Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

5.5 Staying clean and healthy
Level
*
Language focus
Instructions, imperative, vocabulary: parts of the body, clothes
Skills focus
Listening to a string of instructions
Thinking focus
Remembering
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Whole class work, suitable for large classes
Procedure
1 Ask the children to stand up. Read out one instruction from Box 97 and
ask the children to mime the action, e.g. Wash your face.
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2 The next time, read out two instructions, one after the other. The children
listen to both instructions and then mime the actions, e.g. Brush your hair
and clean your teeth.
3 Each time, keep adding one more item to the list of instructions. The
children listen to the complete list as it gradually increases, and mime the
sequence of actions in order at the end of your reading. When a child
cannot remember the list, they sit down. The winner is the one who
remains standing and who can remember the long list of instructions.