What the song is about
This is an action song. The singer asks where parts of your body are and tells you to touch them, move them and dance. Children can do every action while they sing. At the end everyone claps, stomps and jumps, and the lesson is almost over.
Useful words
Body parts: head, nose, ears, arms, fingers, tummy (a child's word for stomach), shoulders, face, knees, toes, back, hand, hands, feet
Action words: touch, stretch, move, wiggle, lift, turn, smile, bend, pat, wave, clap, stomp, jump, dance
Useful expressions:
- side to side: moving left, then right, again and again
- up and down: moving up, then down
- stretch them wide: open your arms as far as you can
- have some fun: enjoy yourself
- a frown: a sad or angry face, the opposite of a smile
- the smartest in the land: the cleverest of everyone
Grammar
Questions with where: use is for one thing and are for more than one.
- Where is your head? (one head)
- Where are your ears? (two ears)
Singular and plural: hand → hands, finger → fingers, but foot → feet and toe → toes. Feet is irregular.
Object pronoun them: Where are your arms? Stretch them wide! Here them means your arms.
Possessive your: your head, your nose, your tummy
Words chosen for the rhyme
Some lines are there mainly to rhyme, so don't copy them in normal speech:
- Is it blue or is it red? rhymes with head. It's just a silly joke, because heads aren't blue or red.
- Look at how the music goes! rhymes with nose. We listen to music. We don't look at it. People usually say Listen to how the music goes.
- Learning English is so yummy! rhymes with tummy. Yummy means that food tastes good. For learning, say fun: Learning English is so fun!
- Listen to the song you hear is a near rhyme with ears. It repeats the idea, since listen and hear are close in meaning. It's fine in a song, but people usually just say Listen to the song!