Settling activities

Animals and shapes. (6 to 7 years old)

Each child will be given a photocopy with 4 animals made of different geometric shapes. The children should write on the side which animal they see and
what shapes it is made of.

Appropriate age group:4-5 years old.

Draw my family:
This is great to use at the beginning of the year for Kindergarten students, then have them do it again at the end of the year to compare. It can also be used
as part of a first week of school packet.

Appropriate age 8 – 10 year old

Students will research an animal and create a riddle to showcase their knowledge and engage other students in the natural world.

Find the differences (5-7 years)

Students have to find the differences between two similar images. For example, there are two images of two similar cities and the student has to write the
differences like "in image A there are two schools and in image B there is one" or "" In image a there is a library and in image B there are two libraries ".

Create your own menu (8-10 years)

Children have to create two menus in their notebook according to what they like, in the first menu they write the foods or drinks they like and in the second
menu what they don't like. For example, in the first menu they write "I like milk" and in the second "I don't like fish".

Draw the weather (5-8 years)

Each student will have a worksheet which asks them to understand the description of each kind of weather and depict it with a little drawing. In every space
there is a picture of a house, and they will draw the corresponding weather in each one of them.

"Dinosaur story" / (5 years)

The children are in their seats and the teacher makes them watch a short audiobook. After that, the children must draw and paint their favorite character.

“Write your name”/ (5 years)

The teacher gives every student a box with different elements. Like popsicle sticks, colorful ropes, pieces of different kinds of paper, sequins, etc. And tell
the class to write their name and surname creatively with those elements.

“Wordsearch” / (6 years)
The teacher gives a photocopy of a wordsearch to every student. The teacher explains that they have to find all the possible words related to fruits and
vegetables. When they find all of the words, they will have to draw at least five fruits or vegetables of their choice.

Listening and colouring. (6 to 7 years old)

Children should listen carefully to "let's go to the zoo". At the same time they will be given a copy with pictures of the animals that are named and other
animals, mixed together. As an animal is named in the song, they should color it in their photocopies. At the end of the activity, the children should have
colored only the animals that were named in the song.

Crossword. (8 to 10 years old)

Each child will be given a photocopy with a crossword puzzle that they must complete with words such as: brother, mom, dad, uncle, aunt, etc. Or we can
also include other words from different topics to work vocabulary and writing.

Appropriate age group:5-7 years old.

Do a robot
For this activity they need papers of different shapes (circle, square, rectangle and triangle) colors and gloe. So they start to create a robot with their
imagination using the shapes. They can use the forms that they prefer and the colours. Then they have to page on their folders.

Appropriate age 6 – 7 year old

In this activity they have to write the name of the number as a result of the add and subtract numbers between 1 to 20, or in put the name of the number that
is missing in the brackets. They need to think and solve it.

Appropriate age group 9-10 year old:

Alphabet soup
The teacher gives them a crossword. The activity consists of finding the words to the part of the house in alphabetic soup, after that they have to write in
alphabetical order in their folders. They need to think of the names of part of the house and then try to put these in alphabetical order.

Making fireworks.
Appropriate age group:5-7 years old.
We need some glue,salt and watercolors.So we start mixing the salt with the watercolors,and then they have to put some glue in a black paper,and we let
their vivid imagination fly.They can use the forms that they prefer and also the colours.The result are colorful designs similar to fireworks,THEY'LL LOVE
IT!Here we have them physically occupied, actual occupation.

Copying a story.
Appropriate age group:7-10.
First of all we need a cheerful story,like “the flirtatious rat”.The teacher has to copy it on the board,and then our students will copy it too.
If we want to avoid that the activity turns boring,make them talk about the rat!Here we have them physically occupied, actual occupation.

Circle time.
Appropriate group age:4-6.
We need a red circle on the floor,and the teacher has to accommodate the kids on the floor on the circle.This is the moment for sharing what they
want,children sometimes need to talk in groups.An important point here,is that the teacher ,is who has to regulate the activity to avoid it turns into a stirring
one.

Appropriate age ( 5- 8) years old.

The bell Exercise
Another mindfulness technique is the bell game.
What is it about? You have to tell the child that you are going to play a campaign. Ask him to listen carefully to the sound and to raise his hands when he
stops hearing it. During the sound of the bell the child will become aware of the moment and will live the experience of the moment without taking into
account the previous and subsequent circumstances.

Appropriate age group: 5-7 years old.

- The children are given an image of people with white clothes that they have to colour. The instructions are given on the bubble text next to each person,
that says something such as "I have a red t-shirt and brown pants".

Appropriate age group: 8-10 years old.

- Each child is given a photocopy where there are four children and a bunch of toys (a teddy bear, a ball, a yo-yo, a train...) To complete it they have to
practice with a listening exercise where four children talk about what toys they have, so the options are connected.

Appropriate age group: 8-10 years old.

- For this activity, the teacher has to make a cardboard house that would be pasted on the wall later. It has to have the rooms of the house with a
representative drawing element for each one, for the children to recognise them, and its written name. The teacher has to give images of items from a
specific room and they have to paste them in their corresponding place, naming the parts of the house.

