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Head, hands and legs
Mridang: Unit 1, Chapter 1
GoalSay the names of seven parts of the body and touch them.
New words
head · the top part of your bodyhand · the part at the end of your armleg · you walk and run with itear · you hear with itnose · you smell with it
Explanation
Your body has many parts. We say: head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands, legs. Touch each part when you say its word.
Worked examples
Listen and say the words. Touch the part of your body.
Ananya
Touch your head.
Kabir
I touch my head.
Ananya
Now touch your nose.
Kabir
I touch my nose.
Say it with your hands: touch your head, then your mouth.
Class activity
Touch and say. A grown-up says a part of the body. You touch it and say the word. Then you say a part and the grown-up touches it. Play faster and faster.
Practice
1
Listen. Which part do I touch?
…
The ear.
2
Look at the picture. Say the word.
nose.
3
Say the word: we hear with our ___ . (ears / hands)
ears.
4
Point to your nose. Say: nose.
The child points to the nose and says nose.
5
Writing: copy the word ‘head’ two times.
head head