Head Shoulders Knees And Toes
Children will love to sing and dance along with this fun action song! Head Shoulders Knees and Toes in English, Samoan and Maori.
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Head Shoulders Knees And Toes 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!
Samoan
Ulu tauau tuli vae tamai vae, tuli vae tamai vae.
Ulu tauau tuli vae tamai vae, tuli vae tamai vae.
Male mata, male taliga, male gutu, male isu
Ulu tauau tuli vae tamai vae, tuli vae tamai vae.
Maori
Mahunga, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae.
Mahunga, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae.
Mahunga, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae
Makawe, taringa, kanohi, ihu, waha, ARERO!
Head Shoulders Knees And Toes Learning Activities
Music
- Listen to the song. What is different about each verse? The verses are sung in different languages.
Physical Education
- Come up with a different sequence of moves e.g. Jump up with arms up high, jump out with arms out wide, jump down and touch hands on floor.
Social Studies
- Can children speak any other languages in the class?
Literacy
- Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"
Print out the song PDF
- Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
- Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
- Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
- Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
- Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
- Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.
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