Head parts are fun to learn and fun to teach as there are many games that involve the senses. As you know the head is the place for four of the senses: smell, hearing, sight and taste. Introducing the parts of the head is as simple as ABC as the teacher can use body language to introduce the names of these parts without the need for further explanation or illustrations.
If the teacher or parent wants to go further, they can teach some relevant verbs such as:
- hear [يسمع ]
- smell [ يشم]
- see [يرى ]
- taste [يتذَوَّق ]
- eat [يأكل ]
- open [يفتح ], open! [إفتح ـ إفتحوا -إفتحي ] imperative
- close [ يغلق], close![أغلق – أغلقوا – أغلقي ] imperative
The teacher can also go further and explain the dual in Arabic [ المثنى].
It is good to know and tell the students that all organs in the human body which are pairs, the singular of each is considered feminine [مؤنث] such as: ear, eye, kidney, lung and so on. Other organs in the body are considered masculine [مذكَّر].
Therefore, these words are feminine though they don’t end in taa marbouta [ة]:
- eye [عين], both eyes [عينان].
- ear [أذن ], both ears [أذنان].
Here is a chart of the parts of the head in Arabic. For high resolutions, you can download the file as a PDF by clicking here.
Click on the image below to do an interactive quiz about head parts.
