{"id":228,"date":"2019-03-22T05:02:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T05:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/?p=228"},"modified":"2019-03-22T05:02:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T05:02:36","slug":"head-shoulder-knees-and-toes-song-in-kids-english-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/head-shoulder-knees-and-toes-song-in-kids-english-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Head, Shoulder, Knees, and Toes Song in Kids English Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes song is a basic song I use a lot when teaching children English (ESL, EFL). It is simple, active, and teaches useful vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Teach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I start with the students by touching my head and saying, &#8220;head.&#8221; To add a little fun you can then shake your head with your hands and say, &#8220;wiggle, wiggle&#8221; kids love this. Repeat the same for all body parts: head, shoulders, knees, toes, eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.<\/p>\n<p>If you know the song, sing it once a cappella (without background music) then press play on the CD or video and sing with your students!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Head, Shoulders MP3 Download<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can download a free MP3 of the Head, Shoulders song, and watch a video with the actions by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamenglish.com\/kidsongbodyparts\">clicking here.<\/a>\u00a0Make this song a regular in your classes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes song is a basic song I use a lot when teaching children English (ESL, EFL). It is simple, active, and teaches useful vocabulary. How to Teach I start with the students by touching my head and saying, &#8220;head.&#8221; To add a little fun you can then shake your head &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/head-shoulder-knees-and-toes-song-in-kids-english-class\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Head, Shoulder, Knees, and Toes Song in Kids English Class&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,120,97,116],"tags":[122,17,12,121,62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}