Paint Mandalas
Appropriate age (6-7) years old.
Painting mandalas is a perfect technique to relax with children. This relaxation activity is very effective because, when painting them, our hemispheres (right
and left) work together. We recommend that you put soft music in the background or enjoy the silence. Give each child a mandala and paintings and
accompany them to paint silently without speaking, so that they live the well-being and tranquility of the experience of agitation.

Make Bubbles
Appropriate age (5-7) years old.
It is a very simply and fun game, ideal for improving lung capacity stimulating control over breathing and getting the child to relax in addition you will only
need a container and a want to make soap bubbles as well as the solution to make bubbles which you can find in any toy store, to play at home or the class
just put a little of the solution in the container and ask your child to insert the wand soak it and when removing it blow on it to create the bubbles.

between 8-10 years olds:

‘Broken telephone’:
The game is a simple and short version of the original. Firstly, the children organize in pairs. Then the teacher gets close to the child’s ear and covers her
mouth with her hand, so anyone listening to the phrase that she says. After that, the child repeats the same phrase in his partner’s ear. Then he says the
phrase out loud for the class. After, she says to the children: ’Very good,’ later, she copies the phrase on the board and all children have to write in their
notebook. This sequence repeats with all the pairs of the class.

The game: ‘Pick up sticks’:

The game is a simple and short version of the original. Firstly, the teacher has a long black glass, which has inside several sticks of colours with a word or
phrase. When she throws the sticks on her table, each child has to pick up a stick, without moving the others sticks. Then he/she says the word that is in the
stick. After that, the teacher writes in his/her notebook.
Language focus in the two examples: colours and clothes.

Activity with images:

This activity is a settled version. Firstly, in a previous class, they learn the parts of the body. So, the teacher gives each child a black and white image with
the parts of the body and their names. Each one has to mark the limits of the parts of the body with different colours. After that, she sticks one human body
sheet on the board and asks them to mark it, so a child says ‘legs!’ and she writes this name matching the legs of the body that is in the sheet.
Language focus in the examples: Parts of the body.

Stories or story books. (7 to 8 years old)

Practice your story-telling technique! Alter your classroom if you can for ‘story time'. Small classes of Very Young Learners can sit on the floor in a
semi-circle round the teacher to enable you to exploit pictures and explain meaning. With larger classes make photocopies and enlarge pictures of
characters and places to stick up on the board as you tell or read the story.

Arts and crafts activities. (7 to 8 years old)

This type of activity requires thorough preparation! Introducing creative and design elements caters for a wide range of learners. Give clear instructions so
that children can settle into the task once they start. Try making class wall displays, mini-projects, a class book or other cut and stick activities.

Vocabulary categorizing or brainstorming activities. (7 to 8 years old)

For example give children 12 words randomly across the board and ask them to put them into the correct category. Revise familiar lexical sets - clothes,
colors, numbers, animals or reinforce the topic you are currently teaching. Ask children to add other lexical items.
Activities that engage them mentally (one/two), and activities that occupy them physically (one/two):

Join with an arrow. (First grade - 6 to 7 years old).

As the name of the activity indicates, the children must correctly match a certain vocabulary assigned to cartoons and match them with arrows. This is
another way to get them to think and improve their vocabulary.

Choosing the right fruit! (Third grade – 8 to 9 years old.)

The children will stand at the far left of the room and line up. For this exercise there will be a box on a table near the board and another box on the far right
side of the board. Each of them must move towards the first box, which contains an image of a certain fruit. After that, they must proceed to the second box
where they must choose a photocopy containing the name of the fruit and finally return to the back of the row. As normally a children's course is very large,
there will be plenty that will be repeated. At the end of the exercise, children who have chosen wrong answers will be encouraged and invited to repeat the
exercise to correct their mistakes.

“Our Fridge!” (8 years old):

Prepare for listening or speaking exercises by asking children to copy simple prompts from the board. For example, in this class, we have been working with
food items (ten items in total) so we can give children a paper in the form of a fridge and inside “the fridge” a list of five food items to copy and ask them to
add three more. After that, the teacher can say one of the items aloud and the student that has that food in her/hid fridge stands up and reads the whole list
that he or she made.

Storytelling (5-7 years old):

If we have small classes of very young learners they can sit on the floor in a semicircle around us so in this case we can show them images of a fairy tale or
a very short story and explain the story to them. We can make copies of the characters and stick them on the board in order to make the story more
interesting for them.

Word Mess (8 years old):

In order to review our content and to practice vocabulary, we can give children 12 words randomly (words that we already know from the previous classes)
across the board and ask them to put them into the correct category to fix this word mess. This could be familiar lexical sets - clothes (t-shirt, dress, socks,
etc.), colours (red, purple, orange, etc), numbers (twenty-two, one, eleven, etc.) or animals (lion, dog, frog, etc.)

Name: Stop!
Description: Each kid has a paper with a couple of columns labeled as "colors", "animals", "things", etc, they should fill each line with a word that begins with
a certain letter that the teacher or another student chooses as quickly as they can, the first child to complete them all wins.
Name: Help the monster.
Description: The students have a picture of a little monster with blank spaces in different parts of its body, where the children will have to write the name of
each limb of the monster.

