Cleaning our teeth:

Have a toothbrush and toothpaste in the class. Ask the children, 'What shall I do?' When they suggest that you should clean your teeth, mime putting toothpaste onto the brush, brushing your teeth and rinsing your mouth. As you do, say repeatedly, 'clean my teeth, clean my teeth'. Encourage the children to join in.

Now call out ‘Wash your hands’ and ‘Clean your teeth’ and let the children mime the appropriate actions.

Teach the other activities in the same way:

• Use a hairbrush to introduce brushing your hair, a towel and shower gel to introduce showering, an apple for eating fruit and a skipping rope and a ball to introduce running and playing.

• As you add to the activities, retrace your steps and revise the previous actions until the children become familiar with the language. Encourage them to chant the phrases along with you.