Monday, June 21, 2010

Vocabulario - Los Partes del Cuerpo

One of my students who is 9 loves to do these vocabulary lessons! If you have a young child, the best way to get them learning a lesson efficiently is to do word recognition, and to teach them certain phrases that can be associated with the vocabulary that they're learning. Too many parents rush into teaching grammar to young students, so much so that they are merely discouraging the child from learning at their own pace, because the child feels overwhelmed.

Think about it: when you started learning English, you probably didn't dive right into contractions and the wonderful world of diphthongs, silent letters, sentence structures, or compound words. You start by observing the world around you, and equating written words with objects in your realm.


Los Partes del Cuerpo (The Parts of the Body)

    la cabeza – the head
    el pelo – the hair
    las orejas – the ears
    las mejillas – the cheeks
    los ojos – the eyes
    las cejas – the eyebrows
    la nariz – the nose
    la boca – the mouth
    la lengua – the tongue
    los dientes – the teeth
    el cuello – the neck
    los hombros – the shoulders
    los brazos – the arms
    el codo – the elbow
    la muñeca – the wrist
    la mano – the hand
    los dedos – the fingers
    las piernas – the legs
    el muslo – the thigh
    la rodilla – the knee
    el tobillo – the ankle
    el pie – the foot
    los dedos (de pie) - the toes
    ¿Te duele(n)________ - Does your _______ hurt?
    ¿Te duelen las piernas? - Do your legs hurt?
    ¿Te duele la cabeza? - Does your head hurt?


¡Sigue practicando!

Professor Joel

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