TEACHING & LEARNING ENGLISH WITH FUN

Have you ever taught digraphs, either that spell consonants or vowel sounds, with plates and spoons? The day has come eventually!  oo like a spoon !! Write several words that contain the digraph oo and several others without it on a paper plate. Then write on a transparent spoon the digraph oo and try to spot the words that contain it as well by placing the spoon on them. Pink spoon!   Have fun !! Good Luck, Maria P.

Are you ready for an extraordinary picnic?? Then set the table with an unusual tablecloth full of  CVC and CVVC words missing the first letter and use plastic cutlery which will have all the consonants and vowels of the alphabet. Letter Cutlery Then mix and match all the spoons, knives and forks in order to present as many different words as possible while trying to decode and blend sounds. CVC word list Spoon for the phonics soup !! In this way phonics teaching will introduce children to CVC words. First children will start to learn the letter sounds, then they will start to blend sounds to real words and later on they will move up to a stage where they will be able to combine different consonants with the same CVC word pattern in order to create different words thus expanding their vocabulary. This activity will allow students understand the transformation of simple sounds into words. As a result, students will be highly motivated to keep up discovering the Engli

This amusing activity will help students test their knowledge in simple past irregular verbs. Puzzle Time On each puzzle piece you can write the present form of a verb and you can match it with each irregular form writen on the back of the puzzle. During the first stage you can reveal the answers gradually. During the second stage you can ask students to match the forms by themselves thus completing the puzzle successfully. Of course, you can use the stages interchangeably. Irregular verbs Have Fun! Good Luck, Maria P.

This two-stage activity aims at boosting your students' brainstorming writing strategies. Storytelling Dice First of all, you are going to need some wooden craft cubes and a wide variety of stickers that you find helpful for every essay topic you will choose. Wooden craft cubes Your stickers You can create cubes with different characters, names, feelings, physical appearance, presents, situations, favorite school subjects, hobbies, clothes, favorite food, etc. During the first stage, students should roll the dice, and try to represent the stickers and express them on pantomime through gestures and bodily actions. The rest of the students should figure out this dramatic presentation and take notes. Roll the dice !!! During the second stage, students are required to write a narrative story using the details given earlier. So, just roll the dice... Have fun !! Good Luck, Maria P.

Do you have trouble telling American English and British English apart? With this activity you can visualize the differences! American Vs British English You can add even more examples to help your students understand not only the language variations but also the difference in endings like -tre and -ter. The Battlefield Good Luck, Maria P.

We are in war... Take Cover... This war will never end..This eternal battle is the battle of THE OPPOSITES! The Battlefield This activity can take place both in classrooms and children's rooms for vocabulary practice using a common toy like toy soldiers. Not only will kids love this extra ordinary activity for empowering their vocabulary but they will also engage their parents to learn along with them at home too! So parents be prepared! The battle ... has already began!!! The battle of the Opposites War Zone The Opposing Forces Good Luck, Maria P.

Let's dramatize a classical literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen!! The ugly duckling You may use handmade craft stick-puppets in order to act out the tale and help your students enrich their vocabulary on adjectives. You may even use this activity to teach the comparative and superlative form relatively to each stage of the tale. Young and Ugly! Still Ugly!!  However, the main target of this activity will be to focus on subjects like acceptance , being different , determination , identity , assimilation , beauty standards , equality . Teachers should encourage students to express themselves and make an analogy between the duckling's feelings and their own possible ones. Students should make sentences using the verbs thinks and looks to talk about feelings and appearance. Thinks - Looks The process of transformation Good Luck, Maria P.

It's cooking time !! We're not going to cook an everyday meal but we will cast a magic spell !!! Abracadabra In this activity you can teach your students a variety of cooking verbs through an imaginative cooking lesson! The things you need are a magic wand, a witch hat, a cooking pot, some spider legs, some bat eyes (eerrr just kidding). And now the fun part...the R-E-C-I-P-E... Good Luck, Maria P.

Teach the imperative in a funny way ! ! ! Pretend being the captain and the crew in a pirate ship, learn to speak like a pirate of the Caribbean and enjoy the lesson. Act up a day as a real member of Black Pearl !!! Ahoy! The orders of the captain Good Luck, Maria P.

Puppets in English Teaching.. Our Snow white hates apples!! Use Snow white and the dwarfs in order to teach new vocabulary and adjectives in a recreational way. Puppets can be used as an effective teaching aid which can facilitate the learning process. Moreover,  in this way you motivate your students to come up with stories and use the puppets to portray the different characters. So your students can pick up a dwarf or Snow white, come up with different voices for each character, mimic the actions, act out imaginary scenes and develop their social and motor skills while consolidating their vocabulary. Puppets in English Teaching Doc knows better! Good Luck, Maria P.

If you like gerunds, trust me, you are going to loooove them even more with this activity! ! ! Just use a photo frame, where you can display some verbs that need gerund and show your students how to form correct structures with various verbs. I love gerunds   Good Luck, Maria P.

Is writing stories a difficult task for your students? Use a fidget spinner and these story-telling circles and let your luck guide you ! ! ! Is this magic? Fidget spinner will make all the work for them!! It will help students with brainstorming! Good Luck, Maria P.

Four seasons all year round ! ! ! 4 Seasons ''meow meow'' all year round Seize the day... Good Luck, Maria P.