Engaging young learners seems to be a neverending topic and we are always in a constant search for effective activities that will practice all four skills. Keep reading to explore some activities designed to promote chit-chat in the classroom without putting pressure on young learners to speak. Speaking as a production skill somehow always comes …
Hello, my dear educators! Have you ever wondered how can you teach very young learners and what are some effective games you can play? The next few posts will be guests posts from Nevena Živković, an amazing preschool teacher from Novi Sad, Serbia, who also teaches English to very young learners in a public preschool! …
Hello, my dear educators!This short post will be a reflection of a lesson I conducted recently with Shavy’s English Hut as the guest lecturer and I will also share my newest ESL materials for literature analysis, including activities for the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen called The Steadfast Tin Soldier! The students had …
Hello, my dear colleagues! This post is a short reflection that will share a simple storytelling lesson plan and show some activities for the story called Leap by Campbell Manning, Illustrated by Nadia Ronquillo. This session was done online, but it can be conducted face-to-face without any changes. It is made for young learners (mixed …
Hello, my dear colleagues, students, and parents!To celebrate this Earth Day we had an Earth Day crafting project, where we gatherered online and enjoyed some crafting, chatting, and just relaxing while listening to music. Trash Art English Language Workshop After the workshop, the students will be able to Understood how are humans and the natural …
Hello, everyone! This post will be a summary of a project I did with Shavy’s English Hut, where we participated in a competition and went back in time! Who is on your guestlist? The Project Competition is back, and this year we’re asking students to imagine their ideal guestlist for an online video call. Who …
Hello, my dear colleagues! This post is meant to serve as a quick activity playlist where you can reuse songs to do oral storytelling without too much prep. I will also share some possible activities you can do to transform a song into a story. Nursery rhymes Nursery rhymes are great for starting storytelling with …
Hello, my dear educators! This CLIL unit should help your young learners learn about plants in an engaging way and the materials can be used online and face-to-face without any adaptations. Explore the units and enjoy the international Mother Earth Day! Plants: Unit 1-How to take care of plants at home? In unit 1 you …
Hi, everyone! To celebrate Earth day we see many activities being shared around and it is amazing that so many educators are joining in every year. We tend to celebrate the Earth day once per year, and in most cases we celebrate the Earth day without including nature in your classroom. We are talking about …
How come the workshops are free? Well, not everything in this world needs to cost money. I volunteer a lot, and I decided to open up my virtual classroom to the world and have children from various countries have fun online. 2020 hasn’t been kind to us, but that does not mean that we cannot …
