Garden Unit Games and more for Kindergarten English Language Acquisition

These Garden Games transform your lessons into interactive and engaging learning experiences. When combined with flashcards, small cards, cutouts, and worksheets, they become part of a complete ESL teaching system.🔗 Get the full Garden Unit here:

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These Garden Unit Games are part of a complete Garden or Nature Unit for Kindergarten English Language Learners, designed to help students use vocabulary through interaction, play, and communication.  This is the stage where students move from practicing words to actually using them in meaningful ways.

As children play all these games they will use the garden language as they improve their speaking and listening skills. Games are not just for fun—they are one of the most effective ways for young learners to practice language.

For the kinesthetic learner there are hands-on-elements such as cards, game board and many more.

Domino Game (Communication + Matching)

The Garden Unit Domino is a great game to practice sorting, matching and communication. Students can describe each tile that they position on the game.

Pocket Charts

Use these to engage students in developing literacy skills.

Puzzle to develop Concentration

Puzzles help with physical skills as they hold the pieces to match the word to the picture.

Game boards give students engaging practice of the just learned vocabulary. Students can name the word of the picture they landed on, or say a sentence or a phrase.

File Folder Game

 I glued the templates onto a file folder. I glued the label words onto clear plastic cups. Students procede to match.

A video on how to the game as a speaking activity.

Leaves Colors Interactive File Folder Game

Another fun file folder game with a worksheet—just a little twist! Students first color the leaf worksheet, then cut out the leaf cards and use them to complete the interactive file folder game. The teacher can easily create the game by gluing the tree template onto a manila file folder.

As students match each colored leaf to the correct outline on the tree, they practice color vocabulary by saying the complete phrase aloud, such as "a red leaf," "a blue leaf," or "a green leaf." This simple hands-on activity provides meaningful repetition while helping children review colors, build vocabulary, and strengthen speaking skills.

This easy-to-prepare file folder game is perfect for literacy centers, small-group instruction, early finishers, or independent practice, making color review engaging and interactive for young English learners.

Take a look on how to make it a speaking and a listening activity.

Half card game

 By playing this matching game students will improve their concentration as they they work on the Garden Unit vocabulary. Print the templates and cut them in half and start matching, either on a desk, on a file folder or standing up looking up for a partner that has the other half.

Number Matching Game

 These kind of games help learning to count in English at the same time as EFL students can identify the numbers and recognize quantities.

Another Game with Numbers. Students have to match each number with thesmall cutouts and say what they did.

Students: one! One apple. One apple on the tree.

Bingo! 

Give each students the template. Place all the calling cards at the board. Explain that these are the colors playing, that the trees can only be colored, brown and yellow, brown and red, brown and green or brown and orange. Place all the calling cards in a bag and start calling!

Emotions mat

 Review the emotions using these mats. Students just draw the mouth that describes the emotion. I placed mine into a clear plastic sheet and used a whiteboard marker to be erased easily.

 Garden Unit printable book to make emphasis in the left to right reading progression in English. 

 There is a colored printable booklet and another one to color. Each student can have their own booklet to take home to read with the parents. The focus is on the vocabulary and grammar structures that are most common for English Language Learners.To make reading fun I added printable glasses.

 Garden Unit printable reward

These Garden Unit Flower Rewards are a wonderful way to recognize positive behavior, participation, and achievement throughout your ESL lessons. Students love receiving a colorful flower that reminds them of everything they accomplished during the unit.

The flowers are quick to prepare and can be customized to fit any classroom reward system.

At the end of the Garden Unit, present each flower personally to your students while explaining why they earned it. Giving specific praise makes the reward much more meaningful and encourages children to continue making positive choices.

For example, you might say:

"Emma, you participated in every speaking activity this week. I'm proud of how much English you used. Here is your Garden Flower Reward!"

Holidays: Mother's Day Gift Tags.

This Mother’s Day gift tag craft is an activity that connects the Garden Unit theme with a real-life celebration. By coloring flowers on the gift tags, students practice garden-related vocabulary (like flower, stem, leaf, and color names) in a hands-on and engaging way.

This craft is a wonderful addition to any gift. 

Christmas Literacy Activities

All the students love color by number. Here are six different Christmas trees worksheets to hand in randomly to your students.

