Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 96
Morning song
Grooming
Song
Actions
habits
Body
I have a body and my body is mine,
Point to yourself.
I care for my body all the time.
Body goes wobble dee dee.
Wiggle and shake your
body.
Brush
I have a brush and the brush is mine,
Brush your hair.
I brush my hair all the time.
Brush goes swish swish,
Body goes wobble dee dee.
Wiggle and shake your
body.
Soap
I have some soap and the soap
Wash your body.
is mine,
I wash my body all the time.
Soap goes rub rub,
Brush goes swish swish,
Brush your hair.
Body goes wobble dee dee.
Wiggle and shake
your body.
Healthy bodies

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Grooming
Song
Actions
habits
Water
I have some water and the water
Wash your face.
is mine,
I wash my face all the time.
Water goes splash splash,
Soap goes rub rub,
Wash your body.
Brush goes swish swish,
Brush your hair.
Body goes wobble dee dee.
Wiggle and shake your 
body.
Toothbrush
I have a toothbrush and the
Brush your teeth.
toothbrush is mine,
I brush my teeth all the time.
Toothbrush goes up and down,
Water goes splash splash,
Wash your face.
Soap goes rub rub,
Wash your body.
Brush goes swish swish,
Brush your hair.
Body goes wobble dee dee.
Wiggle and shake your 
body.
Follow-up
• Ask the children to do drawings which illustrate how they make
themselves clean and fresh for school. Under each drawing, they write
captions from the Actions column of Box 96, e.g. Brush your hair.
• For other songs, see Activities 1.5, 2.14, 6.7.