ENGLISH FOR KINDERGARTEN 1 TERM 1 EPPLUS LEARNING 2020

English Curriculum

Course Title: English for Kindergarten 1

Target Students: Kindergarten Level 1 (age 4 years old)

Instructor: Native Speaker

Course Duration: One Semester

Course Description:
This course is designed for the kindergarten students to encourage them to love learning English and help them develop all English skills needed to get the best start at
primary level. The course focuses on learners' physical development and learning through actions. All of the themes and weekly vocabulary lists are taught through
storybook time, role-play, chants, songs with actions and art & crafts activities.

General Objectives:
By the end of the course students should be able to:
 develop their speaking and listening skills effectively.
 become confident in using English.
 expand their vocabulary and to help them express themselves confidently.
 Pronounce and spell the words correctly.

Kindergarten 1 Lesson Plan

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Weeks & Conversation and Sentence
Learning Objectives Vocabulary Recommended Activities Teaching Materials
Topic Structures
INTRO WEEK
Students should be 1  arms  Teacher’s command:  Point to a body part and say the wrong word –  Worksheets
able to: Parts of the  hands “Point to (color)” Students reinforce “no” response  Word cards
body  legs will then try to follow  Flashcards
 recognize and  feet teacher’s example.  Use the key words as a chant. Students chant  Video Clips
point to their own  knee as they move their body parts, “arms, hands,  Audio CDs
body parts  head  “Yes” and “no” should be legs and feet!”  Storybooks
taught in relation to the
 Count the number of each body part and teach  Songs / Chants
body parts.
1, 2 in relation to those parts.

 pronounce the 2  eyes  Is it a/an (part of the face)?  Teach students to nod (for “yes”)/shake (for  Worksheets
words for key Parts of the  ears  Yes. (Part of the face). / “no”) their heads in response to your questions  Word cards
parts of the face face  mouth “No. (Correct part of the about face parts, (“Is it a (body part)?”  Flashcards
correctly. Use  nose face)  Video Clips
key sentence  cheeks  Practice pointing to different body parts. To  Audio CDs
structures to  teeth keep it more interesting get the students to do  Storybooks
describe parts of  lips this in different areas (each corner of the room,  Songs /Chants
the face. standing up, sitting down, making a train out of
the chairs, etc.)

Learning Objectives Weeks & Vocabulary Conversation and Sentence Recommended Activities Teaching Materials
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Topic Structures
Students should be 3  happy  Are you (feeling)?  Act out emotions – color group in front of the  Worksheets
able to: Feelings  sad  Yes/No class.  Word cards
 angry  Use a yes/no board to help students relate to  Flashcards
 recognize and  sleepy  I am _____(feeling) the subject. – Objects on the side will relate to
 Video Clips
mimic basic  hot the vocabulary taught that week.  Audio CDs
feelings. And  cold  Storybooks
Pronounce the  Add sounds that emphasize the feelings, sad-  Songs / Chants
words for key boo hoo, happy – hooray, angry – grrrr, sleepy
feelings correctly. – yawn, cold – brrrr, hot –h-h-h

 talk about their

daily routines and 4  get up  I ___________(daily  Spend time reading the words related to daily  Worksheets
use “your” in a Daily  take a routine) routine together as class.  Word cards
command and Routines shower  Flashcards
“my” in a  eat  Do an activity related to matching pictures and  Video Clips
response using breakfast words.  Audio CDs
daily routine  go to  Explain “command” and “response.” Students  Storybooks
actions. school learn that a command uses “your” and  Songs / Chants
 go to sleep
response “my.” Make it into a Simon Says
type game.

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WEEK 7: CATCH UP & REVIEW

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Weeks & Conversation and Sentence
Learning Objectives Vocabulary Recommended Activities Teaching Materials
Topic Structures
Students should be 5  wash  Wash your hands.  Do activities about “Happy tooth & Sad tooth”  Worksheets
able to: Cleanliness  clean  Brush your teeth.  Word cards
 hands  Do an activity related to matching pictures and  Flashcards
 get to know and  fingers words.  Video Clips
pronounce the  brush  Use “Clean up is fun” song and review the  Audio CDs
words related to  teeth  Storybooks
vocabulary.
cleanliness topic  Songs / Chants

 talk or mention 6  sit  What can you do?  Create chants to go with the actions, practice  Worksheets
about their I can do it.  walk  I can … (action). doing them slowly and quickly (ex)  Word cards
abilities to the (Actions)  talk Physical action along with  Flashcards
 stand speaking the action  Do actions by color group, with other groups  Video Clips
teacher and the
 sleep (vocab for chanting about what they are doing.  Audio CDs
class.
 eat week)
 Complete obstacle course of actions – set up  Storybooks
 drink in the room  Songs / Chants

