Routine Verbs Flashcards for Kindergarten ESL

This is the first blog post for the Routine Verbs for Kindergarten ESL. The complete resource is available at the TPT store:

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Routine Verbs Flashcards to introduce the simple present. Use the flashcards to motivate speaking and play games in class. Talk about personal hygiene as in brushing their teeth, hair and more to activate oral language.

The flashcards would include: go home, eat breafast (lunch, dinner),take a bath,go to bed(school),do homework,wash hands (face),brush hair (teeth), get dressed, make the bed,pick up toys,sleep.

Introduce the parts of the day (morning, noon,night)using the flashcards. Have students relate what is done during the day and night.

Place the parts of the day flashcards on the board and have your students say what they usually do in the morning, as in my example and put the routine flashcard as in a mind map format. Students can also describe ongoing actions.
Teacher: What is the boy doing?
Students: He is eating breakfast.
Ask personal questions :
Teacher: When do you eat breakfast?
Students: I eat breakfast in the morning.

Continue with the afternoon flashcard. Ask questions.
Teacher: What do eat for lunch every day?
Students answers will vary. 
Ask for every meal: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Students can talk about their routine, model a sentence for them.

Teacher:In the afternoon, I go home.

Then pull up the night flashcard. Graph how many students read a book at night or plays.

Ask students what they like to do at night.

Teacher: Do you like to play with toys at night? What do you like to do?

Place the morning flashcard and several morning routine in an specific order. Then, have the students say if the order is correct and write the number.

Ask questions: What is she doing?

Student: She is brushing her teeth.

Ask more questions with washing, getting dressed.

• Use the Parts of the house flashcards to have the students sort where the routines are taken place.

Place the parts of the house flashcards and have the students sort all the routine verbs flashcards.

• Show your students a flashcard and have the class mime the action for the new expression. Teacher: He washes his hands with soap.

There is a set of several grooming objects flashcards (toothbrush,brush,soap,for the daily routines.

 Show a flashcard and have the identify the routine it is used for.

Teacher: What is this?
Students: a toothbrush (mime brushing their teeth)

Have your students identify grooming items .They can make sentences as your model. Use the flashcards to help.

Teacher: Can you brush your teeth by yourself?
Students: Yes.
Ask questions:
Teacher: What do you need to brush your hair?
Students: I need a brush.

Teacher: You brush your teeth with a toothbrush.

• Use the flashcards to ask ability questions.
  

Teacher: Can you brush your teeth?
Students: Yes!

A video on how to use the Routine Unit Printable Flashcards effectively.

More things are included in this resource, go to the blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-frog-and-routine-verbs-for.html

 

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