Settling Activities:
My favourite animal
Appropriate age group 6-7 years old
In this activity the children have to draw and paint their favourite animal.

Clothes
Appropriate age group 10-11 years old
For this activity the teacher plays a video according to the clothes and the children have to recognize or identify their partner’s clothes.

Fruits
Appropriate age group 6-7 years old
For this activity the teacher gives a copy with different fruits and their names, the children have to match the fruits with their names.

(3-5 years old) (Paper activity)

Make your own puppets and put on a show:
Help your students put together simple puppets using paper bags, and then encourage them to come up with their own puppet show for you to watch. It is
used for the students to describe what the puppets look like, describing the colors to use, such as their hair color, their skin tone, their eyes, etc.

(6-9 years old) (Outdoors activity)

Paint objects from nature:
The students go outside and gather different objects to paint and create with. The more often they do this, the more creative they will get with their choices,
as they learn how different objects create different effects. The students have the opportunity to go outside they will be able to learn the names in English of
the objects such as a "Pine Cones" that they find and then color them

(10-12 years old) (Science Activities)

Color experiment:
Perfect for the little scientist, this activity is a fun way for kids to learn about how plants absorb water. All you will need is some cabbage leaves, water, food
coloring and a few jars. students can learn the names of plants and colors. They also can learn about the names of the plants.

Painting an animal
Appropriate age group: 4-7 years old.
In this activity we will provide the student with a drawing to paint of, for example, a monster. The idea is to tell them what colour to paint that monster and its
parts. In this way they will identify the colours and also the parts of the body.

Describes your partner’s outfit.

Appropriate age group: 8-10 years old.
This activity will be worked in pairs where each student must describe their partner's outfit in their notebook.

Find the objects in this picture.

Appropriate age group: 7-10 years old.
Each student will be given a picture, where many objects will be shown but he will only have to find those assigned by the teacher and these objects will be
very hidden.

Name of the game: PUPPET THEATER

Appropriate age group: 5-7 years old
What do they do: The children will have to watch the play carefully, as they will be warned that there will be questions after the theater about the characters
and what happens during the play.
The teacher creates several characters in puppets, who greet each other, introduce themselves, become friends, introduce other characters, and then say
goodbye. The teacher has to prepare a dialogue between the characters, and make the dolls move and interact with each other. Can they interact with the
children? Sure! But only if the kids ask, since the goal is for them to listen to the characters.
This activity engages children mentally.

Name of the game: DRESSING THE SILHOUETTE

Appropriate age group: 8-11 years old
What do they do: The teacher gives each student a silhouette of a person and asks them to dress the silhouette, drawing some clothes for the silhouette,
and writing the name of every clothes that student has chosen, using the vocabulary about clothing that they learned in class, including accessories. Then
they will have to say if every clothing that they choose for the silhouette is winter clothes, summer clothes, and make a list describing each clothes that they
decided to put on the avatar.
This activity engages children physically and mentally.

Name of the game: MY FAVOURITE MONSTER

Appropriate age group: 5-7 years old
What do they do: The teacher dictates to the children the body parts to create the monster. The whole class must pay attention and draw while he/she talks
and shows the card with the part of the body. So, the teacher says "the monster has three big eyes, a long tail, two small ears" and so on while the students
draw. Finally, the children can paint their monster, they can also put the name and show it to their partners.
This activity engages children mentally.

Name of the game: WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?

Appropriate age group: 7-10 years old
What they do: The children will each have a copy with 2 columns, one with the classroom objects and the other with numbers. The teacher will play an audio
about classroom objects. The children will have to pay attention to the listening and join with arrows the drawing of the objects with the amount of them that
it says in the audio. As a conclusion, the whole class will check their answers with the teacher.
This activity engages children mentally.

Stirring activities

Paint the zebra (5-8)

On the blackboard there is a poster with the drawing of a white zebra, there are 6 groups, group one Violet, group two Blue, group three Green, group four
Yellow, group five Orange and group six Red. Each group is made up of 5 children, they will have a paper with the color of their group and they have to go to
the board one by one to place their paper on the corresponding zebra line. The group that finishes first can judge how the other groups are doing.

GuessUP (6-9)
In this game, we need a bag full of animal names. The teacher starts the game, taking a paper out of the bag. Then, he proceeds to imitate that animal and
he tries to get the students to guess which animal it’s. The one who guesses will have to go forward, to take another paper from the bag. Also, he will do
another imitation until another student guesses their animal. And so over and over again.

The treasure chest (8-10)

We must carry a box full of toys and a lot of print letters. On the blackboard there will be the print letters and we have to divide the children into two groups.
First, we have to take a toy out of the bag, for example, a “doll”. And then, one student from each group must run to the blackboard to order the scattered
letters and form the word “doll”. The one who did it faster will be the winner. And as a prize, he will keep the toy from “the treasure chest”. Then other
students have to follow the game.
The team with more toys will be the winning team.

