ESL/EFL Preschool Teachers: Birthday Unit and Celebrations for Kindergarten ELL

Teachers of English as a Second Language can benefit from this material. Link to the Birthday Resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Birthday-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-14-6655450

Wrap up the unit!

Add fun cutouts to the buttons of any cardigan.

Birthday Unit Craft. Students will actively produce the language learned and focus on the words related to art, such as, cut, paste, glue, color. Make a party hat with your students. I used finger paints to color the hat. I added yarn and plastic beads. Students will color their age number and glue onto the hat. It is a way to recycled the numbers already learned.

Another craft. Ghost painting with Birthday Vocabulary. Print and cut the birthday pictures. Hand them in to the students as they will trace each one with a white crayon onto a white construction paper. Then have them paint over each traced item with watercolor paints as the images will come alive. You can write the word for each one as the students tell you what item showed up.

Birthday Unit Commands Flashcards. Show the students each flashcard and have them mime the action.

Teacher: Cut the cake! Students mime the action as they see the flashcard.

Celebrations can be included in this unit.

Soon will be Valentine's Day!!

First of all, the Flashcards. They come with all the food for the Valentine's Day party and the items realted to the festivity. Name a birthday name and students have to point.

Teacher: Point to the cake!

Ask students if they can find shapes within the flashcards.

Teacher: Can you see a triangle?

Studnts: yes, the hat!

Teacher: Can you see a circle?

Studnts: yes, the candy!

Teacher: What shape is present?

Studnts: rectangle!

Hand in a reward. I made a balloon with the reward on it. There are three sizes of printables depending of the size of the balloons that will use. Students will have fun playing with the balloon at home or in class. As you give them the balloon tell him or her how was their performance during the unit.

Teacher: Tomas, here is your balloon. You did a great job completing all the worksheets

Then, there is a set of small cards for printer friendly or just for small groups activities. Easy to print and cut.

I made a pointer using fun foam a Valentine heart that I had glued onto a craft rod. Make one and use yours to use it for students to point out a card as you name them.

Teacher: mailbox!

Games are good for developing collaboration competencies in your students. They will learn to take turns and encourage their partners to succeed in the game.Play the jewel game using heart fun foam pieces. Students will place a fun foam piece as they the object on the small card.

jewel game for Valentine cards printable

You can also make a dice to play game, there are enough cards to make several of them. I used recycled kleneex boxes and glued the cards.

Or make Valentine's Day stick puppets! Use it model langauge for your students.

If you cut the small cards into picture and word you have a matching game.

matching game for Valentine's day kindergarten

Many children are into writing. Have them write the words using the cards as a model.

I added NEW YEAR! Children can make their New Year Hats. Basically, top hats. There are two options, one to just color, add a strip of paper to adjust to hat.

Here is the 2024!