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:
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.
Halloween Families
I found three sets of Halloween Families: Vampire, Ghost and Frankenstein. I know how hard it is to find resources related to the unit that we are doing and the Holiday, such as Family unit and Halloween. That’s why I created this teaching material , all in this resource .
This resource
is also sold in a Halloween Kit, here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Kit-for-Kindergarten-English-Language-Learners-10114399
Halloween Families Flashcards to sort on the board. Then, ask questions.
Teacher: How many people are there in the Vampire family?
Students: one, two, three, four. FOUR!!
Teacher: Who are they?
Students: Mother! Father! Brother! Sister!
Make the pointers craft stick puppets to point out each Halloween Family member. Use the templates.
Teacher: Point to Father Frankenstein!
Place the flashcards into a clear plastic sheet. Use a dry erase marker to circle or draw the parts of the face as you name them.
Teacher: Circle Mother’s eyes!
Check the video:
There is a Hello hand in the Family Unit resource that can be used to say Hello and Goodbye to each Family Member.
Teacher: Hello, Father Frankenstein!
There is a set of Halloween families small flashcards for small group instruction or online teaching. Use the cards for sorting the people into families. Have the students name all the people in each family group: This is father Frankenstein!
Use the cards for calling the people in the BINGO game. Print the 12 Bingo cards and the family members that are all mixed up for fun.
Halloween Families Cutouts. Play fly swatter!
Teacher: Mother Frankenstein!
Use the cutouts for sorting Halloween Families on a pocket chart. You can sort by family members or by Halloween characters.
I taped the cutouts onto straws. I also made a small theater. The cutouts for the theater are added to the resource. I grabbed a box and cut a frame of 10 centimeters, I used rice paper to wrap it. I glued the cutouts onto the theater. Have your students put up a Halloween play.
A Halloween Family puzzle to wrap up the Holiday.
As a craft or a classroom decoration to review the vocabulary. Point to family member and ask questions.
Or , finally, use the small cards and create a Frankenstein family tree, a Vampire one or even a Ghost Family tree!
Here is a video.
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.
