Series 1: Body Parts

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Children learn best through play. Learning the names of body parts is one great way to increase vocabulary and allow your child to express personal feelings and needs.

After 6 months

Point to your baby's body parts and name them. Play simple games to help baby find the body part. Point to your own nose and say 'nose'. Point to baby's nose and repeat 'nose'. Do this for a few days consecutively and add on other body parts – eyes, mouth, ears, hair, hands, toes, fingers and more.

Now create a game of finding the body part. Call out "where is baby's mouth?" Ask baby to point to the mouth. When he/she does it correctly, praise him/her. Repeat with other familiar body parts and soon your baby will be able to identify many parts of the body.

After 10 months

Show your baby picture books and point out body parts of the story characters. Ask questions like "where is the tail of the donkey?" or "show me the giraffe's neck". Over time you little one can identify body parts on others as well.

After 24 months

Here is a cute song to reinforce the learning of more body parts. You will have kids giggling about the different names for the body parts. Stringing together names of body parts will also reinforce the ability to remember things thereby improving memory.

Click the button below to hear the tune and sing along.

With my hand on my heart, what have I here? (Point to the brain)
This is my Brain Boxer, my teacher said.
Brain Boxer! Nicky, Nicky, Nicky Noo.
That's what they taught me when I went to school.

With my hand on my heart, what have I here? (Point to the eye)
This is my Eye Peeper, my teacher said.
Eye Peeper, Brain Boxer! Nicky, Nicky, Nicky Noo.
That's what they taught me when I went to school.

Add on more body parts and continue to sing.
Nose: Nose Wiper; Tongue: Tongue Wagger; Chin: Chin Chopper; Stomach: Bread Basket; Knees: Knee Knocker; Ankle: Bobby Soxer.

After 36 months

By about this time, kids understand concepts like right and left. Here is a simple old song "Here we go Looby Loo. Here we go Looby Light" that helps reinforce the names of body parts and teach the concepts of 'right' and 'left'.

Click the button below to hear the tune and sing along.

Here we go looby loo
Here we go looby light
Here we go looby loo
All on a Saturday night
You put your right hand in
You take your right hand out
You give your hand a shake, shake, shake
And turn yourself about

Now replace the phrase 'right hand' with 'left hand', then, 'right leg' and 'left leg'. To finish off the song, replace 'right hand' with 'whole self'.

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