School Theme for Preschool ESL

Flashcards: As my early beginnings as a teacher, I always used flashcards for drilling vocabulary. I had to make them all, there wasn´t a computer in school back then, so I had to use pictures from magazines or copies from books. Then, when I had my own computer ,I started creating them for my lessons, I had a set for each and every theme. I am sharing a new collection of School Flashcards and some games to play in class as a warm up starting the session or as a wrap up at the end. They are available at my Teachers Pay Teachers store, I have made 175 flashcards.

Link:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Theme-Flashcards-for-ELL-836917

Flashcards games:

1.      Place all the flashcards on the table, or board and have the children show each object that you name and repeat the word.

Teacher: Show me a crayon.

Student: crayón.

 You can change the game by saying: Give me  and have the student grab it from the board or table.
2.      If possible make a set of flashcards per table. Name each object and the students line them up on their desks or tables.

Teacher: pencil, glue, bag, eraser.

3.      Pass the objects: Using realia or flashcards start the game in small groups or at their tables.

Student 1: book.

Student 2: thank you

Student 3: book.

Student: thank you.

Have all the students pass the pencil flashcard to the student on his/her right in the group  and name it and say thank you. Continue with all the flashcards.

4.      Step forward: Have a group of students stand in line in front of the class . distribute the cutouts or flashcards.  Name a cutout or flashcard and have the student step forward and show it the class. The class has to repeat the word.

5.  Student Locker: make a locker out of a shoe box and have a student place several cutouts or real school objects in the locker. The student shows the class his/her locker. The class says what he/she has inside, naming all the objects.

Pencil Case craft: You can create your own pencil case and use it instead of flashcards. Have a student name all the objects in the pencil case and slide them up and down. Ask the color of each object.

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Sort by color Game: Place colored construction paper or any other kind of colored paper on the floor. I used red, yellow and blue since my cutouts came in those colors. If you are using my cutouts have other colored paper available. Have a group of students sort all the cutouts.

Craft-Third dimension art idea: I printed out two lunch box templates and filled it out with old newspaper, stapled the edges together. It makes a cut decoration for the class.

Game- Match real objects with cutouts. Place all real school objects and cutouts or flashcards in a real school bag. Instruct students to take out the objects and match the real one with the cutout or flashcards. Have students name all the objects.

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