Folding House Craft Resource cover. 1 piece of paper! Includes templates for every level. Includes cut and paste furniture. Great for dramatising the Peace at Last story.

Fun and easy Folding House Craft

Enjoy engaging and your ESL kids learning house and home vocabulary with this interactive folding house craft. Great for retelling the Peace at Last story too!

♦ Just one piece of paper! It seems magical.

♦ Includes 3 different template types to suit different ages and contexts.

♦ Use to practise useful house vocabulary and prepositions and language for international young learner exams.

♦ Great for story retelling with Peace at Last too!

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What will my ESL young learners learn?

The possibilities for language and skills practice are excellent with this resource. You can choose to focus on only the room vocabulary, or add in the house and furniture language. You can even work on useful phrases from the Peace at Last story.

Choose to integrate listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. For your lower levels you can work on listening and recognising the vocabulary and phrases, and encourage them to use what they know when playing with the craft. For higher levels, stretch them with speaking, reading and writing practice. The included activity suggestions help you choose what’s right for your group.

Room vocabulary

kitchen , living room , bathroom , bedroom , garden , garage , dining room

Objects and furniture vocabulary

cupboards, fridge, oven, car, toilet, sink, bath, tree, flowers, sofa, clock, table and chairs, bed, picture, alarm clock, lamp

Prepositions

on, in, under, next to, between, opposite, above, below

Sample Peace at Last story language

Daddy Bear is tired. Daddy Bear goes to the kitchen. “Oh no! This is terrible!”

Structures

The pictures will help you practise the house vocabulary and

‘There is’/’There are’
e.g. There’s a clock in the living room.

Game and activity language

Where’s the…? It’s here. It’s there. Is it…? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. What is it? It’s a.. It’s…

Can you find the…? I can see a… Where’s the sofa? Here it is! It’s here. Where does this go? Like this?

What’s next? What’s first? What’s number 1? This one? That one? Let’s tell the story.

Can I have..? Here you are. Thank you. You’re welcome. Colours, pencil, crayons, pens, scissors, paper, card, cut, fold, open.

What do teachers say about the resources?

Wow! I used this resource for one of my labs and it has been explosive. Children were super excited and of course, I was as well! Nothing to complain about! Great work!

I have recently started to use storytelling in my classes and ESL labs. Fiona’s resources are a real treasure. Lots of useful tips and ready-to-use material to bring the story to life and help kids use the language. Excellent, couldn’t ask for more.

The resources were great and saved me so much time, the teaching tips gave me ideas. We had a lot of fun with it : the kids loved the activities, learnt the animals and movements and understood the story. And I feel like there is so much more I could have done. Thank you !

I found this resources few weeks ago and now I’m always have a look first on this web. The range of activities are awesome!

I love the resources and the kids seemed to enjoy too. I had a hard time today with a mixed-age group (from 6 to 14!), but the abundance of differentiated activities Fiona offers made it much easier for me to make the time spent together meaningful.

Most importantly, my students really enjoyed the process of making their own mini book. It also served as an assessment, as I was able to see clearly which students were having issues with reading and matching – but it didn’t feel like an exam or test for the students at all. I only wish I’d found this at the beginning of the academic year.

Frequently asked questions

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Can't I just make these resources myself for nothing?

Yes, of course! Maybe you have the time and enjoy creating things, but it has to be said that being a young learner teacher can involve a HUGE amount of extra work making materials. Give yourself a break!

How do I know these materials will work?

All my materials have been tried and tested in the classroom. As well as having almost 20 years of teaching experience, I am also a qualified trainer for the Trinity TYLEC (Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate), so you can rely on the quality.

I'm teaching mixed aged groups. Will these materials work?

Yes! They work great for mixed aged groups and different abilities because they come with different templates AND different suggestions with how to use the resource. No time wasted on adapting different worksheets!

I need a ready to go lesson plan. Can I use this?

The provided activity suggestions for during and after the craft give you all the steps you need to create a fun and engaging lesson for your young learners. Just add in a game and/or a song and you’re ready to go.

Wouldn't it be easier to just do a worksheet?

You can certainly find some free worksheets out there, but I can guarantee your young learners will be much more excited to create this. Engaged and motivated children make for a happy lesson (and teacher!)