Counting leaves for Kindergarten ELL

 This Counting Leaves activity adds an extra layer of learning to your Garden Unit by combining math and language in a meaningful way. When combined with the rest of the unit, it becomes part of a complete ESL teaching system.🔗 Get the full Garden Unit here:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Garden-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-17-6914668

This Counting Leaves activity is part of a complete Garden Unit for Kindergarten English Language Learners, designed to help students combine vocabulary learning with early math skills.  In this extension, students practice numbers 1 to 10 while reinforcing garden vocabulary such as tree and leaves.

Matching Numbers to Trees with the Flashcards

Activities like counting leaves help students practice one-to-one correspondence. Print these simple trees flashcards for reviewing the numbers 1 to 10 using vibrant visuals to represent them. 

Use them for interactive games such as matching the trees to the numbers.

There is a set of small cards that are easy to carry around and used for versatile teaching to adapt to your students’ proficiency levels. Here is an example of matching the trees to the numbers.

Feed Me” Box Game

Create a feed me box by cutting and gluing the tree image onto a box.

Students: Number four!

Listen and Color Activity

This is a listen and color Nature worksheet set. It will address listening comprehension as you dictate the color of each number. It is an enjoyable vocabulary acquisition action along fine motos skills development.

Cut and Match Activities

Students will cut the numbers and the words to match to the trees.

Another way is to cut all the cards and play a 3-card matching game.

Spinner Activity

There is a flower spinner with the numbers. Just cut the flower spinner, add a butterfly clip and a clip. Students will spin the clip and then find and match the number to the tree on the worksheet.

Read and Color Worksheet

And finally, a read and color the leaves on the tree worksheet.

Craft Activity

Students can cut the tree and glue onto a cardboard tube as a craft.

The garden Worksheets also give teachers an easy way to assess student learning, go to the blog post:    https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2021/06/garden-unit-worksheets-for-kindergarten.html 

Whether you’re introducing garden vocabulary, practicing prepositions, counting flowers, or reading simple sentences, this unit has you covered. Here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Garden-Unit-BUNDLE-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-ESL-6969853

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