Hobbies vocabulary fans

Super effective and engaging hobbies vocabulary fans to get your ESL kids practising the vocabulary as well as useful structures in a dynamic way.

♦ Choose the picture templates or text templates or BOTH to practise a range of skills in an interactive way.

♦ Includes 16 different hobbies to mix and match painting, drawing, singing, listening to music, playing the piano, reading, playing chess, dancing, playing card games, collecting cards, playing board games, playing video games, playing with lego, playing the guitar, making jewellery, watching videos

♦ Useful activity suggestions give you plenty of ideas to increase interaction, engagement and learning, before, during and after the craft.

♦ Ideal for mixed ages groups and differentiating for different skills practice, including listening, speaking, reading and writing.

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What will my students learn?

These templates are great for helping your esl young learners consolidate more than just the hobbies vocabulary you see depicted in the pictures. Use them to activate useful structures too and even as speaking props in dialogues.

You can choose whether to focus mainly on listening, speaking or even reading and writing – the choice of templates and activity suggestions make it easy to differentiate according to your needs.

Hobbies vocabulary

painting, drawing, singing, listening to music, playing the piano, reading, playing chess, dancing, playing card games, collecting cards, playing board games, playing video games, playing with lego, playing the guitar, making jewellery, watching videos

Structures + Grammar

‘can’ for ability

e.g. I can sing. Can you sing? Yes, I can. No, I can’t.

Describing frequency

e.g. I sometimes/never draw

Present simple with verb collocations

e.g. She plays video games. They play card games. He plays the guitar.

Present continuous

e.g. You are reading. I am playing video games.

Expressing likes/dislikes

e.g. My favourite hobby is… / I like/don’t like/don’t mind/hate…

Classroom language

Is it…? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. What is it? It’s.. It’s…

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

Whose turn is it? It’s my turn. It’s your turn. Turn it over. Pick one.

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

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

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 pre, 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 your routines and maybe a game or two 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!)

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