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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Costume Change Game To Teach Clothes

If you’re looking for a quick activity (in class or online) to practice clothes and the present continuous here’s an idea. All you need are a few costume props and a bit of costume change practice behind the scenes – the rest is easy-peasy. I might think about wearing the glasses and nose in future…

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Teach Children English with the Flower Chant

teach children english with flower chant

Spring is here and in full bloom and here’s a Flower Chant for your English class, home or Zoom! I hope your students enjoy this one For the chant PDF here is the link https://bit.ly/2VnWxzr Have fun and be theatrical Miranda For more ideas on how to teach English through drama, download the free e-book,…

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Sensory Play Ideas to Teach Children English

Here are some quick and simple multi-sensory game ideas aimed at reviewing letters of the alphabet and food. They’re designed as “at- home” language activities but can be easily tweaked for the classroom too. So, open up your fridge and kitchen cupboards and get creative – it’s sensory playtime!!! Try also: Back Feel: As an…

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Teach Children English – Chick Puppet & Chant

Here’s an Easter themed puppet making activity and chant for young English language learners. Aimed for teaching children ESL in class, online or at home. Check out the pdf link with Colin’s Easter Chant https://bit.ly/2x53sns I hope you find the activity useful with your students Be theatrical Miranda xxx For more ideas on how to…

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Teach Children English Through Drama- Butterfly Chant

Here’s a Springtime chant and butterfly craft activity for young English language learners. Aimed for teachers looking for fresh ideas to review and practice language in class or online or parents teaching their children at home. To download the butterfly template and chant here is the link https://bit.ly/39xqi4E I hope you find the activity useful…

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ESL Warm-up Game-Bell Freeze

A quick warm- up movement game to help children practice sports, action verbs and target language Can you….? Yes, I can. It’s based roughly on the traditional game of “musical statues” but without the music! It can be played in class, at home and even online I suggest giving action verbs that children may find…

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Teach Children English – Knock- Knock Whisper Game

This activity aims to encourage children to focus their energies and practice their comprehension and pronunciation skills. It can be played in class or at home. It can also be easily adapted to teach online one-to-one. I recommend “whispering” a single word at a time for young learners to guess. If the sentence is too…

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