“Find someone who…?” / (9 years)

The teacher gives her students a photocopy, which contains a table with a column with different types of sports and two empty columns to complete with
data from their classmates. Each student should find someone in the room that likes, for example, swimming, soccer, skating, dance, etc., and put the name
of the partner where it corresponds. So the student must move around the room looking for a partner who likes the activity. All children must complete all the
spaces with at least three partners.
They have five minutes to get up from their chair and after that time, the teacher will ask and the children will express the data obtained.

“Simon says…(song)” / (5 years)

The children are standing in the middle of the classroom together. The teacher plays a "Simon says ..." music and they must imitate what the song says.
When introducing the song, it gives the instructions: If the song says Simon says so that the children move, if it does not say, Simon, they do not have to
move. It is a very fun game and children learn too! For example, "Simon says jumps", "Simon says touch your toes", and so on.

“Puppet show”/ (6 years)

The teacher brings a box with puppets and tells the students that they have to write a story and represent that story using the puppets in front of all the
class. The teacher shows the puppets and writes on the board the topics about what they can write. And when they finish is the time for the show! Puppets
are a great opportunity for some imaginative play. They'll provide hours of fun, encourage storytelling and creative expression and provide opportunities for
role play.

Appropriate age group 9-10 year old

Running dictation:
Children come to the blackboard, read the sentences, then sit in their places and try to copy them in the notebooks. This activity develops students’ memory
and writing skills.

Appropriate age group 10-11 year old

Find a thief:
Students mingle to find out who stole a diamond. They ask each other questions based on the picture they have. The person who guesses correctly is called
the best detective of the class.

Appropriate age group 6-8 year old

Balloon Volleyball
Clear a big area in your classroom and divide your students into two teams. Put a line of chairs down the middle of the classroom to divide it into two
halves.Have your students spread out on each side of the 'net' like two volleyball teams.
Get a balloon and throw the balloon to one team. Whenever a student hits the balloon, they must say a word from a topic you give. The object is for teams
to score a point by the balloon touching the floor on the opposing team's side. Students cannot move their feet and must stay planted on the floor.The first
team to ten points is the winner! If a student hits the balloon without saying a word, then they lose a point.

Appropriate age group 9-10 year old

In groups of 5 students, then the teacher will show some flash cards and their names of wild animals.
For this activity, the children must guess which wild animal the partner is interpreting. When someone guesses what animal it is, they must match it with its
corresponding name and paste it on the blackboard. then the one who guesses goes on to interpret another animal according to the card that he plays.

Appropriate age group 5-6 year old

Listen to and sing the song of the fingers family.
This song is known to children and they must associate it with each finger that corresponds to each member of the family. So the teacher shows the finger
and they try to repeat their names.

Appropriate age group 10-11 year old

Go shopping
Activity in a group of 5 or 6 children. The teacher sticks the names of the different parts of the supermarket on the board. Students will make a list of what
they want to buy and then write next to the station what is on their list. It doesn’t matter what they have written on their list, then with the help of the group
they will correct it.

Name of the game: THREE LITTLE FROGS

Appropriate age group: 4 - 5 years old
What do they do: Sing a song and do actions at the same time.
Description: The teacher sings the song and makes the children follow it with her, while she sings it, she makes movements with her body. The lyric starts
“Three little frogs sitting on a well…” At that moment she holds up 3 fingers, and continuously “one leaned over and down he fell”, she bent one finger
down… in this way, the actions will continue according to how the lyrics of the song progress:
“frogs jump high, and frogs jump low” (raise hands with 2 raised fingers, and lower hand with 2 raised fingers).
“2 little frogs jump to and fro” (jump, hand left and right)
“2 little frogs sitting on a well” (repeat actions above but with only 2 fingers raised)...
“one leaned over and down he fell”(the gesture is made that the frog falls)
“frogs jump high, and frogs jump low”
“one little frog jump to and fro”
“one little frog sitting on a well…”(hold up one finger)
“he leaned over and one he fell” (bend final finger down)
“no frogs jump high” (rise fist in air)
“no frogs jump low” (lower fist)
“No little frogs jump to and fro” (‘jump’ fist left and right)
“there they are! swimming on the bottom of the well” (pretend to look down a well)
This activity engages children physically.

Name of the game: FAMILY DICE

Appropriate age group: 7-9 years old
What do they do: Every pupil has to take and throw the dice at least one time. On the dice faces will be drawn images of people that represent family
members, one for each face: a mum, a dad, a sister, a brother, a grandad, a grandma. Each child must roll the dice and must create a sentence on the spot
using the member of the family that is left on the top face of the dice that she/he rolled. If it is correct, add points, if not, she/he loses his time and doesn’t
add points.
This activity engages children mentally and physically.

Name of the game: PICTIONARY OF CLOTHES

Appropriate age group: 5-6 years old
What do they do: Before the class starts, the teacher prepares a bunch of clothes words and puts them in a bag. First, he/she divides the class into two
teams, and draws a line down the middle of the board. Second, he/she gives a pen to one team member and asks him/her to choose a word from the bag,
without their peers being able to see the word. Third, the teacher tells the student to draw the word as a picture on the board and encourage their team to
guess the word. The first team to shout the correct answer gets a point and then the student who has completed drawing should then nominate someone
else to draw for their team.
We can repeat this until all the words are gone - make sure you have enough words that each student gets to draw at least once!
This activity engages children physically and mentally.

