It’s nearly Christmas! Hooray! You’ve been asked to organise a Christmas party for the children in your class. Aaaah! Panic! What are you going to do? What activities and games can you do that won’t just be sugar fuelled chaos? And what do you need to teach your kids about Christmas in these activities? No …
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Have you ever visited Stonehenge in the UK? It’s a fascinating place and is a really interesting topic to teach as a lesson with kids. This is a Stonehenge EFL ESL lesson plan for primary/elementary aged kids of about 8-12 years old. You could adapt it for a class of teenagers too without too many …
Children love stories. Whether you read to them from a much loved book, tell a traditional fairy tale or introduce them to a new story as a game, they are always enthralled. Books and stories get their imagination working. They help kids understand lots of different things that may be new to them and open …
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Meg and Mog by Helen Nicholl and Jan Pienkowski is one of my favorite books to use for Halloween activities. Although it’s been around for over forty years, the story is as bright, colorful and fun as when it was first written. Kids of all ages love it and I would really recommend it to …
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This is a fun dinosaur comparatives EFL ESL lesson plan for children. It will last about one hour and is suitable for primary aged kids from about 8 to 12 years old. Teenagers would probably enjoy it too though and you could adapt it for them to make it slightly more complicated. In the lesson …
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What kind of dinosaur are you? Are you a carnivore or a herbivore? What do you like to eat? This is a Dinosaur Food EFL ESL lesson plan for primary aged children from about 7 to 11 years old. It will last about one hour although you could add more activities to make it last …
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Whenever parents or English teachers ask me to recommend a book to help teach children English, I always include Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill on my list. Although it is a small book seemingly written for preschool children, it is a book I love to read and use in class. I have used it successfully …
Can you juggle? Can you jump? This is a fun I can/I can’t Circus EFL ESL lesson plan for preschool and primary kids from about 3 to 6 years old. It will last about one hour although you can adapt the activities depending on the length of your class. This is part of a series …
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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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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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