Christmas and the Birthday Unit for Kindergarten EFL

 This resource is included in The Birthday Unit for Kindergarten- Holistic English Series #14. LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Birthday-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-14-6655450

Christmas Flashcards using the birthday unit vocabulary for Grammar Practice to reinforce the basic structures.

Have the students name the parts of the body of the cookie. Write them down on the board. Labeling will support comprehension for the students that don’t remember any word. You can also encourage students to touch to different parts of the cookie’s body.

Counting from 1 to 10 is a foundational skill to practice over and over again in different contexts.

Place all the Christmas cookies flashcards on the board. Have the students come and count the cookies on each tray and write the number next to each one.

Play fly swatter! To develop basic numeracy skills helping your students practice the concept of quantity.

You can give the students the set of the Christmas candies flashcards and have them place all the cards in order from 1 to 10. This kind of activity will teach sequential thinking and understanding for later on going to bigger numbers.

Students can also sort the Christmas candies flashcards by colors on the board. This is a fun and engaging activity to categorize words. Prepare and print your set of cards. The sorting area can be the floor or a table, besides the board.

Sort the Christmas gifts, candies, cookies, lollipops Flashcards by shapes. It will help with language development by using the vocabulary related to the basic shapes such as: circle, square, triangle and rectangle.

Student: a circle present!

More sorting but with the emotions: happy, sad and angry! The activity can be done on the board or designate an area for each feeling, such as the happy side of the room, the angry one and a sad place. Students can go to each place and put the corresponding Christmas Emotions flashcards, as they mime each emotion: a happy cookie!!!

Christmas Small Cards.

The small cards version of the flashcards above are great for interactive learning activities.

Here are three games to do in class to promote active participation even with the shy students.

Sorting by emotions on the board.

Have the students do a simple sorting on the board. You can keep the activity up in the classroom for easy reference to help your students express their feelings using the cards.

Create a puzzle by cutting the word from each card.

Great activity for the understanding of numbers in English. Students will match the number word to the quantity represented on each cookie tray. This kind of activity will develop a foundation in numeracy in the new language.

Throw a beanbag.

Display all the cards that you would like to play.  Find a bean bag or a Christmas ornament. I used a felt one that I had. This is a physical activity game with language development involved. Fine and gross motor skills will be put to practice as the students will throw the ornament to the number that you say: Throw the beanbag to number five! Precision would also be needed to apply.

Christmas Worksheets.

You can use the worksheets in a collaborative lesson plan. Students can get into teams and do the worksheets together to encourage communication in the new language.

This is a fun worksheet in which the students will listen the body part that you say and the color to complete it: Color the arms orange! Students can also draw the parts of the body or face that are not there.

These read and color worksheets includes a simple color word for your student to read and understand and then, to color accordingly. This skill is crucial for language development in the future. 

Students can communicate as they work together on the worksheets, as they talk about the quantities on the cookie sheets, the presents on the sleigh or the candies in the jars. They will understand the numerical information on the worksheets to complete each one.

Christmas Games.

Students love games. These will give your students the opportunity to practice speaking and listening as they take turns to say the color of a present and the other student has to place the corresponding word card. You can play this game in which students have to place the colored present on the color word.

Or, cut all the cards and use it as a matching game.

The same game, but with numbers to promote the critical thinking skill in another language. Students will pair the number word to the quantity represented on each card.

There are several Number Matching mats to choose from or do them all.

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Thanksgiving and emotions printable resources.

                  This resource is included in the  Emotions Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #7. It is available at this link:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Emotions-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-7-6080954

Start with the set of flashcards. They provide a context for learning the new vocabulary within the emotions unit, making learning relevant.

There is a set of small cards that doubles for a sorting game. They are great for small groups or for Online Education. Provide the cards as a way to play around this cultural celebration mainly in the USA.

Thanksgiving Emotions Bingo Game to play as a way to introduce students to the cultural aspects of this celebration.

Create a fun bowling game with water bottles filled with shredded paper. A fun and easy game to help the students understand the customs and practices of this specific English-speaking society.

A fun coloring turkey with dotted lines to transform into a mask for role play activities.

Two Thanksgiving Emotions worksheets for kindergaten learners to wrap up the Holiday. Then, make craft stick puppets!

Find kindergarten ESL emotions unit activities and games with flashcards, small cards and cutouts, right here:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/09/emotions-theme-for-kindergarten.html

There is an emotions BUNDLE available here:    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Emotions-Unit-BUNDLE-for-Kindergarten-and-Elementary-EFL-7040440

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Halloween and Emotions for Kindergarten EFL

 LINK to the Emotions or feelings resource for ESL learners:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Emotions-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-7-6080954

This resource is  also sold in a Halloween Kit, here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Kit-for-Kindergarten-English-Language-Learners-10114399

             The Halloween Holiday is included in this resource.

Halloween emotions Flashcards. There is a set of several Halloween characters in happy, sad and angry faces. Use them to decorate and students can easily remember all the new vocabulary. Drill the Halloween emotions as much as you can.

I always include a set of small cards. Play a game by handing in all the small cards and having the students make groups by sorting the cards into characters or emotions. Designate a place for all the happy, sad and angry characters. At your signal students run to place their Halloween card.
Teacher: All the happy Halloween characters cards. Here!!!

A set of Halloween emotions cutouts is included. I would suggest that you make puppets. On idea is that you hand in all the puppets and then start calling them.
Teacher: Where is the happy Vampire? Come here!!

Sorting can be fun. I used 3 Halloween paper plates and added the emotions words on each one. Students can start sorting and saying where each characters belongs: A happy ghost!

I saw another sorting idea on Pinterest and gave it a try, instead of using plastic spoons I had some recycled plastic knives. I glued the cutout on each knife. I placed the devil and the emotion word on each candy holder that I had.

Let’s make patterns strips of paper. It can be all with the same emotions: sad devil, sad Zombie, sad ghost, sad candy corn.
It can be the same character in different emotion: a happy werewolf, a sad werewolf, an angry werewolf.

If you cut each item in two in different positions, you have a big Halloween puzzle for your students.

Halloween Worksheets. Teachers can use the worksheets for speaking. When the worksheets are ready have the students point and name each character.
Students: an angry Zombie! A happy ghost! A sad Mummy!

Playing Halloween Emotions Bingo can be a good way to assess their knowledge on the unit. Print the cards and templates to hand in to each group of five students. Have the students glue their favorite characters onto each square. Start calling Bingo!

Teacher: an angry Frankenstein!

The Bingo template works for sorting.  Students can sort the cards onto the mat into emotions as they say the phrase.
Students: a happy ghost!

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