Blind Painter
Appropriate age group: 8- 10 years old
In this game, we have to give two different pictures to our students. So, they will describe them to each other, after that one of the students will draw what
they understand, subsequently they will repeat the same process and it will be the turn of the other student to draw. The aim of the game is to try to draw the
same picture that their partner has.
This game is a great idea if they are learning to describe objects.

Simon Says
Appropriate age group: 5-8 years old
This is a well-known game; it never fails to entertain the children and we could take advantage of this and use it with educational purposes.
To play it with them we will start by taking the role of “Simon” and give one instruction like “Jump 3 times” or “Touch a red pencil”; the next Simon will be the
one that first finishes the instruction.
It’s important to say that according to the age and with what topics we are dealing, we will adjust the instructions.

The floor is lava!

Appropriate age group: 4-6 years old
This is a super fun song to dance and play, for them it is as simple as hear the song and do what it says to dance it, but for us, they are developing their
listening skills while they have fun.
Link to hear the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbNAiN8FTfc

Appropriate age group: 8-10 years old.

The game is called "Boo!" and it's played in teams. There's five images of people on the board and they have their names written above them, next to the
teacher there's a bag with flashcards and there's a limit of time. The class is reviewing colours and clothing, so the teacher asks questions to each team
such as "Is Felipe wearing a red shirt?" If they get it correct, they draw a slip for points (the point options are 25, 50, 75, or 100.) If they get a flashcard that
says "Boo!", their team loses all their points. If they answer incorrectly, the other team takes a turn. The team with the most points wins.

Appropriate age group: 8-10 years old.

- The “Move like an animal” game is one where children are divided in groups by the teacher, each of them has a paper dice with animal images on it. One
group has to spin the dice and do the animal movements corresponding to the picture (hop, walk, fly, swim, leap, etcetera), while the other has to say their
names correctly. The group which guesses the most animal names wins.

Appropriate age group: 8-10 years old.

- On “The shopping list” children are divided in two groups again, and have a shopping list given by the teacher with specific food images. The objective is
that they have to recollect the food from a box in the centre of the classroom, and they have to carry it in bags. Every time a student picks an edible, has to
show it to us and say its name. The first group to complete their list is the winner.

Head- Shoulder- Leg and foot ( 4 to 6 years old )

The children stand in a circle. The animator teaches them the following song : Head-shoulder-foot-leg-head and foot-leg and foot-leg and
foot-ey-eye-eye-eye-eye-eye-mouth and nose-head-shoulder-leg ...." All this must be accompanied by movements, with two hands and two feet.. All this
should be accompanied by movements, with both hands touching the parts of the body that the two hands should be used to touch the parts that song
indicates.

Photography ( 4 to 6 years old)

The person doing this activity reads a story that the children are interested in, for example the story of Peter Pan or an adventure of their favourite character.
The animator divides the children into small groups of 3 or 4 players in written or oral form, a scene from the story that presents a picture of that moment.
The activity concludes with the photographic exhibition of the story, each group presents their photograph to the rest of the group and it is held static for at
least 15 seconds.
Recommendation: it is advisable that children experiment and play with their person. The animator should support the task of each group and each child by
helping them.

Snakes ( 4 to 6 years old)

If there is enough space and a suitable floor( tiles or carpet), the children are asked to start imaginatively curved lines on the floor. Once this has been done,
they are asked to draw the curved lines, now using arms,trunk and head. In a second step, the children are asked to lie down on the floor and feel their
body as a being. The idea is for the children to move around the floor of the room, moving their bodies like a snake. The animator can start by asking the
children to move their arms first,in the same way as they did when they were walking around the room, then they try it with their trunk and finally with their
arms

(8-10)
The search for the correct sticker:
In the class, what the teacher seeks to teach is' animals' in English. Since the children in previous classes have already learned the body parts of animals.
Now the teacher will give each student a printed image and it will be secret. This student will see which image corresponds to him/her. The teacher will say
out loud: you have to look for a tiger. Then the students will begin to move around the classroom and ask each other questions, in order to find out who has
the tiger. For example:
One student asks another: Has your animal got stripes? Is your animal orange? Has it got a long tail?
Thus, in this way they will move around the room and everyone will interact with each other.

Mime game and questions:

The teacher will give the students cards with pictures of animals to each pair of students. Each student must guess which animal his partner has. The
student will make mimics or movements that are related to the animal on his card, and the other partner will ask questions, such as: does
Has your animal got a long tail? -
Can your animal roar? - and if in this case the animal can roar, the students can mimic it. But nobody can speak. And so on...

Act in a play:
In this activity, the children are going to act on a stage set up in the classroom. Since the topic of the class is animals, they will create masks and / or
puppets about these animals, and then they will do a little play. Something like:
-The curtain opens- The lion enters the stage and begins to roar. Then it is presented: hi, my name's Harry, and I'm a lion. While he is talking, he makes
movements. I have got a long tail, and my hair is thick. I am brown.
In this play each child will have the opportunity to act, and consequently practice.

