Poems and Puppets To Put a Smile On Your ESL Students’ Face

For very young children in preschool and kindergarten, puppets are great helpers to have in the classroom. The silly voices and animated movements you use with the puppet really grab the students’ attention. Not to mention, it’s great fun to bring in new characters to entertain them while they learn. With any luck, your kids…

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Make Vocabulary and Question Forms Easy With an ESL Drama Game

See, Spot, Run! Teach ESL to children of all learning styles.  As an ESL teacher, you want to see your students confidently apply what you teach them. It naturally takes practice and repetition in order for children to get vocabulary and question forms down. ESL drama games are an amazing method of engaging your students…

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Blast Away Boredom With Drama Games to Teach Children ESL

Use an active ESL teaching activity your students will love. Heads on desks, heavy eyelids, and hands fidgeting – oh no, you’re losing them! You can tell. They might as well be shouting, “I’m bored!!” Don’t worry, this is nothing more than helpful feedback from your students that it’s time to switch strategies. Boredom is…

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Engage ESL Students with Classroom “Paddle” Props

“Classroom Paddle Props” help make learning more active for young students especially if they are obliged to remain seated at their desks or in front of a PC during lessons Don’t forget to make an extra set of props for yourself! For more ideas on how to teach English through drama, download the free e-book,…

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LEAP FROG Warm-Up For ESL Young Learners

COLOUR LEAP FROG  is a simple  ESL movement activity to practice colours/clothes and the question form “What are you wearing?”. It’s suitable for classroom or online teaching and can be easily adapted for different ages and levels. For students who are familiar with clothes (as well as colours) try adding “I’m wearing red socks or…

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StoryBooks For Young ESL Students

If you’re looking for a storybook for your ESL students,  here’s an idea… “You Choose” by Pippa Goodhart This book is jam-packed full of fun and colourful illustrations and every time you re-read it, you’ll discover something new hidden away on every single page. Lots of useful vocabulary to introduce or review with your young…

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ESL Ice-Breakers for Young Learners

Breaking the ice with young ESL students and creating an engaging environment can be challenging especially when everything is unfamiliar.Drama warm-ups are a fast, simple and fun way to help students feel relaxed, get to know you, their classmates and their new surroundings.Here’s the CLAP CLAP NAME GAME (+6). It gets children focused, listening, speaking…

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Sing Along With Missy – Teach English with Puppets

Using a puppet in class or online can be a fun way to engage young students and practice new vocabulary.Here’s a puppet sing along with my furry friend Missy on the topic of handwashing (or rather paw washingMissy is a small and gentle puppet but with a big personality. She works particularly well with very…

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