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Ideshibhodi ... Hippo wants to dance Hippo Week 1 Head Shoulders Knees and Toes - (Start Tuesday)

Iyunithi: Hippo Week 1 - Head Shoulders Knees and Toes - (Start Tuesday)

learn vocabulary
gross motor skills
sing

Goals

    1. Children can sing the song with good pronounciation
    2. Children can do the dance / moves
  1. read the instruction
  2. watch the video
  3. practice the lyrics
    Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees, and toes.
    Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees, and toes.
    And eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
    Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees, and toes. 
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Video Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

Introduction:

  1. Stand up in make a big circle. Do it with the Circle Song.
  2. 🌐 (utsho ngesiNgesi) Where is your head?
  3. Let children show it.
  4. 🌐 (isiNgesi) Where are your shoulders? If children don't know, translate it into Swahili.
  5. Let children show their shoulders.
  6. 🌐 Where are your knees?
  7. Let children show their knees.
  8. 🌐 Where are your toes?
  9. Let children show them.
  10. 🌐 Ask for eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
  11. Let children show the body parts.
  12. Repeat the parts in English and let children repeat.

Singing:

  1. Sing the whole song. 
    You can either use the loudspeakers or sing without.
  2. Sing this song every day.