Insects small cards for teaching Kindergarten ESL

 The link to the complete Insects resource is here to cover the core vocabulary of this thematic unit:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Insects-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-18-6984205

Laminate the downloadable small cards and have them organized in a ziplock bag. Use the cards to build language between your students with fun activities.

Insects activity Roll the dice.  Place 12 small cards on the table. Add a masking tape with a number on each one. Hand in the dice to the students. They have to roll the dice and identify the insect on each card. There is a blank card which could be the roll again turn. If the student says it correctly, he/she can take the card, if not, they leave on the table. The winner is the one with most cards.

Teacher: What's number 6?
Students: It's a butterfly!

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       Make a big game board using any set of small cards, it can be done on the floor or on a table by laying the cards in any kind of pattern that you want. I made an example using the numbers cards. The makers can be anything, I used mini erasers. Students take turns rolling the dice and naming the card they land on.Ask:

Teacher: What number is this bee?

Student: Number one!

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Insects activity Grab your insect game.  Place the small cards on a table with a fun foam insect or toy insect.  Each student can get the insect if they can name what’s on the card. Here is my example. Students had to say the phrase: a yellow butterfly.

Teacher: Is it a blue butterfly?
Student: No, it isn't. 

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Play the classic fly swatter but place the small cards on a clothesline.

Teacher: What color is the ant?

Student: It's a black ant. My ant is black.

Take a look on how to use the small cards as a listening activity.

Next blog post is the use of the cutouts for the insects unit and check out the last blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2021/06/insects-unit-flashcards-for.html

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