Action/movement games. (4 to 6 years old)

Word circle games e.g. throwing the ball to revise interchanges or vocabulary sets are a useful way of getting all children moving and participating. Clapping
and clicking games are good for larger classes as they involve movement without too much hassle. Any team game running to the board is extremely
motivating because of the competitive element. Mime games are also a good way of getting children moving.

Songs, chants and raps. (4 to 6 years old)

All children are motivated by songs and these kinds of activities are all-inclusive, catering for all levels of learner. Sing songs or say chants faster and faster
to really stir them up! A really good example of this can be found in the Learn English kids website with the traditional song ‘If you're happy and you know it'.
Or divide your class into groups and allocate parts to sing or sing in a round.

Drama/acting out. (4 to 6 years old)

Puppets or masks can really bring alive a dialogue, role-play or story. Make simple masks out of paper plates for main characters. Bring props for children to
use for acting out e.g. some real money and a bag for shopping. Have a dressing up box of simple props such as hats, glasses etc. Puppets or finger
puppets can be used to liven up even the most boring dialogue, especially when accompanied by funny voices!

“The days of the week.” (Song) (5-6 years old):

All children are motivated by songs and these kinds of activities are all-inclusive. Sing songs or say chants faster and faster to really stir them up! A really
good example of this can be the song “The days of the week” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMofxtDPUQ) In this, the teacher can ask the students
to stand up and do a mini choreography while they sing that song. It is very good because it uses different types of voices and speeds, allowing it to give
dynamism while learning.

“Chinese shadows” (8/9 years old):

For this activity, children’s previous topic was animals and we can play with them and make them guess the animal. Make Chinese shadows on a large
white sheet that hangs from the ceiling. First, show some animals behind the sheet and then you can show the children how to make their favourite animals
(a frog, a horse, for example). Kids will love taking turns making the shadows and guessing what the shadows represent.

“No Voice!” (10 years old):

It’s a TPR activity that could be a great way to keep them interested or motivated. In this case, children already know about places and how to give
directions, so we took as a reference the map of the city we had been working with, we put it in front of the class and then we chose a student to act a role.
We tell this student what situation he or she has to act out, but don’t tell the other student what it is. For example:
Student A: You need to find the cinema, and you ask someone for directions. You have lost your voice, and you can’t say a word.
-Students B (teacher to the rest of the class): This person is lost here (points to the map) but he/she can’t speak, so you must interpret their gestures to find
out where they need to go.
Firstly they need to guess where he or she needs to go and then give the directions. The student that is acting can mark on the map when the class finally
guessed the place and also when they are right with the directions.

Draw the prompt.

The teacher will give the students a couple of characteristics, such as a hair color, height, or type of clothing, and the children should have to draw a
character with them.

Age: 7-9 years old.

Stirring activity 3
Name of the activity : Categories
Activity : We need to ask students to draw six columns on their paper and write a category at the top of each column. You can choose categories that fit your
topic. You can include food, names, cities, verbs, clothing, etc. Then as a teacher we choose a random letter to write it on the board, so we ask students to
write down a word for each category that starts with that letter.

Appropriate age: 6 to 8 years old.

Some resources that we need for this activity are: A soft toy, an object for each group to pass round, eg: a ball, plus a list of subject-specific themes, eg:
numbers, colors, animals, objects.
Game: We need to divide the class into small groups, then we need to hand out an object/soft toy to each group. The person with the object in each group
will start.
The teacher names a title or theme, eg : numbers and it is then a race against time for the student to give 4 or 5 correct responses, before the item/soft toy
has been passed round everyone in their small group and returned to them.
We need to know that shy students may find this intimidating because of the pressure to give correct answers, but we need to make them feel confident and
if they are wrong we can help them.

Chairs and pets!

Description: The classic game of musical chairs, where there are several chairs forming a circle and where the kids walk around them with music in the
background, the number of seats is less than that of students, and as soon as the music stops, each toddler must sit in one of them.
But this game has a twist.
The last kid to sit down must say the name of a pet, and if they don't, they lose their place with the child who was left without a chair.

Appropriate age: 8-10 years old.

Charades, It's a simple but also a classic game, is a great way to encourage your student to get out of their seats and into the lesson.
Some resources that we need for this activity are: A list of people, actions or concepts related to the class.
Game: For start, we need to select or choose any voluntary to stand at the front of the class and act out a word from your list (speaking is not allowed) , so
the rest of the class have to guess what is the student attempting to portray, other students can shout out their guesses or put their hands up. Whoever
guesses correctly can act out the next word ( if he/she wants). Another alternative of this game could be describing a subject-specific word but restricted by
a list of forbidden words eg.: describing ´habitat´ by using the words animals or home.

Hot potato
it's a very funny game, they have to think on their feet and draw on a range of subject knowledge.

Throw the Dice

Appropriate age group: 4-7 years old.
For this activity we will need to have prepared a "Big Dice" which in each of their faces will have, in this case, the image of an emotion. The children take
turns to rolling the dice and then they have to name and imitate which emotion was assigned to them.
It can be used for any type of topics such as: colors, clothing, animals, etc. In this way we are reusing the material.

