Jungle Animals Fortune Teller Crafts
What a fun and effective way to practise and play with jungle animals, story language and so much more!
♦ Easy folding and cutting guidelines make this a hassle free craft experience.
♦ Includes ideas for ways to maximise language practice while your ESL kids make it AND to play with it afterwards.
♦ Encourages children to use the new language in a natural playful way.
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What will my ESL young learners learn?
These Jungle Animals Fortune Tellers are great for listening and speaking skills, as well as practising jungle animals vocabulary and the Walking Through the Jungle chant.
There is a whole lot more super useful language they’ll get while making and playing with these too. See some ideas below:
Principal vocabulary
- Jungle animals:
snake, monkey, elephant, tiger, lion, parrot, crocodile, frog
Walking through the jungle chant
- Walking through the jungle.
- What do you see?
- Can you hear a noise?
- What can it be?
- I think it is a (frog)!
- Looking at me / Looking for its tea.
Structures
It is / This is / That is to identify animals
e.g. It’s a snake. That’s a tiger.
Adjective order with colours
e.g. It’s a blue frog.
Can for ability
e.g. I can see a pink monkey.
Description with ‘has got’ / ‘have’
e.g. This animal has got 4 legs and a long tail.
Classroom 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…
Fold, Make a square, Make a triangle, Push, Show me your thumb/fingers, Move in/out.
What’s first? second? What’s next?
Can I have..? Here you are. Thank you. You’re welcome. Colours, crayons, pens, pencils, glue, scissors. I’m finished.
What do teachers say about the resources?
Frequently asked questions
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!
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.
Yes! With lower levels you may choose to work on a fewer number of items at a time, and with higher levels you can stretch them with the whole gambit.
Following the Activity Suggestions, this resource can definitely form the core part of your lesson. I’d recommend including a jungle animals story, like Walking Through the Jungle, and a game or two to create your complete lesson. Find related songs and storytelling videos as well as card games and other useful resources on the Animals Topic Page and the Walking Through the Jungle story resource page.
Once you’ve had a chance to use your materials, don’t forget to come back to leave a review. As a thank you, you’ll receive a 20% discount on any other resource : )
Reviews
Excellent idea
I honestly forgot about fortune tellers and didn’t think at all about using them in English lessons. What a mistake! This was a huge hit (with the parents, too, who most likely had to spend a lot of time answering ‘how do you do that again?’). Perfect, thank you!
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