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TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN
CH first learn pronunciation, intonation and rhythm /say rhymes, do chants, sing songs/
Fluency is more important than correction
CH need variety, movement, visuals /pictures, toys, real objects/
CH need to see, watch and touch everything
Give simple and clear instructionsBe positive, praise the CH very often
Often change short activities
Give simple instructions
Let the children touch and feel
Use puppets
Let the children move a lot
Speak slowly and clearly
Be visual, use pictures, toys and
real objects
Be positive, smile
HAVE FUN!
Colours 8 6Numbers 7
3 5
Shapes
AnimalsBody
Food
Toys
HalloweenChristmas
EasterMother’s Day
Language awarenessVocabulary
Pronunciation Children friendly
topics
Clothes
CLASS PUPPET
Speaks only English
Doesn´t understand Czech
CIRCLE TIME ACTIVITIESsongs, rhymes and chants drama activitiesgamesTPR (total physical response)drawing and craftcolouringusing FCstorytelling
PASS THE BALL
Throw the ball and call an English word
a number/a colour
a toy/an animal…
Practise expressionsI like . . .
I don’t like . . .
Hello! I’m . . .
Throw a dice and say the number
ROLL THE BALLSit in a circle, roll the ball, then say the rhyme and clap your hands:
Puppet has the ballPuppet has the ballHey ho round we goPuppet has the ball.
First the puppet rolls the ball, asks ‘What’s your name?’ – ‘Hello, Jane!’ Jane stands in the middle of the circle and holds the ball, all the children say the rhyme ‘Jane has the ball…’, Jane rolls the ball to another child and so onContinue until everyone in the class has had the ball
PUPPETSFinger puppets
Stick puppets
Hand puppets
Perform simple dialogs
TPR /total physical response/
Follow the leader /imitate/
Simon says /Please
Listen and do
Touch/point to/show
Robots
Rhymes, chants
Songs
SONGS, RHYMES, JAZZ CHANTS Easy to learn and remember
Pronunciation /stress and intonation/
Repeating words often
Movements, pictures, toys
Get Ready/OUP/
A MOVEMENT RHYME Make a circle, say the rhyme and do the actions, walk around in a circle as you say the rhymeStart with slow movements, then do some fast ones, and finish with slow movementsSkipping, stretching, marching, wiggling, jumping, climbing, hopping, dancing, flying …
I like walking,I like walking, walking, walkingI like walking, 1, 2, 3I like walking, walking, walkingI like walking, walk with me.
SIMON SAYS
pick up your notebookraise your left handcover your facewink twiceopen your mouthstamp your feetsnap your fingerspoint to the floor/ceiling/window
THE PUPPET’S BAG
Bring a puppet and a bag with objects
One object for each child
Make a circle, sit down
Ask: What’s in the bag?
Name the objects and deal them to children
The children give the objects back to the puppet: Fetch me the …, please.
DRAMA ACTIVITIESSHORT PLAYS
Hello!I am …How are you?Very well, thank
you.Goodbye.
SHOPPINGCH bring ‘goods’, e.g. empty boxes, pots, bags, bottles
CH take turns to be a shop keeper and a customer, others stay in a queue and listen to the dialog
SHOPPING
Practising simple sentences:
Hello.
Can I have …
Here you are.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
FLASHCARDSEach CH has a FC:
Introduce/stand up/Mexican wave
FC in the middle:Touch/grab/point to
Pass FC round the circleMove away!(change places)
Slalom/maze
RELAYS
Relay in two teamsput some FC/toys on the board/floor/desk
T calls out a word
CH run to grab/touch it
the first wins a point for their team
FLOOR GAME
Put pictures face up on the floor
CH throw a coin /ball, dice/ and name the picture
CHINESE WHISPER
2 teamsT shows a FC to the first CH in teams and they whisper it, the last calls the wordT whispers an instruction to the first CH, the team to do it first wins
FISHING
Prepare paper fish with FC and paper clip on them
Provide CH with fishing rods /more than one is better/
Children fish for pictures
Practising I have/got/
TRUE OR FALSE?
place the signs on opposite walls of the room
T shows a FC and names/describes it
if it’s true, CH run to the TRUE sign
if it’s false, CH run to the FALSE sign
TRUE FALSE
THE STORY OF THE GREEN CATERPILLAR
Once upon a time there was a Green Caterpillar. He was always hungry. One day he met a banana. 'Mmm, Mmm,' he said, 'I'm very hungry.' So he ate it. But surprise! His neck became yellow. And he walked and he walked … And he met … /CH join in with the storytelling/
THE STORY OF THE GREEN CATERPILLAR
PLACESLarge pictures of a city/zoo/school/farm etc. are in different places of the room
T shows a FC
CH run to the corresponding picture
Put pictures of city/zoo/farm etc.on the floor and let CH to distribute FC
GUESSING ACTIVITIES
There’s something in the picture/window/ door.
What is it?Is it a . . .?
What am I?ask a child to mime a picturethe rest of the CH try to guess: Are you a . . .?
Puzzles /pictures in parts/
WHAT´S IN THE PICTURE?
CH try to guess what the picture is:
revealing picture FC
a hole cut out in a piece of blank card to cover FC
I SPY- POSTERSA large poster /FC/
Point to a ….
Can you see something green/big…
I spy with my little eye something
beginning with /B/
big and grey
I hear with my little ear…
CH try to guess by saying ‘Is it a …?‘
A MAGIC BOX/BAGCH bring small bags/boxes with several little toys inside
There is something in my bag. What is it? Guess!
The others guess: Is there a . . .?
