Friday, June 6, 2025

The Frog and the Routine Verbs for Kindergarten ESL

 This resource is available at the TPT store:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Routine-Verbs-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-24-7755611



By learning the verbs connected to these actions, students acquire language that is immediately relevant to their own lives. Using frogs in routine actions gives a fun, visual, and playful twist to learning

The flashcards encourage students to build simple sentences such as “The frog is playing the piano”.


Have the students act it out like the frog! Show the flashcards to reinforce the meaning without translating.

Teacher: The frog is reading.


Place the frog flashcards in different routines on the board.  Place a paper on each card with a number. Students call out a number and then describe it in order to win the card: “The frog is eating ice cream!”


Use a spinner with pictures of the frogs in action.  Students spin and then do the action or say the sentence using the flashcard. Assemble by using a butterfly pin and a clip.


These cards are perfect for playing the Fly Swatter Game — a high-energy vocabulary review activity.  Display several frog routine cards on the board or table.  Call out a routine verb (e.g., The frog is playing basketball).  Two students race to swat the correct card with a fly swatter. The first to swat the right frog wins the round!


Pocket charts cards. Give half the class a picture card and the other half a word card.  Students walk around the room and find their match.  Once matched, they come to the pocket chart and place their pair together.


Game boards!  Players roll a die and move their token forward.  They land on a frog doing a routine action. They must say the verb or sentence: The frog is eating!

  If they say it correctly, they stay—if not, go back one space or try again.


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