Teaching letters of the alphabet

For help teaching letters see this quick post.  It gives ideas for b and d specifically but those ideas apply to all letters.  You need repetition and variety, not just endless copy and trace (though copy and trace are useful too).

https://www.teachingenglishgames.com/help-confusion-teaching-alphabet

See you there.

Kind regards

Shelley Ann Vernon

Teaching Toddlers English around a Castle theme

Hello readers,

My new blog post on how to teach English to toddlers using the idea of castles is up at https://www.teachingenglishgames.com/teaching-english-toddlers

A teacher asked me if I had any materials with castles, or cartoons, to teach toddlers English. I don’t have any! But I came up with some ideas that don’t need anything fancy, and will engage the toddlers’ imaginations while they learn English.

Enjoy the post and leave me any comments, I’ll be sure to reply.

A spelling game that even shy students join in with

Hello readers,

Here is a fun spelling game that motivates even the shyest students to join in.

https://www.teachingenglishgames.com/get-your-students-motivated-and-joining-even-shy-ones-game

I hope you have a chance to try it out.

Give me your feedback and ask me any questions, I’m always here to help.

All the best

Shelley Ann Vernon

Reasons to teach English

Dear Followers,

On my new blog I have posted on why teaching grammar with games works so well for English language learners.

Check it out here, and while you are there, why not follow the blog from the new location.

Feel free to email me with questions anytime.

https://www.teachingenglishgames.com/why-teach-grammar-games

All the best

Shelley Ann Vernon

Christmas Story for Children

Hello there,

Christmas is coming and the end of term is soon!

For something fun and cultural check out my new blog post on a Christmas story for children.

Christmas Story for Children

It’s not free, so if you only want free stuff let me save you time.  But it’s only 4,97 for a fantastic package of:

• Story with colour illustrations
• 2 levels of text
• Lesson plan full of games to learn Christmas vocabulay
• Picture flashcards in three sizes, in colour, and in black and white
• Christmas cracker craft
• And more things, like Christmas bingo and colouring.

Christmas Story for Children

Choosing Christmas Presents

Isn’t it more fun to give than to receive? Why is that I wonder…

Check out Facebook post on how to choose a present that’s sure to be a hit.

https://www.facebook.com/FunESL