ESL Community Helpers letter arts and crafts, puzzles and wheel

Link to the complete resource: 
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Just reminding you to check part 1, 2 and 3. LINKS:

https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2020/05/community-helper-unit-for-preschool-esl_30.html

Letter arts and crafts. I have a collection of letter arts. I did another set with new clip art. You can make the letters and use them to review the vocab or have the students make their own letters.

Here’s a video on how to get the most out of the letters.Several examples:

 

                

PUZZLES.

Puzzle game. Give each student a community helper. Have them color the picture and then cut in the middle along the line.

Puzzle 1. Students pile all the pieces and as a group put all the community helpers together. VIDEO:

Puzzle 2. Students pile all the pieces and grab two random pieces and stand in line in the classroom. At your signal, students walk around looking to complete a puzzle.

Puzzle 3. (Distance learning) Students pile all the pieces and alone or with family members at home put all the community helpers together. VIDEO:

VOCABULARY WHEEL. The wheel is always fun for the students. I could use for reviewing the vocabulary instead of using the flashcards. The wheel comes in black and white for the students to color or you can make the wheel for reviewing purpose.

Just an idea on how to use it.

Cutout fun as students label.

The cutouts always help for demonstrating in -on -under.

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Farm Theme Ideas for Preschool ELL

1. Fun Foam Animals: I made these cute fun foam animals. Here´s the link to the templates:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49542683/farm-templates.

They are for making patterns, graph, singing songs and so much more.

2. Farm animal Wheel: I got the template from the book Jellybeans 2 

 made it out of fun foam so children can use it on their own, guessing the animals. You can also give students commands for showing different animals.
Make your own using paper plates, 1 paper brad, farm animal clip art pictures.

3. Hen Colors: I got these cute hens from the magazine” Maestra Jardinera” (Argentina), I glued each on a craft stick. Practice all the colors.

T: A blue hen.
Ss: A blue hen

4. Cut outs: Most of the books come with cutouts, they are so useful, it´s like having mini flashcards but easier to manage, even for the kids. There are lots of games to play in class with them. If your book doesn´t have them , write to me: ei98srl@gmail.com, and I´ll send you some to your mail.
This wonderful book comes with all the cutouts for the song Old MacDonald. You can show each cutout as you sing the song.
Lost of websites have the song. Here´s a link to youtube:
http://mrskilburnkiddos.wordpress.com/thematic-units/down-on-the-farm/

5. Beanbags: I love making these cute animals out of felt. I get most of my patterns from http://www.makinglearningfun.com/ , or http://www.dltk-kids.com/.

They are for playing games with my flashcards.

6. Rhymes: Mary had a little lamb. I recreated the rhyme making some props, such as Mary(made of fun foam), and the lamb which was made as a headband.

It turned out so cute that all the kids were fighting to be Mary and the lamb. The story was narrated in the class CD.

Little Boy Blue: this is another rhyme to recreate during the farm theme. The template is from the book Sprinkles 2, it´s a wheel with all the characters from the story.As the children listen to the rhyme they move the wheel and show the corresponding picture.
Link:  https://www.scribd.com/document/342863646/little-boy-blue

Here´s a link to the rhyme:
http://prekinders.com/nurseryrhymes/LittleBoyBlue.pdf
Little Bo Peep is another rhyme that can go with this theme.

7. Book: I like making books, found the template at: http://www.makinglearningfun.com/.

8. Pin the tail Game: This idea came in the Sprinkles book . It´s like the old classic game pin the tail on the donkey. It can be a picture of a cow or any other farm animal with a missing tail that is tacked to a wall at students eye level. One at a time, each student is blindfolded and handed a paper "tail" with tape behind it. The blindfolded stuent tries to pin the tail on the farm animal. The player who pins their tail closest to the target, the farm animal's rear, wins. Have some treats for the winner.
Link: https://es.scribd.com/document/342863468/Farm-Pin-the-Tail-Cow

And doing a little editing on old blog posts, I found more ideas to share: I don´t know the author, but I do have the file, please write to me: ei98srl@gmail.com if you want it.

                               and a die game from www.makinglearningfun.com

and old worksheet: https://es.scribd.com/document/342863758/Farm-Worksheet

Use the ready-to-use templates save you hours of prep time, making lesson planning effortless.Check the alphabet letter arts and craft: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Letter-arts-and-crafts-collection-3378536

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