We all know the feeling, even if we’ve been teaching for many years. The holidays are coming to an end and even the most experienced of us are feeling a twinge of back to school worries. We’ve spent the last couple of months relaxing. Maybe we’ve been teaching a few weeks of summer school or …
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This is a Counting at the Circus EFL ESL lesson plan for preschool or primary aged children. It will last about one hour although you could adapt the activities depending on the length of your class. This is part of a series of circus themed lesson plans that I’ve recently taught. You can find the …
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What do you say, autumn or fall? Whichever it is, autumn is fast approaching and it’s time to start preparing your Autumn themed lessons and some EFL ESL Autumn songs for children for your classes. There are so many different songs for kids available about Autumn and Halloween so I’ve split them into two posts; …
This is a Circus Directions EFL ESL Lesson Plan for children suitable for preschool and primary aged kids. It will last about 1 hour – 1 and a half hours although you can adapt the activities if you need to make the lesson longer or shorter. In this lesson we’ll be learning about prepositions and …
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Color is everywhere. It is so important when you’re learning how to describe and talk about things in a new language. Children love learning the names of colors and being able to say what color objects are. I think I talk about colors in nearly every lesson. There are lots and lots of color songs …
This is a Circus Jobs EFL ESL lesson plan for preschool children of about 3 to 6 years old. It will last about one hour although you could adapt the activities to make it longer or shorter if needed. With this lesson plan, the kids will learn about the different people they can meet at …
If you’re part of a bilingual family, there are certain things that are, let’s say, special. You do things in a different way than a monolingual family and this has an effect on your family life. These are, I think, mainly positive but they are things that you can only really understand if you are …
It’s finally summer time! Let’s go to the beach! Here are a selection of fun EFL ESL beach songs for kids to learn about the beach, animals in the ocean, and activities to do at the seaside. You can use them in your summer time lessons to practice vocabulary and learn all about the beach. …
A normal day for me starts about 8 o’clock in the morning when my personal butler wakes me with a coffee. He then prepares breakfast on the terrace before my chauffeur comes to collect me. Drrriiingggg! Errr, no. It’s not quite like that actually. My very non-glamorous life might not really be that much different …
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Roll up, roll up! Welcome to the Circus! This is a fun filled Circus Shapes EFL ESL Lesson Plan. We’re going to visit the circus and learn all about shapes and clowns. We’ll sing and play games and make a colors and shapes collage of a circus clown. The lesson plan is suitable for preschool …
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