After all the worksheets are finished,students can cut the Christmas trees. I glued a craft stick behind each one and made a Christmas Tree park.

Discover More Christmas Literacy Resources!

Looking for more festive ways to build reading and language skills? Explore my collection of printable Christmas literacy activities for ELL, engaging Christmas literacy worksheets, and hands-on ideas for your December literacy center Kindergarten lessons. You'll find fun, low-prep resources that help young learners practice vocabulary, reading, writing, and speaking while celebrating the holiday season.

LINK: https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2021/05/pets-unit-crafts-and-rewards-for.html

These small cards are not just a review tool.They help students prepare for games and speaking activities, go to the blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2021/06/garden-unit-small-cards-for.html

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Toys Theme Awards and Holidays for Kindergarten ESL

  This complete Toys Unit for kindergarten English language learners includes printable flashcards, worksheets, games, cutouts, speaking activities, vocabulary practice, literacy tasks, crafts, and hands-on ESL resources designed especially for preschool and kindergarten students. LINK to the resource:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toys-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-9-6169520 

Practice toys vocabulary through reading, speaking, and hands-on learning with these Toys Theme Books and Crafts for preschool and kindergarten English language learners. The activities include printable books, coloring tasks, toys crafts, speaking prompts, and interactive projects that help young ESL and EFL students develop vocabulary recognition, sentence building, reading comprehension, and fine motor skills.

These printable toys literacy and craft activities are perfect for literacy centers, read-aloud lessons, speaking practice, dramatic play, vocabulary review, and hands-on learning for preschool and kindergarten English learners.

Toys Unit Printable Book

 Students color the toys as indicated on each page. They also trace the phrases. Cut each page. I grabbed several lunch paper bags and glued them together. I added a ribbon to each page. Place each page inside each paper bag.

   This is how I assembled it.

Read-Aloud and Speaking Activities with the Toys Book, Take a look!

Toys Craft Activity for Vocabulary Practice

 Students will express themselves by taking part in a fun craft activity. Have your students make the masks and say who they are: I am a teddy bear! I am a robot!

Toy Unit AWARD for your students

 Print the reward tags, cut them out, punch a hole at the top, and add a piece of yarn or string. These simple reward tags are a fun way to celebrate students' progress as they learn and practice toy vocabulary.

 Teachers can place the tag around the student's neck as a wearable reward or attach it to a real toy that the student has brought to class. 

Take a look!

The cardigan for teaching the toys unit

 I made mine out of fun foam. Cut a small slit in the middle of each toy and pass it through the button. Wear it for your online lesson or in class. 

HOLIDAYS: 

 Mother's Day Bookmarks with a teddy bear.

Valentine's Day.

The Valentine's Day Flashcards can be used to review the colors. Ask questions:
Teacher: What color is the heart?
Students: yellow!
Also review the parts of the face.
Teacher: Show me the teddy bear’s eyes!

Valentine’s Day Printable Book

 Easy and fun for reading practice. Students can color the color word and the heart , include the teddy bear paws. As for the face dictate how to color the facial features as a review.
Teacher: The teddy bear’s eyes are blue!  

Take a look!

What about small cards to play games related to this book? Well, just have the students match the color word hearts to each teddy bear's heart.

Valentine’s Day Worksheets to review the parts of the face using the robots pictures.

Have the students listen and color the parts of the face.
Teacher: Color the robot’s eyes green!

HOLIDAYS: Christmas characters activities

Several Flashcards to introduce the Christmas vocabulary to the students.

 cutouts to make a Diorama Toy Shop or a poster

Have the students identify all the vocabulary items and have them color all the pictures. The sled is empty for the students to fill it up with toys either drawing them or cut and paste pictures.
 Students can glue all the items where they want and then do a show and tell.
Students: This is the toy shop. This is the Christmas tree.
Or,
Say a word and have the students point to it.
Teacher: Show me the snowman!

Take a look on putting up the Christmas Toy Shop!!!

