What the song is about
This is an action song for little learners. The singer asks where parts of the body are, and the children touch them, clap, stomp, stretch and dance along.
Useful words
Body parts: head, nose, ears, eyes, mouth, hands, feet, arms
Note the irregular plural: one foot, two feet.
Action words: touch, clap, stomp, stretch, move, listen, look, see, smile, dance
Useful expressions
- Touch your head! points to a body part.
- Stretch them wide! means open your arms as far as you can.
- side to side means from left to right and back again.
- for a little while means for a short time.
- one, two, three is counting along with the stomps.
Grammar
Where is / Where are
Use is for one thing and are for more than one:
- Where is your head? Where is your nose?
- Where are your ears? Where are your arms?
To tell someone to do something, start with the verb: Touch your nose! Clap your hands! Move them! The word them stands for your arms.
Let's
Let's (= let us) invites everyone to do something together: Let's all dance!
have + thing + to + verb
I have eyes to see and a mouth to smile. The to + verb part says what each body part is for.
Lines made for the rhyme
- Is it blue or is it red? is a silly line that rhymes with head. Heads are not really blue or red.
- Look at how the music goes! rhymes with nose, but it is not a normal way to talk about music. People usually say Listen to the music!
- Listen to the song you hear! is there to go with ears. It says the same thing twice. In everyday English, just say Listen to the song!