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 Shapes for Kindergarten EFL

 This resource is part of Shapes Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #5. It is available here:     https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shapes-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-5-6027401

Right after Halloween we start planning Thanksgiving for our students.Here are several resources.

Grab the set of Thanksgiving Shapes flashcards. They are great for Vocabulary building, to introduce or reinforce the new Holiday words but within the shapes. It is a perfect visual aid to help your students associate the shape to the Holiday word.

Teacher: What shape is this?

Students: a triangle! 

Teacher: What is this?

Students: a pumpkin! 

Teacher: It's a triangle pumpkin.

If your group is small and you just need smaller cards for online teaching, here is the set. Sometimes bringing in smaller cards motivates your EFL learners to continue learning.

A little practice using the Thanksgiving worksheets for a thematic integration if you are teaching shapes during the Holiday season.It will match your current content making language learning more contextually relevant. You can do a listen and color as my example and then have the students match the turkeys to the basic shapes. 

Get ready to play Bingo! You know the drill, the students get to create thier own Bingo Board by cutting and gluing the items they want on their template. Enjoy the game!

Use the cards for sorting the Thanksgiving shapes. This is another way to have the students actively participate.

And a Thanksgiving puzzle to wrap it up. Students will be focused on matching by items or by shapes.

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Shapes Unit new worksheets for Kindergarten ESOL

 Adding two new sets of Shapes Unit worksheets to use with your students. Find the complete set of worksheets at this blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/09/shapes-theme-for-kindergarten-holistic_16.html

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Print the set of shapes worksheets for esl. There are two dice, the one with the shapes and the other one with the colors. Print the new worksheet or any other from the worksheet section in the resource.

 The fun part is that students will throw both dice and color any of the shapes in that color. For example: triangle and green came out. Students will any triangle in green.

And have the students keep playing.

This is other set of basic shapes worksheets for cutting and making a mobile. 

Students can use the dice above and start coloring with finger paints the shapes.

There are shapes words to be cut and glued besides doing the tracing.

There are lines for the students to cut each shape.

Use the shapes to create a mobile!!

Hope you can have fun with your students creating the mobiles. I would love to see your work!

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Zoo Animals Unit and Shapes for Kindergarten English Language Learners

  This complete Zoo Animals Unit includes printable flashcards, worksheets, games, sorting activities, books, crafts, and speaking tasks designed especially for preschool and kindergarten English language learners. Click on the Link to the complete preschool materials for language teachers:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-26-8078353

Teach basic shapes in a fun and meaningful way with these Zoo Animal Shapes Activities for preschool and kindergarten English language learners. Young ESL and EFL students practice vocabulary, shape recognition, classification, speaking skills, and listening comprehension through interactive games, sorting activities, flashcards, worksheets, and hands-on learning.

These printable zoo animal shape activities are perfect for circle time, math centers, literacy stations, small groups, and vocabulary review lessons for preschool and kindergarten English learners.

Zoo Animal Shapes Flashcards for Vocabulary Practice

Zoo Animals in different shapes Flashcards to be used  for having the brain recall all the the zoo animals and the shapes.

• Review the two-dimensional shapes using the zoo animals Flashcards that come in four basic shapes: rectangle, circle, triangle and square. Students should be able to identify the shapes.

Use the board to sort all the flashcards by shapes. Divide the board into the 4 basic shapes. Students wil come up and place the zoo animal where it belongs: It's a circle zebra!

Zoo Animal Shape Sorting Worksheets

Shapes are everywhere in real life, let your students recognize the shapes with the zoo animals by paying attention to the details. 

Use the worksheet set for the students as a visual to sort the zoo animals by shapes. This activity will lead to clear understanding of the basic shapes.

The video to working with the worksheets.

Zoo Animal File Folder Shape Game

Students can take the file folder game home to reinforce the shapes with their parents. This game aims to have the students classify the zoo animals by their shape. 

I printed and glues the 4 templates onto a big colored paper cardboard and you are ready for this problem solving activity.

Take a look:

Another way to do this is to make a shape board for sorting. I wrapped a piece of a box and divided it into 4 spaces. I also, had these animal paper that I cut into the shape for the sorting. The idea is to enhance vocabulary learning in the new language.

Putting the sorting mat together video:

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