Guess the animal

Appropriate age group: 8-10 years old.
In this activity we will divide the class into: two, three or four groups of students. The game consists of taking pieces of paper (each one contains the name
of an animal) from a bag and imitating an animal in front of the class. The group that guesses first will win a point. The winning group will be the one who
has guessed the most animals in the shortest time.

Think fast and be faster.

Appropriate age group: 5-7 years old.
In this activity, we are going to show them pictures of different objects that they can find in the classroom and also the objects will have different colors.
This game consists of putting pictures or objects around the classroom, it will be in different parts. We are going to say an order and they will have to find
something to touch.
For example, we say "touch something blue" and they have to find something blue.

Mentally engaging activities:

Order the words and form a sentence

The students have jumbled words and they have to order it. For example, in the book / photocopy / notebook it is written "name is My Ciro" and they have to
write in the correct order "My name is Ciro"

"Likes and dislikes tic tac toe" / ( 10 years)

The teacher divides the class into two groups, the "x" group, and the "o" group. On the blackboard, she sticks two big pictures of what Juan likes and what
he doesn't like, and another one about Ana.
The children will keep all their supplies in the backpack. To score a point, one member of each group must say a total of 4 sentences in 1 minute. Two must
be positive and two negative, two about Juan and two about Ana. The 4 sentences must be said well and in one minute or the point will not be considered
and the game goes to the other team. No one can help the student who is speaking. Everyone should think and the same student should not always
participate. The group that wins the game will have a positive mark.
Actual occupation

“Parts of the digestive system”/ (9 years)

The teacher put a drawing of the body on the board with a list of the organs that involve the digestive system. She explains them and then takes out the list
of the board and asks the students to write a list of all the organs that they can remember on their folders.

Appropriate age: 8 to 10 years old

CROSSWORD: a crossword is a word puzzle that usually takes the form of a square or a rectangular grid of white- and black-shaded squares. The game's
goal is that the children fill the white spaces with letters, forming words or phrases, that connect, by solving clues, which lead to the answers.
This is an excellent way to improve their vocabulary. For this activity to be carried out, the children will already have to know how to read and write, but for
children from 6 to 7 they can be made to play, guessing with pictures.

Appropriate age: 7 to 10 years old

DESCRIBING CLOTHES: The game is basically about giving a photo to the students and through that they have to write what the person in the photo is
wearing, and the colors of the clothes.
And to extend the activity, we can make them write what they described,this is also an excellent way to improve their vocabulary

In this activity, since the teacher wants the students to learn about animals and their body parts, she will take a reading class. Then she will sit up front in
the classroom and start reading. She will make funny voices and movements that match the animals in her story. For example: the teacher will read ‘Little
Red Riding Hood and the Wolf’. Something like this:
The teacher says that the wolf is walking and roaring, so she will walk some steps into the classroom and then he/she will imitate a roar. So the children can
grasp the meaning of the words. And so on with the other parts of the text.
Then, when the teacher finishes reading. He/she will ask the students what they understand that happened in the story. They can tell the class about the
story, and also about their pets in the house.

Colour bingo: we put together a coloured bingo card and then a coloured ball box. As the colour comes out, the children cross out on their cards. Whoever
has 3 or more colours will be the winner.
Repeat after me! The first thing we will do is sit in a circle, to see each other's faces well. Next, we will pass a card that will have the image of the word that
we want to work on. The first time, to teach them to say the word correctly, we can start ourselves. We will clearly say the name of the represented object
aloud and we will pass it to the child next to us to repeat it.
Activities that occupy students (ages 6-8)

Find something
In this game we will tell the children that they have to look for things in the classroom. E.g., "Find something blue" "Find something round" "Find something
black and white" we can work with colours, shapes, food, animals.

Jump froggy!
We put the cards with images of different members of a family on the ground. We ask the children to take off their shoes, we will tell them several names
and they will have to go jumping and stay on the cards.

Name: Detectives & clues

Description: A game in which a student will be the impostor that the group of detectives must discover through clues, such as their hair length, eye colour,
clothes, etc., which they will get by asking others in the class.
The detectives will have a single chance to unmask the culprit and win the game.

"Lost in the city" (10 years old):

Let’s suppose the children already know about prepositions and city/occupation vocabulary. So the activity consists of making them work in pairs and assign
them a character (For example one is the lost lady that asks the policeman where the police station is). They have to look at a map and one gives the right
directions to the other. Not only do they have to think but also they will love the part of pretending to be someone else!

"Monster Creator" (9 years old):

Another activity we thought about is ‘create your own monster’. They are supposed to know about parts of the body, colours, etc. But in this activity, they
have to tell the others what the monster they have created is. This will improve their speaking skills too and make them think and imagine how to explain
their ideas in the right way.

Appropriate age group: 8-10

- The topic is emotions. Children play memory cards in teams of two, in which they have to match images and words. For example, if a team flips a happy
face, the next card they choose will need to be the word "happy".
- The topic is parts of the human body. For it, there are 5 distributed mixed cards for each child, and they have eyes, mouth, arms, legs, etcetera. The
teacher has to ask “Do you know which one is the nose?” and everyone has to look for that specific one, and the one who has it has to show it to the
teacher by saying its name. The first student to show all of their cards wins.

