Link to Garden or Nature Unit resources:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Garden-Resources-for-Preschool-ELL-2793718
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Garden-Resources-for-Preschool-ELL-2793718
“Spring into Language! 5 Garden-Themed ESL Activities for Kindergarten Learners”
Here are the flashcards perfect for teaching garden and nature vocabulary :
Watch the video:
Worksheet 1. For coloring the flashcards I found
leaf fun foam and glued it onto a yogurt bottle cap. I used it to make prints
on the tree.
Dictate the color for each item:
Listening and coloring worksheets. Cut out the cards and make a garden crown.
“What’s in My Garden?” worksheet. Have the
students at each table count all the flowers, leaves, trees and water cans. They
can sort the items by color or by item. I glued an item to little plastic cups.
Worksheet 2. Students color and build a
flower. I glued a bamboo cooking skewer
on the back so it could stand up and tall. I used an empty egg carton to place
the flower. It would be a nice table
decoration.
Worksheet 3. Children color the leaves as in fall or autumn. I
used 5 colors. Then they have to glue all the leaves and count how many colored
leaves are in their trees.
Teacher: What are these ?
Students:
They are leaves.
Teacher:
What color are the leaves ?
Students:
They are green.
Teacher:
How many green leaves are there ?
Students: one, two, three, four, five. Five !
Teacher: five green leaves.
Worksheet 4. Create a number line with the
flowers on the egg carton.
Teacher: Look at flower Number 1. What color is it ?
Students: It´s red.
Teacher: It´s a red flower.
Students: It´s a red flower.
Tree book: use a picture book for every theme you teach. Students
can recognize language patterns in my book.
I included an extra page
for extending the story and creating another class book, as children look
outside, drawing and creating their own tree. Collect all the drawing, bind
them and make a class book.
Tree class decoration: this time I created bigger tree as classroom decoration for
the walls or the door. Students can decorate their own tree and display their
art work.
Tree counting : this game is for giving the English Language
learner the opportunity to use math vocabulary because math reasoning is linked
to language production. The file has different kind of trees, I made mine out
of fun foam and used flower punch out, bottle taps, fun foam pieces and mini
erasers to simulate flowers for the trees.
Lacing: another lacing item made out of fun foam, using the same pattern.
It can help build small motor skills.
Patterns: patterns should be
encourage in the English class. Provide moments to practice them that
will also enhance language. This is from a series book that I was
using. If you want the file, please write to me ( ei98srl@gmail.com)
This is a big tree, small tree pattern.
I made these out of fun
foam.
These are made out of
toilet paper roll and a kitchen paper rolls to make them big and small. I cut a
small slit on the paper roll to insert the tree top.
