St. Patrick’s Day Verbs Activities for Kindergarten ELLs | Flashcards, Games, Worksheets & Craft

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This St. Patrick’s Day verbs resource uses fun leprechaun actions to introduce classroom routine verbs in a meaningful and engaging way. Through visuals, movement, and simple activities, young learners connect language with daily classroom experiences while enjoying a festive theme.

These flashcards make it easy for teachers to model language, practice TPR activities, build simple sentences, and create interactive games that strengthen vocabulary retention in a meaningful way.

Flashcard Sorting Activity – Morning, Afternoon, Night

Place the St. Patrick’s Day verb flashcards on the board and introduce the time cards morning, afternoon, and night(available in the complete resource). Invite students to help sort the flashcards with you. Hold up one verb card and ask: “When do we sleep?” Encourage students to answer together: “Night!” Then place the card under the correct time heading while modeling the sentence: “The leprechaun sleeps at night.”

Show & Act (TPR warm-up). The teacher will show one flashcard and say the verb: “Jump!” Students repeat and act. The variations can be whisper voice, loud voice,boys / girls, fast / slow. Total Physical Response builds comprehension before production.

Flashcard Corners (movement station game). Place several flashcards around the room. Say a verb: sleep! Students move to correct corner and act. Works beautifully for high-energy groups.

Yes or No game. Show a flashcard. Say correct OR incorrect verb. Students will put their thumbs up/down.

Teacher: Paint! Students with their thumbs up. Excellent listening discrimination activity.

Their small size of the cards makes them ideal for literacy centers, partner work, and interactive speaking practice.

Pick & Act (mini TPR). Place small cards face down on the table. Each student picks one and then says or repeats verb and acts.

Memory Game. Print 2 sets of small cards. Place them face down. Students flip and match identical verbs.

Find your twin. Cut the small cards in two. Give each student a cut card. Students walk and find the same verb. When they meet → act together the verb.  Excellent movement + peer interaction.

The worksheets in this resource help reinforce verb vocabulary through structured, independent practice.

Read, trace, match. Look at the leprechaun pictures around the page. Read the verbs in the middle. Draw a line to match each verb with the correct picture. Then, trace the verbs and color the leprechauns.  Say each verb aloud as you work!

Color by Number. Color the leprechaun using the color key to choose the correct colors.

Write the Verbs. Look at each picture. Trace and write the correct verb on the line. Say each verb aloud as you write. When you finish, color the leprechauns.

Leprechaun Mask Worksheet Craft & Act. Students color the leprechaun as the teacher says. Then, carefully cut out the leprechaun face. Glue or tape a craft stick to the bottom. Have the students hold the leprechaun mask in front of the face. Start the Now listen and act! When the teacher says a verb (jump, sing, read, dance, sleep, wave, paint, play…), perform the action using your leprechaun mask.

Choose a boy or girl leprechaun and have fun acting like a little leprechaun!

These games turn learning into meaningful practice that keeps young ELLs motivated and involved.

Spin & Do. Print the Spinner with verbs. Students will spin and act the verb.

Feed me box. Play Say & Feed. Students pick a small verb card. They must: Say the verb, Act it, Feed the leprechaun.

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St. Patrick’s Day and Colors — A Fun Way to Review Vocabulary with Young ELLs

 St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite Holidays because it combines bright visuals, playful characters, and strong cultural elements that naturally motivate young learners. LINK to the resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Colors-for-Kindergarten-ESL-15642026

Review color vocabulary while introducing holiday words in context.

🍀 Why combine colors and St. Patrick’s Day?

Color vocabulary is one of the first language sets young learners acquire. However, students need many opportunities to revisit and recycle these words in order to retain them.

By embedding colors into a St. Patrick’s Day theme, students were able to: connect familiar language with new holiday vocabulary.The shamrocks, rainbows, coins, and festive images created an immediate sense of excitement in the classroom.

🍀 Introducing vocabulary with flashcards

I started the lesson using St. Patrick’s Day color flashcards. Students quickly identified the colors while also noticing the holiday symbols.

We practiced through: choral repetition, pointing games, “What color is it?” questions

🍀 Hands-on practice with matching activities

Next, students used mats and cards to match color words with shamrock pictures. This activity encouraged reading readiness while keeping the task visual and concrete.

I love this type of activity because it supports: emergent reading, fine motor development, cooperative learning, independent practice

Students were very focused and proud when they completed their matches.

🍀 Learning through games

Games are always the highlight of any lesson. During this unit, students played:

Bingo using colored shamrocks

Memory with calling cards printed twice

Domino matching shamrock colors

These activities provided repetition without boredom and created many opportunities for spontaneous language use.

🍀 Color words cutouts

Students match the color word cutouts to the corresponding cards by reading the word and placing it over the correct picture. This hands-on activity supports word recognition, reading readiness, and vocabulary reinforcement in an engaging and meaningful way. 

The words cutouts are available at the Colors Unit resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Colors-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-2-5956256

🍀 Independent work with worksheets

To consolidate learning, students completed coloring worksheets where they followed color words to color each shamrock correctly.

This stage allowed me to observe:comprehension of color vocabulary, listening accuracy, pencil control, task independence.

It also gave students a product they were happy to take home.

This St. Patrick’s Day and Colors lesson reminded me how powerful theme-based recycling can be. When familiar language appears in a new context, students feel successful while still learning something new.

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Numbers & Colors 1–10 Activities, Games, Worksheets for ESL Kindergarten

 This cross-curricular resource (math + language) is an extension to the complete Numbers Unit, here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Numbers-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-4-6008555

This Numbers & Colors resource offers a playful and engaging way for young English language learners to explore numbers 1–10 through counting, colors, tracing, matching, puzzles, and hands-on activities. It can be used as a complete mini unit, a review of number concepts, a center rotation set, or as supplemental practice to support any numbers curriculum, providing multiple opportunities for meaningful and interactive learning.