Activity that occupy students:

Appropriate age group: 5-7

- A picture of a farm with animals is given to each child. Next to it, there are small images of each animal next to a box. In that box, kids are supposed to
write how many of that animal there are. Then the teacher asks "How many chickens/cows/horses/etc. are there?" and the children respond starting with
"There are..."

Appropriate age group: 8-10

- The teacher sings a song called “The colour song”
“Orange is the carrot,
Yellow is a pear,
Green is the grass,
And brown is a bear,
Purple is a plum,
Blue is the sky,
Black is a witch’s hat,
And red is a cherry pie.”
They have to listen to it, then sing it with the teacher, and finally draw and paint with its respective colour three of the objects mentioned in the song.

Reading time.
The students should read a story and describe the main character's appearance.

Jimmy the Skeleton (5-8)

(This activity requires a puppet of a skeleton).
The game basically touches the part of the body that the "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" song says. BUT with the addition of our friend Jimmy the
skeleton. When we remove a part from Jimmy's body, for example, the left leg; the children have to touch their body parts, without using their left leg. We do
this over and over again, removing different parts of poor Jimmy's body.

The jenga game:

This version is more simplified. Each child has to take out a piece of wood from the tower, which was built with those small woods. Each piece has a word
label. Then each student has to write this word or phrase in the notebook. After that, the children say these words out loud as the teacher writes on the
board.

Language focus in this example: Furniture and Parts of the house.

These games were invented to keep the children occupied with their hands.

Tutti Frutti
Appropriate age group: 8-10
For this activity, each student must have a table chart, where topics that they already know will appear, such as: animals, colours, foods, clothing, etc. The
teacher is going to tell a letter which the students will use to identify words that begin with that letter and thus complete the entire table.

The Rayuela
Appropriate age group: 7-8 years old.
First, for this activity the children will have to roll a dice to know how many squares they have to jump. Then they will have to jump in on a cardboard box
that has pictures of different animals and when they stop, they will tell us what animal is it and imitate them.

"Kwik-E-Mart" (9 years old):

Let's suppose the students already know about food vocabulary. This activity consists of making them write a list to go to Apu's store 'Kwik-E-Mart' (It's like a
little market). This will keep it simple because they don't have to think a lot to do a list. They can also draw the elements. (Context: The Simpsons)

"My super monster" (10 years old):

On the other hand, another activity could be making them write about the monster they have created. But this one consists of describing some of these
monster skills ‘Mr. Fluffy can fly and play games’ or things they like or don’t like ‘Rufus loves to eat cake and hates people’. They can also do a cute drawing
of the monster they have created!

Name of the game: PREPARING MY TRAVEL

Appropriate age group: 7-10 years old
What they do: Children have to imagine that they’re going to travel and prepare their clothes. We have our students talk about themselves, starting with the
question: ‘Choose a tourist destination and tell me what clothes could not be missing in your travel bag?’ The teacher can draw on the board a big travel
bag with a label that said:
“I travel to: ……………”
“In my suitcase can not be missing ....”

Name of the game: MAKING WORDS

Appropriate age group: 7-10 years old
What they do: Teacher will write a few random letters on the board. Have the students work in pairs to make up as many words from the letters as possible
(e.g. letters: g, h, a, t, p, e, c. Possible words: cat, peg, tea, hat, get, etc.). The team with the most words is the winner. This activity can be used with many
vocabulary of any topic.

Simon says
A song with the parts of body

Flashcards
In this case we’ll work with flashcards. Teacher says: “Okay class, look and pay attention” “You have five seconds, okey? While showing the number five
with his/her hand and the cards that contain a certain number of toys.The teacher shows three cards with, for example, the first is three dolls, the second is
five teddys, the third is one ball and so on (remember that teacher shows for five second). The whole class pays attention and the teacher says: ‘Now, let’s
try to remember… Is there a card with three dolls? Three dolls, do you remember? yes! So, let 's draw! What else do you remember? a teddy bear? 2
balls?.’ And ask the children to draw every card as they remember.

Appropriate age: 8-10 years old

SIMON SAYS: This is a game to play in groups. The teacher takes the role of "Simon" and says actions (usually physical actions such as "jump in the air" or
"touch your knees") to the students who should follow the actions, only when before the teacher says "Simon says". The players are eliminated from the
game by either following instructions that are not immediately preceded by the phrase, or by failing to follow an instruction which does include the phrase
"Simon says".
The object for the teacher acting as Simon is to get all the other players out as quickly as possible; and the winner of the game, usually the last player who
has successfully followed all of the given commands, is the person who says what to do in the next round, or is the one who "controls" that his partner has
complied with what was said in the game.

Appropriate age: 6-10 years old

A RACE WITH PRIMARY COLOURS: The kids will be divided in two groups, and the teacher will give them one paper painted with one primary color
(yellow, red or blue). Each group will have 3 boxes written with the name of the colors, and the boxes will be located in front of them a few meters away.
The teacher will say "Now" and the children must run quickly to their box one by one to put inside the correct box that indicates the color of the paper that
they have.
The winner of the game will be the group that put first all their papers in their boxes correctly.
The children must match their colored card with the name of the color written in the box.