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Weeks & Conversation and Sentence
Learning Objectives Vocabulary Recommended Activities Teaching Materials
Topic Structures
Students should be 8  red  What color is it?  Take each color group to find something the  Worksheets
able to: Colors  white  It’s (color)! same color in the classroom (red group finds  Word cards
 black  What color is it? chant, It’s red blocks etc…) Color groups repeat the  Flashcards
 recognize each of  yellow (color), It’s (color), It’s word for their color  Video Clips
the colors and  green (color)!  Audio CDs
know which color  brown  “Yes” and “no” should be  Find a colorful book from the library and  Storybooks
group they are  orange taught in relation to the identify the colors.  Songs / Chants
part of. colors.  Have each color group compete to chant
about their own color and give stickers to the
group that wins.
 understand the
9  mother  I love my ….  Musical Chairs –Students who are “out”  Worksheets
concepts of
My family  father  Is this your …? identify a ‘family’ flashcard and go back into  Word cards
“family” and can
name their family  sister  Yes/No the game.  Flashcards
members.  brother  Video Clips
 Check out a book from the library that includes  Audio CDs
a family (families). Read and identify the  Storybooks
family members.  Songs / Chants
 Do activity related to matching pictures.

Learning Objectives Weeks & Vocabulary Conversation and Sentence Recommended Activities Teaching Materials
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Topic Structures
Students should be 10  house  It is the (room).  Practice talking about family members in the  Worksheets
able to: My house  kitchen  In the ____(room) context of rooms in the house, i.e. “Where is  Word cards
 recognize rooms  bedroom (family member)?” “Hn the (room).”  Flashcards
in the house and  living  Video Clips
talk about room  Label each corner of the classroom the name  Audio CDs
activities that are  restroom of a room in the house. Assign 6 students to  Storybooks
done in each be different family members. Tell each ‘family  Songs / Chants
room member’ to go to a particular room and
pretend to do a particular action. Students
compete to answer questions, i.e. “Where is
mother?” “What is grandfather doing?” etc.…
Repeat with different students posing as family
members, doing different actions.

 Draw the outline of a house on the board,

leaving spaces for different rooms. Ask
students to tell you what room it is and label it.
Take flashcard words for family and stick them
in different rooms. Ask students, “Where is
(family member)?” Students learn to shout
out, “In the (room).”
 get to know new
vocabulary and 11  friend  Who is your friend?  Give each child a 12 x 18-inch piece of paper  Worksheets
talk about their Friends  good  … is my friend. and ask them to draw a picture of their new  Word cards
friends.  boy  Is he/she a good friend? friends. And write their new friend’s name.  Flashcards
 girl  Yes/No  Video Clips
 best  Have children form a circle. Choose one child  Audio CDs
friend to sit in the middle of the circle. Have him/her  Storybooks
 name cover or close his/her eyes. Have another child  Songs / Chants
go up to the child in the middle of the circle
and say, “Hello, my friend, can you guess who
I am?” The child in the middle gets three

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guesses. The child who spoke gets to sit in the
middle and the child in the middle gets to
choose another speaker.
Students should be 12  teacher  “Who is it?”  Put “people” puppets in front of rooms to test
 Worksheets
able to: My school-  cleaner  “It is the ____(person)” knowledge of differentiating between questions
 Word cards
People  driver “Who is in the (place)” v/s “Where is  Flashcards
 differentiate  principal (teacher)?”  Video Clips
between  director  Audio CDs
questions using  Make another mini-school but apply to  Storybooks
“who?” “what?” questions regarding “who?” is “where?”  Songs / Chants
and “where?”
13  mom  I love my mom.  Introduce and complete Mother’s Day Craft  Worksheets
Mother’s  love  Do you love your mom?  Word cards
Day  flowers  Yes/No  Flashcards
 gain appreciation
of relationship  heart  Video Clips
with mother in  card  Audio CDs
honor of Mother’s  Storybooks
Day and get to  Songs / Chants
know new
vocabulary. 14  school  Where are you?  Place pictures around the room. Color groups  Worksheets
Places  hospital  I’m at the place. are told to go to specific places. Ex – Pinks go  Word cards
 market  It’s the ___(temple) to the hospital, greens to the school etc.)  Flashcards
 temple  Video Clips
 park  “Places” search – 1 color group at a time  Audio CDs
 recognize various listens to the teacher and finds the correct  Storybooks
places and get to flashcards posted around the room.  Songs / Chants
know new
vocabulary about
places  Do an activity related to matching pictures and
words.

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Students should be 15  teacher  Who is it?  Use same chant for asking names at the  Worksheets
able to: Occupation  doctor  It’s a _____ (occupation) beginning of each lesson, ask each child in the  Word cards
s  nurse class their name each day.  Flashcards
 get to know new  farmer  Video Clips
vocabulary about  policeman  Start getting color groups to work together –  Audio CDs
occupations and do basic actions group by group then as a  Storybooks
discuss about whole class.  Songs / Chants
them.  Do actions slow/fast/quiet/loud/high/low

WEEK 16: CATCH UP & REVIEW

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