These flashcards introduce numbers 1–10 in a visually meaningful way, as each number features colorful splotches that match its quantity.

Count & Say

Teaching numbers and colors together allows students to connect language with meaning.  The teacher will Show one flashcard and ask: What Number is this?
Students: four!

 The Students count the color splotches together and say:four!
Teacher: What color are the splotches?
Students:yellow, green, orange, red!
Variation: Whisper, loud voice, robot voice

 Jump & Kinesthetic counting

Put all the flashcards on the floor in a path. Have the students jumps on a card, says number and the colors on that number.

Teacher Says (Numbers & Colors Version)

 Listening activity. Works like Simon Says: “Teacher says touch four.”
           “Teacher says touch pink.”

Students respond only when “Teacher says.”

Line Up Game. 

Number order. Give each student a flashcard. Students line up from 1–10. Great for social and collaborative skills.

The small cards are compact versions of the flashcards, perfect for individual and small-group activities.

Find Your Partner. The Focus is number recognition + color vocabulary. Cut the cards in half beforehand. Give each student one part of the small card. Students walk around saying:“I have four.” They find another student with the other part of the number and stand together.

Order the number cards. Focus: Sequencing numbers. Give each group of students the small cards to order them. Great for oral language + problem solving.

  Color Detective. Focus: color recognition + speaking.

Teacher: What colors can you see on number six?

Student: yellow, blue, red, green, orange, purple.

Mini Memory Game. Focus: memory + number words. Print the cards TWICE. Place them face down. Students turn two. If same number → keep and say number.

The worksheets support independent and guided learning.

Students practice color recognition as they carefully color the splotches.

Students match numbers to their corresponding number words by drawing lines between them. There is also a number writing practice.

Students engage in hands-on practice as they trace number words, cut out number cards, and glue them into the correct spaces.

Students trace number words and color each number to reinforce recognition and spelling.

Students work with a partner to assemble number puzzles by matching each number with its corresponding word. This is a cooperative learning activity in a fun hands-on way.

This blog post includes crafts, awards, and holiday-based activities, helping students review numbers in a fun, engaging, and memorable way. Here: https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/09/numbers-theme-for-kindergarten-holistic_12.html

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Leaves & Colors Garden Unit for Kindergarten ESL

 This Leaves and Colors Garden Unit helps students move from learning vocabulary to using language in complete sentences. When combined with the rest of the Garden Unit, it becomes part of a complete ESL teaching system.🔗 Get the full Garden Unit here:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Garden-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-17-6914668

This Leaves and Colors Garden Unit is a hands-on, low-prep resource designed for kindergarten and early elementary English language learners. It is part of the complete Garden Unit. Students practice leaf vocabulary, colors, and simple sentence structures through engaging activities that build confidence in speaking, reading, and fine motor skills.

The clear leaf images on the flashcards help students quickly understand new vocabulary without relying on translation, which is essential for kindergarten and ELL learners.Young learners understand language better when it is connected, as colors with leaves.

Show & Say with the flashcards

Hold up a flashcard. Students repeat:
“It’s a red leaf.”

Leaf flashcards Color Hunt

Place flashcards around the classroom. Call out a color:
 “Find green!” Students walk, point, or touch the correct leaf.

Sort the leaves flashcards by Color

 Give students several leaf flashcards. They sort them into color groups on the board. 

Listen & Point to the boy or girl 

Teacher says: “Point to girl with the red leaf.”

Students point. Give more instructions

Yes / No Game

 Hold up a card and say:
 “Is this leaf brown?”

Students answer: Yes! (with their thumbs up)

Leaf Train with small cards 

Students line up in front of the class holding small cards as you call the small cards with leaves out. Teacher calls a color: “Purple leaf!” Those students move to the front of the line. Fun transition activity!

Model & Copy

 Teacher models: “I have a big green leaf.” Student holds up a card and repeats. Builds confidence with sentence frames.

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✔️ Perfect for centers
✔️ Easy differentiation
✔️ Supports speaking + listening
✔️ Low-prep for teachers
✔️ High engagement for kinders

Teachers should use these worksheets because they give young learners hands-on practice with leaf vocabulary, colors, and simple sentences.

Reinforcement Through Worksheets

This color and trace worksheet helps kindergarten English language learners practice colors and nature vocabulary. Students color the leaves and trace the color words. This activity works well for independent work.

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This worksheet helps learners practice reading simple sentences and identifying colors using a garden theme. It’s ideal for centers.

In this worksheet, students trace the color names, color each leaf. This activity works well for centers, small groups, or independent practice and connects easily to a simple craft extension.

Pocket charts help students learn by making language visual, interactive, and hands-on. Learners can move words and pictures to build phrases and sentences, which supports vocabulary development.

Pocket Chart – Making Phrases

Students use the pocket chart to match leaf pictures with color phrases (a red leaf, a green leaf, etc.). This activity helps learners build color vocabulary, practice article + adjective + noun structures.

Pocket Chart – Making Sentences

In this pocket chart activity, students combine sentence starters (He has / She has) with leaf cards to create complete sentences.

Leaves Board Game – Color & Sentence Practice

This fun board game helps kindergarten students practice leaf colors and simple sentences in a playful way. Students roll the die, move their folded leaf markers along the path, and say the color they land on (e.g., “a red leaf” or “He has a green leaf”). The game builds vocabulary and oral language.

Valentine's Day is included in this complete Garden Unit Resource, go to the blog post:https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2024/01/valentines-day-and-garden-unit-for.html

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