Farm Unit Goats

 This resource is part of the farm Unit. You can check it out here and leave a review: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Farm-Animals-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-25-7973567

Goats, are familiar and interesting to young learners. This resource incorporates visuals, to support language comprehension through physical interaction.

Flashcards offer a clear, simple image of a goat in 11 different colors, giving visual support to young learners. Using flashcards can encourage students to speak in English by describing the farm animal: It’s a yellow goat. Use the puzzle piece to mark the color and then noun order.

Fold any of the farm flashcard. Add the binder clip to make it stand and open the door of the farm and play peek-a-boo. Place any goat behind the door and have the students peek and guess which goat is there: I can see a white goat!

Mix up the farm goat flashcards with other farm animal cards that are included in the farm unit resource. Here are the links to the blog posts:

https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2024/07/farm-unit-cows.html

https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2023/09/farm-unit-chicken-for-ell.html

The small cards allow for movement-based activities, like this puzzle that you can create by cutting the cards vertically in 2 or3 pieces. This kind of activities promotes engagement and helps with memory retention.

Use the goat worksheets to practice early reading and writing skills. Tracing the sentences helps young ELLs develop their letter recognition and writing abilities.

Use the play Bingo worksheet for an easy game. Students will color the goats in any of 11 colors participating in the cards. Use them to call out the goats. When a student crosses out all the goats wins.

Pocket charts provide a flexible, hands-on way to display the written cards. Students will physically move pieces (pictures of the goats or words) into place to match picture to phrases or sentences.

Use the same cards from above and plan a pattern activity. It will allow students to repeatedly hear and use color names ("purple goat, pink goat, brown goat, white goat"), reinforcing language acquisition in a fun and interactive way.

Puzzles help students develop problem-solving skills by figuring out how the color and goat pieces fit together.

The goats finger puppets provide a way to incorporate several speaking activities to reinforce vocabulary.

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