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18.5.12

Lesson Plan: Clothes and More - Part 3

USING VOCABULARY

TIME THE CHAIN

Make a circle with your young learners. Give each kid a flashcard. They have to show it inside the circle. In a chain they will have to say "I'm wearing…" the piece of cloth shown on the card they have.

Time the entire process and tell them with emphasis how many seconds it took and then something like: "Let's see if we can go faster!"

Every child has to pass clockwise his card to the next one and repeat the chain. Again time the process and tell them the seconds it lasted (of course, less than the previous time).

Three chains will be enough. Then they'll loose interest and concentration. Celebrate the last performance and step into another activity.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

This game is based on children's natural desire to possess the more cards as possible.

Place all the flashcards on the floor, call out the pupils one by one. They have to choose a card, but to get it they must say "I'm wearing…" the garments present on the card.

More games
Clothes Part 1 and Clothes Part 2
WEAR or CARRY?
Wear or Carry - Tiles

10.5.12

Lesson Plan: Clothes and More - Part 2

FIXING VOCABULARY

-YES / NO game

Arrange your class in two lines, that will start behind a line drawn with chalk on the floor. Calculate approximately 1,5 / 2 meters from that line and write the words YES AND NO on the floor, near you.

Start showing a flashcard of shoes (for example) and say: " This is a pair of SHOES / I'm wearing SHOES" . The first two kids of the lines will have to run toward the word YES. The first who arrives on the YES gains 1 point for his team.

Then show another card with a skirt (for example) and say: "This is a SWEATER! / I'm wearing a SWEATER" . The first who arrives on the word NO will get the point.

Make the most of it asking what it is really shown on the flashcard and give him a second point!

P.S. Initially you'll notice that someone might get confused about what to do. They will jump on YES if they are really wearing the indicated garment, explain the rules again and keep playing, they'll soon correct the performance.

O O O O O O O I YES

O O O O O O O I NO

More Games:
Clothes - part 1 and Clothes - part 3

WEAR or CARRY?
Wear or Carry - Tiles

2.5.12

Lesson Plan: Clothes and more - Part 1

In my experience children are usually more interested in food than in clothes.

To teach them how to say what they are wearing is the 'mission impossible' of pre-school teachers.

That is why I'm going to tell you some games related to it that will make it easier.

1 - Let's start with VOCABULARY INTRODUCTION games.

- THE TREASURE CHEST, part 1:

If you have a basket, a chest or a simple box in your classroom don't be afraid to fill it up with all kinds of clothes. Ask your students' parents to bring old garments and costumes left at the bottom of their children's closets. Then take your time and let pupils go digging in the box to choose their favorite outfit.

In this first phase you will only ask them, after they have got dressed up: " What are you wearing?". Certainly they aren't going to know, so you will tell them and make them repeat the words you have said.

- JUMP!

I have a little step in my classroom next to the wall and I used it to facilitate the learning process. I made my students line up on the step, in front of me. Then I showed them clothes on flashcards, one by one, saying: "I'm wearing trousers!" If they really were wearing trousers they had to jump down off the step.

They loved it!!!

After a couple of times you can say only the first part of the sentence: "I'm wearing…" and let them finish the sentence with the name of the picture shown, while jumping.

Great results achieved!!!

P.S. If you don't have a step in your classroom they can jump anyway, for example inside or outside a circle drawn on the floor.

- THE TREASURE CHEST, part 2:

During this second time, after the jump game, you will lead the dress up game asking them what they want to wear. It will be a good way to activate their memory and have them making an effort.

More Games:
Clothes part 2 and Clothes part 3

WEAR or CARRY?
Wear or Carry - Tiles

7.4.12

IRREGULAR DOMINOES

Here you are! Is it already time to get your students to learn irregular past tenses? Every real teacher knows that to contextualize words is always better than to memorize them. But the official school program says clearly: KNOWLEDGE OF IRREGULAR VERBS!!! All together and in one month!

Don't you feel some pity for those 7 or 8-year-old pupils of yours, who are going to spend their afternoons trying to remember boring verbs?

I usually do and that's why I prepared this customizable domino to print and play.

It works quite well, apart from waking up the competitive spirit, that sometimes overheats the classroom a little more than I expect.

Once they have played several times, give them an extra point if they can say a sentence using the verb on the tile.

That way you'll achieve two goals in one activity. Furthermore they will acquire not only the above mentioned 'knowledge of irregular verbs', but also their proper use in the real world.

That's something more useful, don't you think?

DON'T MISS IT!!!

CARD SET 1

CARD SET 2

I design series of activities based on a communicative method that will help children to practice the grammar they're learning at school.

Many ESL activities, I see, are nothing more than 'fill in the blank' exercises that only teach kids how to fill in blanks and miss the whole point of learning to speak and understand a new language.

It's much easier and more fun to learn by doing, and you'll be surprised at how quickly you'll see valuable results!!!

You can get my activities on my online store:

http://childreneslworksheets.bigcartel.com

More grammar games here: To Be or...To Be