Personal development, Physical, Teambuilding
Body, movement and senses, Teambuilding and empowerment
15 min.
Large group, Small group
Upto 15 min
No materials needed
Advanced, Beginner, Moderate
Speaking, Listening
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Objectives

  • The learner can understand the vocabulary of the body parts.
  • The learner can understand the names of the colours.

Preparation

  • The learners must be familiar with the vocabulary for the body and the colours.
  • As step 3 of the exercise requires physical contact, introduce the exercise with an energizer.

Instructions

Step 1

  • Form a circle.
  • Tell the learners they have to activate the body part that will be named, in a way they are free to choose: by touching, shaking, moving… the body part.
  • Give an example e. g. ‘I wake up my fingers’.
  • Learners wake up their fingers by shaking or showing their fingers.
  • Appoint a learner who calls out another part of the body.
  • And so on, till each learner has chosen a body part.

Step 2

  • Tell the learners a body part and a colour, e.g. ‘I wake up my nose & yellow’. They now have to move around and touch a yellow object with their nose.
  • Appoint a learner who calls out another part of the body and a colour.
  • And so on, till each learner has chosen a body part and a colour.

Step 3

  • Tell the learners a body part, e.g. ‘I wake up my elbow’. They now have to form a pair and touch each other with the elbows.
  • Appoint a learner who calls out another part of the body.
  • And so on, till each learner has chosen a body part.

Variant

For more advanced groups, add more complicated names, e. g. I wake up my armpit, belly button, eyebrow…

Closing Up

  • Stand in the middle, appoint all the body parts that have been named and repeat the names.
  • Let the learners repeat each word, if necessary correct the pronunciation.
  • Write the name of the body parts and colours on the blackboard and let the learners copy.
  • When doing step 3, choose body parts that are not intimate. If a learner does not feel comfortable, don’t force.