Body vocabulary games, worksheets, stories, songs and teaching ideas

Around 51 body parts PDFs and teaching tips. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.

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Body language and gestures identify the country (with body vocabulary and cultural differences) – NEW LINK

Body vocabulary bluffing game

Advanced body vocabulary – LINK UPDATED

Body part positions normal or strange

Pick the body part and adjective drawing game

Body parts and prepositions monsters project

Balance on your body prepositions

Crazy appearances pictionary

Body parts brainstorming

Pick numbers shapes feelings and parts of your face to make crazy pictures

Prepositions and body parts mimes

Strange body positions pictionary

Animals and body parts possessive S drawing game

Animals, body and possessive S pictionary advanced version

Clothes, body and animals possessive S pictionary game

Draw a monster body parts practice (colours, numbers and shapes)

Body parts definitions game

Things your body does opposites

Body vocabulary songs for ESL learners

The Bath Song (Super Simple Songs) – LINK FIXED

The Hokey Pokey Shake (Super Simple Songs)

The Pinocchio (Super Simple Songs) – LINK FIXED

One Little Finger (Super Simple Songs) – LINK FIXED

The Scary Skeleton song (LearnEnglishKids) – LINK UPDATED

Abracadabra song (LearnEnglishKids) – LINK UPDATED

Head Shoulder Knees and Toes

Hokey Cokey (= Hokey Pokey)

1,2,3,4,5, touch your head along with me

Here We Go Looby Loo

If You’re Happy and You Know It (Clap Your Hands)

Body vocabulary stories/ Body vocabulary picture books for ESL learners

Toes, Ears and Nose by Marion Dane Bauer and Karen Katz (a fun combination of body and clothes vocabulary, just need to simplify “elbow” to “arm”, etc) – NEW LINK

Go Away, Big Green Monster (parts of the face with colours and shapes)

The Magic Spell story (LearnEnglishKids) – LINK UPDATED

Little Red Riding Hood story (LearnEnglishKids) – LINK UPDATED

From Head to Toe (famous book by Eric Carle with actions for different body parts like “kick my legs”)

Here are My Hands

Where’s My Baby by Julie Ashworth and John Clark (book)

The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo’s Child

Updated 15 September 2026

2 Responses to Body vocabulary games, worksheets, stories, songs and teaching ideas

  1. Matilda's avatar Matilda says:

    “The Parts of You and Me” is an excellent song and video for teaching kids about the human body. You can find in on the Toddler World TV channel on YouTube.

  2. Keesa DuPre's avatar Keesa DuPre says:

    This is a helpful list of resources, thank you!

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