Resources and materials for ESL Kids teachers
Each lesson plan covers one theme only. Lessons are stand alone and don’t build on each other. This is useful for teachers who have their own syllabus and need to pick out specific theme lesson plans. All these lesson materials are in American English (click here for British English).
Lessons are organised by theme in alphabetical order.
Greetings, names, follow simple instructions, identify and recognize 3 colors.
Greetings, Asking & answering personal questions, using modal verbs for rules, identifying different classroom stationery.
Talking about ability, asking questions and answering with "can".
Saying morning routine verbs.
Daily routines & Times of the day
Using the present simple tense to talk about daily routines and different times of the day.
Using the present continuous tense to talk about activities you are doing now.
Past tense activities - Regular verbs
Talking about yesterday using past tense regular verbs.
Past tense activities - Irregular verbs: Part 1
Talking about yesterday using past tense irregular verbs.
Past tense activities - Irregular verbs: Part 2
Saying the present and past forms of irregular verbs.
Talking about future plans using "going to".
Describing people using adjectives.
Describing things with common adjectives.
Comparing things (Comparative adjectives)
Comparing objects using comparative adjectives.
Comparing things (Superlative adjectives)
Comparing objects using comparative adjectives.
Saying actions with adverbs.
Saying actions with adverbs.
Saying, reading and writing the letters of the alphabet
(Note: use as part of other lessons).
Saying farm animals and animal noises.
Talking about different pets and possessions (using "I have ...").
Saying zoo animals and animal noises.
Saying different parts of the body.
Measuring parts of the body using large numbers and adjectives to describe size.
Identifying and saying 5 different objects in the classroom.
Talking about classroom stationery and requesting things.
Talking about different clothes.
Saying different colors.
Directions: left / right / forward / back
Saying action verbs and directions: left, right, forward, back.
Talking about different members of the family.
Describing your feeings and emotions.
Saying different fruit and talking about likes.
Talking about different vegetables.
Talking and asking about health and sickness.
Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol.
Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol.
Recognize and identify 6 Easter words and 3 prepositions of location.
Talking about Halloween and popular Halloween characters.
Talking about Thanksgiving.
Asking about jobs and saying 12 different jobs.
Talking about likes and dislikes for food.
Talking about favorites and explaining why.
Talking about natural features in the land and in the sky.
Counting numbers 1-10.
Counting up to 20.
Talking about where animals and people live.
Talking about places in your town, using the present continuous with the structures "Where are you going?" & "I'm going to~".
Talking about different rooms of a house and household objects.
Saying where things are using prepositions, using singular and plural forms.
Pointing to specific things using "this / that / these / those".
Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they)
Using subject pronouns to practice saying how different people are feeling or acting.
Saying different shapes and face vocab.
Talking about shopping and money.
Talking about playing different sports.
Telling and asking for the time.
Saying the days of the week.
Saying the months of the year.
Talking about the four seasons.
Time Frequency - "How often ...?"
Using the present simple tense to say how often you do things.
Identifying and saying 8 different toys, reviewing colors.
Identifying different transport vocab, saying how you got to school.
Talking about travelling on the bus.
Asking about and describing the weather.
Each lesson plan covers one theme only. Lessons are stand alone and don’t build on each other. This is useful for teachers who have their own syllabus and need to pick out specific theme lesson plans. All these lesson materials are in American English (click here for British English).
Lessons are organised in order to be taught.
» Ages 3-7 | Ages 8-12 | Special Lessons
Greetings, names, follow simple instructions, identify and recognize 3 colors.
2. Colors
Saying different colors.
3. Fruit
Saying different fruit and talking about likes.
4. Numbers 1-10
Counting numbers 1-10.
Saying different parts of the body.
6. Shapes
Saying different shapes and face vocab.
7. Farm animals
Saying farm animals and animal noises.
8. Zoo animals
Saying zoo animals and animal noises.
Identifying and saying 5 different objects in the classroom.
10. Toys
Identifying and saying 8 different toys, reviewing colors.
11. Our world
Talking about natural features in the land and in the sky.
12. Weather
Asking about and describing the weather.
Talking about feelings and emotions.
14. Vegetables
Talking about different vegetables.
Talking about travelling on the bus.
16. Clothes
Talking about different clothes.
Talking about ability, asking questions and answering with "can".
18. Directions: left / right / forward / back
Saying action verbs and directions: left, right, forward, back.
Talking about classroom stationery and requesting things.
20. Likes & dislikes
Talking about likes and dislikes for food.
21. Family
Talking about different members of the family.
Greetings, Asking & answering personal questions, using modal verbs for rules, identifying different classroom stationery.
Saying the days of the week.
3. Numbers 1-20
Counting up to 20.
Saying the months of the year.
5. Seasons
Talking about the four seasons.
Saying morning routine verbs.
Talking about different pets and possessions (using "I have ...").
8. Describing people: Adjectives
Describing people using adjectives.
9. Describing things: Adjectives
Describing things with common adjectives.
10. Telling the time
Telling and asking for the time.
11. Daily routines & Times of the day
Using the present simple tense to talk about daily routines and different times of the day.
12. Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they)
Using subject pronouns to practice saying how different people are feeling or acting.
13. Sports
Talking about playing different sports.
14. Adverbs
Saying actions with adverbs.
Identifying different transport vocab, saying how you got to school.
Talking about where animals and people live.
Talking about places in your town, using the present continuous with the structures "Where are you going?" and "I'm going to".
18. Jobs
Asking about jobs and saying 12 different jobs.
Talking and asking about health and sickness.
20. Rooms of a house
Talking about different rooms of a house and household objects.
Saying where things are using prepositions, using singular and plural forms.
22. Demonstrative pronouns (this / that / these / those)
Pointing to specific things using "this / that / these / those".
Talking about shopping and money.
24. Actions - Present continuous
Using the present continuous tense to talk about activities you are doing now.
Saying how often you do things with adverbs of frequency.
26. Past tense activities - Regular verbs
Talking about yesterday using past tense regular verbs.
27. Past tense activities - Irregular verbs: Part 1
Talking about yesterday using past tense irregular verbs.
28. Past tense activities - Irregular verbs: Part 2
Saying the present and past forms of irregular verbs.
29. Measuring parts of the body
Measuring parts of the body using large numbers and adjectives to describe size.
Talking about favorites and explaining why.
31. Comparing things (Comparative adjectives)
Comparing objects using comparative adjectives.
32. Comparing things (Superlative adjectives)
Comparing objects using superlative adjectives.
33. Time frequency - "How often ...?"
Using the present simple tense to say how often you do things.
34. Future plans using "going to"
Talking about future plans using “going to”.
These can be dropped into your syllabus at the required time:
Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol.
Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol.
Recognize and identify 6 Easter words and 3 prepositions of location.
Talking about Halloween and popular Halloween characters.
Talking about Thanksgiving.
Saying, reading and writing the letters of the alphabet
(Note: use as part of other lessons).
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