Cabeza, Ojos, Nariz, Boca
Head, Eyes, Nose, Mouth
📐 Standards alignment
ACTFL World-Readiness: Communication (interpersonal, interpretive, presentational) · Cultures (face games children play everywhere) · Comparisons (Spanish vs. English)
Can-Do targets (NCSSFL-ACTFL, Novice Low):
- I can name the parts of my face in Spanish.
- I can touch the right part when I hear it named.
- I can catch someone naming the wrong body part.
Learning objectives
- Name four parts of the face in Spanish
- Touch each part when it is named
- Catch mistakes when someone names the wrong part
Materials
A mirror (bathroom mirror works). Optional: washable crayon for the mirror game.
Prior knowledge
None needed — faces come pre-installed.
Key vocabulary
la cabeza · los ojos · la nariz · la boca
Funny faces
Make faces in the mirror together: surprised! sleepy! silly! Every face uses today’s four words — ojos, nariz, boca, and the cabeza that holds them all.
Meet four new words
Tap each card to flip it and hear how it sounds. Look at the picture, say the Spanish word out loud, then check the back for the English meaning.
Say it three times
Go back through the cards above. For each word: the grown-up (or the 🔊 listen button) says it once, then your child repeats it three times, nice and loud. Silly voices are encouraged!
Touch and say (with traps)
Call a face part; both of you touch it. Then start cheating: say la nariz while touching your boca. Your child’s job is to NOT fall for it — and to shriek with delight when you fall for theirs.
Memory game: ¡Encuentra el par!
Find the matching pairs — each Spanish word has its picture hiding somewhere in the grid.
Find the matching pairs!
Escucha y elige — Listen and choose
Press each play button and choose what you heard.
1. Press play. What did you hear?
2. Press play. What did you hear?
3. Press play. What did you hear?
Robot face
Your child is a robot that only responds to Spanish commands: toca la cabeza — beep boop — robot touches head. Speed up until the robot malfunctions into giggles. Swap: now YOU are the robot.
One more flip-through
Scroll back up to the flashcards and let your child flip through them on their own, saying each word before checking the back. No help this time — just see what they remember!
Show what you know
1. “Los ojos” are…
2. How do you say “mouth”?
¡Muy bien!
Face complete: cabeza, ojos, nariz, boca — learned through the mirror, the trap game, and robot mode. Tomorrow: the rest of the body, and Simón dice.
Take it home
The face portrait
Draw a giant silly face and label la cabeza, los ojos, la nariz, and la boca with arrows. The sillier the face, the better the labels stick.
Name: Date:
Trap game champion
Play three rounds of the trap game (say one part, touch another) with someone at home. Score it! Who fell for the most traps?
Note for teachers & parents
Pacing: high energy lesson — schedule it when wiggles need burning. The robot game alone can absorb ten happy minutes.
Watch for: ojos with a Spanish J: OH-hohs, breathy H sound, never “oh-jos” with an English J.