Bag, oh, bag, shake, shake, shake,
Bag, oh, bag, what can I take?'
PASS THE BOX/BAG
CH sit in a circle and pass a box/bag filled with toys/pictures/numberseach CH takes out one and names it
DOING PUZZLES
BINGO
The CH have large cards with 6-8 pictures and cover them with identical pictures:T draws pictures out of a bagCH take pictures that are face downCH have to say the words out loud as they are drawnPictures are face up and CH take turn to name and take them
DRESSING UP
CH /in pairs/ are given:pictures of figures to be dressed uppictures of clothes
CH dress the figures up, then say what their figures are wearing
MEMORY GAMESToys on the floor/desk
CH remember the toysCover the toys, then CH name/write them
PICTURE PELMANISMCH try to find pairs /10/CH have to call the pictures
KIM’S GAMES
Put 6-8 FC on the MG board/desk/floor
CH have a minute to remember them
CH close their eyes
Remove some picturesCH call out what was removed
Change the order of FCCH call out what was changed
KIM’S GAMESCH have to remember pictures and numbers
ONE MORE
put five pictures on the board/floor and say just four
the CH must say the rest (missing picture)
ECHO show a picture and say the word, the CH repeat the word several times, more and more silently.
show the children one picture after another and say words, the CH repeat the word only if it is the same as the picture
GRAB THE TOY
CH sit on the floor in a circleToys are in the middle of the circleT calls a toy and CH grab itThen practise: I have …..
SAY IT AND PASS IT ON
Sit or stand in a circle, put some pictures/toys in the middlePass one item:
‘This is a …’Add more objectsSend objects in both directions
7
2
456
3
110
9
8
11 12SPINNER
FIRST WORDS
VOCABULARY GAMES
VOCABULARY GAMES
what colour is the bird?
what's black?
it´s green and you can eat it
can you see something yellow?
what can you see/find in the garden/street/sky?
MATCHES/TOOTHPICKS
in pairs
10 pieces of toothpicks for a pair
make a house/a pig/a fish/a butterfly/a pair of sunglasses
BODY BUILDING
CH must throw a 6 to start and draw a body for their figure
the first to complete the figure is the winner
6 = body5 = head4 = arms + legs3 = hands + feet2 = eyes1 = nose + mouth
RHYMES
SONGS
use pictures, toys, movements
use simple structures, always demonstrate
sing with your kids
do not memorize songs, keep it fun
highly motivating
authentic examples of grammar and lexis
intensive listening practice
help better pronunciation
easy way to drill vocabulary
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY
This Super Simple Songs version is a great fingerplay song that also helps children learn family member terms (daddy, mommy, brother,
sister, baby).
Rain, Rain. Go away.
Come again another dayLittle Johnny wants to
play. Rain, rain, go away.
We All Fall Down•Actions (walk, fall, gallop, tiptoe, hop, twirl)
Walk around the circle. 2XWalking, walking. We all fall down.
Gallop around the circle. 2XGalloping, galloping.We all fall down.
Tiptoe around the circle. 2XTiptoe, tiptoe.We all fall down.
I'm so sleepy! Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy. I'm so sleepy.
Hop around the circle. 2XHopping, hopping.We all fall down.
Twirl around the circle. 2XTwirling, twirling.We all fall down.
Hop around the circle. Twirl around the circle. Hopping, twirling. We all fall down.
Ten in a Bed Ten in the Bed is an incredibly popular song with young learners. It's a great song for creative play and children will want to sing it over and over again. It's also great for introducing substraction.
Start with 10 students seated in
ten chairs in a row.
There were ten in a bedAnd the little one said"Roll over, roll over"So they all rolled overAnd one fell out
There were nine in a bedAnd the little one said"Roll over, roll over"So they all rolled overAnd one fell out
There were eight in a bedAnd the little one said"Roll over, roll over"So they all rolled overAnd one fell out
There were seven in a bedAnd the little one said"Roll over, roll over"So they all rolled overAnd one fell out
There were six in a bedAnd the little one said"Roll over, roll over"So they all rolled overAnd one fell out
There were five in a bedAnd the little one said"Roll over, roll over"So they all rolled overAnd one fell out
There were four in a bedAnd the little one said"Roll over, roll over"So they all rolled overAnd one fell out
There were three in a bedAnd the little one said"Roll over, roll over"So they all rolled overAnd one fell out
There were two in a bedAnd the little one said"Roll over, roll over"So they all rolled overAnd one fell out
There was one in a bedAnd the little one said"Good night!"
STORIES
CH listen to the story and: put the pictures in the right orderpoint to the pictures each CH has a picture, they line up as they listen to the storycolour the worksheets
BIG BOOKSIntroduction /motivation/similar Czech story/
Vocabulary, characters
Listening + pictures
Chants, rhymes
Drawing, colouring pictures
Role play
Bring your book
RESOURCESwww.oup.com/elt
www.onestopenglish.com
www.lessonsense.com/games
www.learningesl.com
www.englishbanana.com
www.funschool.com
www.dltk-cards.com
www.cambridge.org/elt/resources/young/
www.britishcouncil.org/kids
www.mes-english.com
www.supersimplesongs.com
Angličtina pro předškoláky, Iva Hennová, Portál
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CONCLUSIONVery young children need:
variety /change activities very often/
moving, exercisegames /to have fun/
songs & rhymes /they learn through rhythm/
guessing /they like secrets/
to feel secure /repeating familiar songs, rhymes and games/
to feel positive /help them understand,encourage them/
Praise and encourage all the children a lot! Have fun!
THANK YOU! GOOD LUCK