Explore more Toys Theme activities for kindergarten ESL students including worksheets, games, and printable books from the complete toys series, go to the blog post:    https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/10/toys-theme-for-kindergarten-holistic.html

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Family Theme Props,Awards and Holidays for Kindergarten EF

             Get the complete Family Unit for Kindergarten ELLs with flashcards, worksheets, games, crafts, printable books, and ready-to-use activities to make your lessons easy and engaging!LINK to the family unit resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-8-6126315

                                       

These family crafts, rewards, props, and holiday activities for Kindergarten ESL are designed to keep students engaged while reinforcing the vocabulary. 

Props for the family unit

 I created props for all family members. Make as many as you want or have the students color them. You can assign each student a prop. Then place a skewer behind each one.

Teacher: Look! A tie! Who am I?

Students: Dad!

Students should be able to use the key structure: This is Dad.

Or students can show their prop and the class will guess which family member the prop belongs to.

You can also bring in real objects.

 

A video on how I made the props and how to use them:

Robot family Mini lesson

You might want to add a mini lesson using this Robot Family. Introducing a robot family can create a narrative that students can relate to, making the learning experience more enjoyable and memorable.

You might have already gone through the toys unit, so Robot is a familiar word.

First, go over the Robot Family Flashcards. The key structure for this unit is: Who's this?

Students: Mommy!

There is a set of the small cards to adjust to your student's needs. A simple activity is to match the small card to the big flashcard.

Take a look on how to use it as a speaking activity.

Today, I found an easy idea on how to make a bean bag. Well, grab a sock from your kids, fill it up with beans and close it with a twist.

Play throw the bean bag to a family member. Name the person in random order: grandma!

Worksheets are a great teaching tool to have when you need them.These fun family members in a car!

Simply have fun with a Robot Family game board. Another idea that I saw today was to tape the game marker to a Lego block.

Family Unit AWARD

 Print the ribbons and after each student can name all the family members  place the ribbon on his/her shirt using a pin taped behind each image. You can also send the ribbon virtually.

The cardigan for the family unit

 Print the faces onto cardboard or paper like mine. I glued mine onto fun foam. Cut a small slit in the middle of each face and pass it through the button. Wear it for your online lesson or in class.

         

Father's Day

Here is an easy craft included in the resource. I created a hanger as a decoration for Dad, but I am sure that you will come up with more ideas on how to use the sports balls. Use the balls to introduce new vocabulary.

And What about making a trophy and a card for Father's Day?

Students color and cut the template and glue onto a toilet paper roll, the same with the card. It will make a nice decoration for Father's Day.

An easy craft for Mother's Day! 

Print the Happy Mother's Day template. Give one to each student to color. You can dictate the color of each letter if you working on the Alphabet.Cut a strip of a toilet paper roll for each bracelet. Students paste the template and they can decorate the bracelet with beads, glitter and more. If you do this activity, I would love to see how they turned out.

Another craft! Your students can make this easy flag to use as a decoration for the flowers.

An easy paper plate craft that serves as a decoration for Mother's Day. 

- Gather a big paper plates, the ones that are used for cake decoration and a doily for cake. Glue them together. Print the templates provided, there is a boy and a girl.

Students color the templates, cut and glue onto the cake doily. Add any other embellisments that you have. I used small flowers. Send home with a note to the moms to use a plate stand to place the decoration.

Valentine's Day with a pocket chart activity.

It can be done at any time of the year. Oh, the babies are included.

Thanksgiving Turkey Family 

 I found these fun Turkey family clipart to create a set of flashcards and small cards to review the family members vocabulary.

Then you can also make puppets with the family members. I glued them onto recycled CDs to make them easy to handle. There is a b/w version and a colored one.

A set of Thanksgiving Worksheets than can be turned into a book. Have your students color each family members in a group of five, so each student colors just one. They have to glue the phrase and create a turkey family book to take home.

Christmas Character family activities

For Christmas and the Family Unit I have a book ready to print. More less the same as the other printable books in this resource but with the Christmas clothes.

More things are included in this resource, go to the blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2024/09/gingerbread-family-for-kindergarten-esl.html 

This resource is part of the BUNDLE for teaching Kindergarten English language Learners:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-English-Language-Teaching-Units-BUNDLE-7390586

Are you teaching older students? Check this other resource for the family unit: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-for-Elementary-ELL-Starter-1804475