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My little body

Week 1 · Unit 1: Two Little Hands · 3 lessons
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I clap with my hands

Mridang: Unit 1, Chapter 1
GoalSay what we do with each part of the body.
New words
clap · hit your hands togethertap · touch the floor lightly with your feetlook · use your eyes to seewalk · move on your legs
Explanation

We use our body to do things. I clap with my hands. I look with my eyes. I walk with my legs. After ‘with my’ we say the part of the body.

I …with my …
claphands
lookeyes
walklegs
tapfeet
Worked examples

Clap your hands, one, two, three.
Nod your head with me.
Stamp your feet, one, two, three.
Now sit down quietly.

Listen and clap the rhythm. A little rhyme.

I clap with my hands.

Say the sentence. Do the action.
Now you. Say: I walk with my legs. Walk on the spot.
Class activity

Do and say. A grown-up says: ‘I clap with my hands.’ You repeat and clap. Then say new sentences: ‘I look with my eyes.’ ‘I walk with my legs.’ Do each action.

Practice
1
Look at the picture. Say: I ___ with my hands.
2
Say the missing word: I walk with my ___ . (legs / nose)
3
Listen. What does Zoya do?

…

4
Say: I ___ with my feet. Show the action. (clap / tap)
5
Writing: copy ‘I clap with my hands.’