very popular nursery rhyme that is used to teach children about teeth and how to take care of them. Repeat the verse but next time you might say fingers instead of hands or if you are having a bath you could focus on each body part such as wash knees well each day, to keep the germs away etc… Brush Your Teeth-Song Here are the Hand Washing Song lyrics for you to use: This is a good nursery rhyme to sing after playtime to help encourage the children to wash their hands properly before they continue to their next activity. This is a good little song to help teach children about their hands and how to keep them clean. How fast can you sing it/do it? Alternatively you can choose different body parts to point to each time for example, neck, chest, arm and leg, arm and leg etc. Then you can repeat the whole verseand try to go faster each time. You can also change the lyrics to be brush your hair, or wipe your face, or clean your hands etc… Here are the lyrics to this nursery rhyme: You can also do a tooth brushing movement with this song to make it a bit more interesting for the children. This little nursery rhyme is sung in the same tune as Row, Row, Row Your boat, so it is quite easy to remember. This is a nice and short nursery rhyme that you can teach to children to help them understand what teeth are as well as the importance of brushing your teeth every day. Brush, Brush, Brush Your Teeth (Toothbrush Song) Act out the words with your hands and emphasise the location where you got stung. Repeat the rhyme from the beginning with a different body part being stung. In this nursery rhyme, you can switch up the body part that the bumblebee stings to incorporate more than just the hand. This nursery rhyme is a highly popular song about a child who got stung by a bee, this song is not only a good song to use in the teaching of body parts, but it is also has a good lesson in it about not touching bees. Roll them, Roll them (roll your hands around each other) Shake them, Shake them (shake/wiggle your hands) There is an alternative set of verses that can be sung instead of or Creep them, Creep them or inbetween the two sections which is: Open, Shut them, (Open hands, close hands)Ĭreep them, Creep them (slowly creep hands from lap to the chin) Although the body parts are not explicity said, when teaching the movements you will be saying to your child open your hands and fingers, now close them, clap your hands etc… ![]() This nursery rhyme is a favourite with my three year old and he loves opening and closing his hands and the creeping part at the end. Some of these nursery rhymes are similar to each other, but each one can still be useful to teach to children, as the more songs they know about the body, the better their understanding will be, so it is recommended to teach as many different nursery rhymes to a child that you possibly can.īelow are a great list of nursery rhymes that you can useto help teach your children or class about all the different body parts that we have. There are a large number of nursery rhymes that exist today that you can utilize when teaching body parts to children. Nursery rhyme can be used by teachers, parents and carers to teach children about many different aspects of life, and body parts are no exception. When To Start Teaching About Body Parts.Brush, Brush, Brush Your Teeth (Toothbrush Song). ![]()
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