Παρασκευή 24 Νοεμβρίου 2023

Classroom games to remember

 1. Simon says or Fluffy says or the class puppet says....

2. Split the class in groups. For example if you are teaching family members , split the class in mums dads brothers sisters and so on. Tell them to stand 🧍‍♂️ up when they hear their word!Also different members different actions would be a good idea 💡 too!

3. Find the odd word out!You 🤔  of a category!Let's say animals!Tell them to focus pocus only on animals and clap when they hear an animal. Let's see how this works:

Dog 🐕  cat 🐈 mum!(oops no clapping here)

One more time....rabbit, pig 🐖, snake 🐍 dad!!!!

4.What s missing? Put the flashcards on the floor. Show them and ask them to repeat after you!Then ask them to close their eyes!No peeking!Hide one!Students guess the missing word.This can be done with realia too!

5.Realia and mystery box 📦. Hide one in the box.Students  touch and guess!

6. Memory games with flashcards are always 👌 

7. Flyswatters are a must!Take one or two and use them any time !Split the class in two teams. Say a word!They swat the right picture!

8.Fishing Game!Υοu buy from a toy store, and stick a paper clip on the flashcards. Start Fishing!The little magnet on the rod will catch the flashcards!

9. Roll the 🎲.The big classroom dice can be made with a 📦. You cover each side with a flashcard!They roll and say the word!

10.Make a wheel or buy one!("ikea" has a very nice wooden wheel)You can make one with hard thick paper,two arrows and a pin or a spinner .Then stick pictures  of words you want to teach and Spin it!of course online wheels are also a treasure!















Δευτέρα 30 Οκτωβρίου 2023

Knock Knock Trick or Treat Several ideas for Halloween!

Haunted Houses

 I will give you some ideas and some links of course for a BAT-astic Lesson!

Here's what you can do!


Pre school / Very Young learners


Young learners / Grade 1 or 2 students primary


Grade 3 or grade 4 and Parts of house
Grade  5 

Grade 6 

you can visit these libraries and play games


Κυριακή 5 Φεβρουαρίου 2023

Winter and Clothes

 Warm clothes for Bear!

A story you can teach Winter words, Winter clothes, Forest Animals and Good friendship


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gTdlsSdSgOhyIkk0QFZjmGN3mOjqGGnM/view?usp=share_link


A link for extra practice

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1678747821982875650

 A song for winter clothes

Put on your boots

 A game which is fun from British Council

Dress Teddy



Dress the boy or girl for Winter...



or dress a bear! (copy paste it in a word file)








or teach the weather!



Σάββατο 17 Δεκεμβρίου 2022

Christmas Stories (Little Robin Red Vest)

 A lovely story that teaches students good friendship and sharing!

Little robin gives all his vests to his friends and in the end he is cold and needs help!

Santa knows how generous this bird is and asks his wife to knit a brand new red vest!

It teaches colours, numbers, forest animals and Values!

All in one story!

You can find an adaptation here:Little Robin


How to present:

You make a Robin as in the picture and vests in different colours according to the story!

Yo can find the Tesol Presentation and download it so that you get an idea of extra activities you can do...

      Tesol Presentation 



A nice activity would be to talk about Good Friendship!

and ask your students to write on the vests...






Christmas Stories (the very hungry reindeer)

 




The very hunry reindeer is a story that teaches Christmas Words in a fun way!

You will find it here:The very hungry Reindeer 

Your reindeer can eat other Christmas Words as well! Depending on the level of course!

Kindergarten sudents loved this craft though....





You can take an idea of how here :Reel

You can click on the photo and copy past in a word file!





For the reindeer click and print and stick it on  thick hard paper, a big box perhaps!





Then of course you can ask your students to colour their own reindeer!




Κυριακή 11 Δεκεμβρίου 2022

Christmas Stories (Stickman)

 The story of Stickman is a nice story to work with your students right before Christmas!

It's a story about a stick which can move and talk! Depending on what you are teaching and the level of your students, with stickman you can teach numbers,family members, body parts, comparative, superlative, seasons, the elements of a story, the verb to be and a lot more...

I simplified the story for my very young learners in bookcreator. You can find it here:Stickman

I also found the utube videos online and merged them to one video as it seems to me that watching this short film will make understanding easier...

You can find it here.Movie

I also created a thinglink which is made for young learners. Right now my students are practising family members so the games are focusing on Stickman's Family.

You will find it here:games

You can actually dramatise Stickman with props costumes and realia and it could be your Christmas Play!


As a surprise you could make Stickman Cookies for your kids or with your kids!
They are delicious! Ι used the easiest recipe with nutella!
You will see it here:Biscuits





Ideas of how you could dramatise it are shown here.

Laminate the settings of the story and make a road (optionally). You could simple throw the settings on the floor! The main character Stickman will be walking or jumping from place to place.
Hopefully in the end Santa will take him back home....
Here are some props
A hat for Stickman would be ideal!














and headbands for the other actors or masks















                                                   with paper ribbons or paper headbands!

And a skirt for the sticklady

You could even make a Family Tree!


Story Maps will help them retell the story and understand the story better!



or draw a map!


Can our students identify the characters and the settings?
Here's one activity!

Can they put the story in the right order?

What if they made a missing poster?


What if you focused on the rhyming patterns?


or Feelings?

Do you like teaching through crafts? I do!




Classroom games to remember

 1. Simon says or Fluffy says or the class puppet says.... 2. Split the class in groups. For example if you are teaching family members , sp...