Meg’s Eggs Counting Cauldron Board Games

Meg's Eggs Counting Cauldron Board Games cover. Practise numbers, counting and food vocabulary. Interactive cut and paste as they play. Includes longer and shorter game.

Meg's Eggs Board Games - Counting cauldron

Fun, language rich and incorporating multiple skills, your ESL young learners practise vocabulary, counting and create their own spells!

♦ A super interactive way to practise food and animals vocabulary and numbers.

♦ Cater to all ages and abilities with a choice of different board games and procedures.

♦ Low prep. Print and go!

♦ Easy to follow tips and suggestions that give you loads of ideas for different ways to play.

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What will my ESL young learners learn?

Apart from the food and animal vocabulary, you might want to incorporate additional phrases and structures.

Principal vocabulary

  • Food: cabbage, bacon, eggs, water plants
  • Animals: lizard, frog
 

While not essential to play the game, you may want to help your learners acquire and/or use the following vocabulary and structures:

Additional vocabulary

  • Dinosaurs diplodocus, stegosaurus, tyrranosaurus

Additional phrases and structures

  • Have/ have got: e.g. I’ve got 2 cabbages.
  • Can for requests: e.g. Can I have some eggs, please?
  • How many..? How many have you got? How many frogs are there?
  • There is / There are: e.g. There are 9 eggs in my cauldron.

Story spell language

Lizards and newts; three loud hoots; green frogs’ legs; three big eggs!

Bacon and eggs; jump over their legs; those three big lumps will be three little bumps!

Classroom language

It’s my turn. It’s your turn. Whose turn is it? Roll the dice. I got a (5). Move forward (2). Go back (1).

Where’s the…? What is it? What’s this? What’s that? Can you find the…? I can see a… Collect the… Go to the…

Can I have..? Here you are. Thank you. You’re welcome.

Colours, scissors, cut, glue, paper, card.

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!
Daiana LiottaShark in the Park Activity Pack
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.
Antonella SandriThe Very Hungry Caterpillar BIG BUNDLE
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 !
Alison BrownFrom Head to Toe Activity Pack
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!
Addi de FreitasElmer Simplified Storytelling script
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.
VeronikaShark in the Park Activity Pack
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.
Jenny GalliganEditable Mini-books
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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! 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!

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. Add in a vocabulary game or two and a storytelling and you’re good to go. You’ll find songs and links to storytelling videos on the Meg’s Eggs Story resource page.

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!)

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 : )

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