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If you’re teaching body parts, a really fun game/activity I’ve used is “Tchic et Tchac”. It’s active, silly, and teaches body parts and directions/locations. See a french version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JyCIO4DjoY
The basic words in English are this: (but of course you can add any movements/body parts you want)
Thumbs in front
Elbows back
Knees bent
Butt in the air
Feet turned in
The « th » on the tongue
Hair messed up
Head moving back and forth
And kids who jump around!
Game instructions:
When teacher calls out a command (thumbs in front!) the kids all repeat it, then all together they put “thumbs in front” then chant “tchic et tchak” or “tschik und tschak” or” chic y chac” depending on your language.
Then teacher calls out the next command and everyone does it, then the first command again, and everyone does it, then tchik et tchak again. Each time you add a new command you have to go through all the ones you’ve already done before you chant tchik et tchak again.
By the time you’re done they know those body parts and directions pretty well.