Over in the Meadow Activities Bundles
Less planning, more learning! Save time preparing super fun ESL lessons with Over in the Meadow.
♦ Templates included for FOUR different versions of the Over in the Meadow song/story!
♦ 8 fun, dynamic activities that you can use to teach useful language for animals, actions, habitats, and numbers.
♦ Flexible materials and activities for 6-10 lessons.
♦ Perfect for mixed age groups or to use across a range of levels.
♦ Pick and choose the activities you want. All the activities are great value at around €2 - €3, with bigger and bigger discounts the more you buy.
♦ Get ALL the activities for just €12.80!
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Flashcards and game cards
Perfect for a whole host of whole class, small group and pair practice of your target language.
♦ Help your young learners learn vocabulary for animals, habitats, actions and numbers in a fun, dynamic way.
♦ Try out the included game ideas for interactive practice and easy learning.
♦ A choice of four card types provide plenty of learning opportunities so your esl kids never get bored.
♦ Perfect for helping you plan engaging and effective lessons so you have structure to your Over in the Meadow story lessons.
Interactive storytelling and retelling
While you can incorporate retelling with any of the resources on this page, these resources are more specifically designed for retelling and manipulating the song/story.
Your ESL young learners will acquire more language from the song/story with multiple retellings. The resources below are super helpful for allowing you to do this in dynamic and fun ways. Empower your young learners to sing the song for themselves (or even add their own unique twist on it!)
♦ See the excitement from making a whole book from one sheet of paper.
♦ Ideal for practising counting and sequencing skills, while consolidating language from the song/story.
♦ Includes 2 template types (in both black and white and colour) for FOUR versions of the book. Make and compare!
♦ A fun and interactive way to incorporate story retelling, and bring English outside the classroom.
♦ Choose animals from 4 different versions of the song/story.
♦ Get playful and use them in roleplays, free play and acting out the Over in the Meadow song.
♦ Easy to prep for little hands with helpful cutting guidelines.
♦ Use the Activity Suggestions for easy-peasy lesson planning.
♦ Choose from a range of templates to easily differentiate according to ability, age and vocabulary focus.
♦ A super effective way to provide repetition of useful animal, action, number and habitat language from the Over in the Meadow song.
♦ Use in song practice and guessing games.
♦ Follow the tips and suggestions for fun ways to incorporate full sentences and song language in an interactive and dynamic way.
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Worksheets with a twist
Printables that are perfect for introducing and practising key story language and vocabulary. Follow the activity suggestions for dynamic ways to work on receptive and productive skills or even introduce some creativity.
♦ Great for retelling the Over in the Meadow story/song and having the children hunt and find the pieces to stick in their picture.
♦ Perfect for even your littlest learners. Stretch your older learners by getting them to ask each other for the pieces or challenge them to identify the animal from the habitat.
♦ Includes completed meadow scenes too. Use in games and for language support.
Games to make and play
These can be made to play before your class, but they are also fantastic for integrating even more language practice because the kids can make their own copies. Super useful for bringing English outside the classroom – your young learners will be so excited to play these at home with their families.
♦ Includes different templates for FOUR different versions of the song.
♦ Follow the activity suggestions for lots of ways to integrate exciting English practice.
♦ Easy to plan with loads of game suggestions to maximise language use.
♦ ESL kids are super engaged and motivated to use English with their very own spinner games.
♦ Choose from a range of templates to easily differentiate according to ability, age and vocabulary focus.
♦ A super effective way to provide repetition and practice of useful animals, actions, habitats and numbers vocabulary. See the full list below.
♦ Play games and then get your ESL kids to make their very own copies!
♦ Follow the tips and suggestions for fun ways to incorporate full sentences and song language in an interactive and dynamic way.
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♦ Get crafty and choose from 3 different dice to practise vocabulary and useful phrases from the song/story.
♦ Your ESL young learners will love playing games with the dice. Lots of game ideas included to make planning super easy.
♦ Engaging graphing sheets are great to get your kids interacting and practising their maths and English skills.
♦ Not just for one lesson. These are games you can come back to again and again!
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Not sure how many resources you need?
Of course it depends on your particular context, but I’d like to give you an idea of how I’ve used them across multiple levels, lessons and age groups. Below are a couple of sample 6 lesson maps with the resources.
In general I follow this sequence:
- Introduce the language and use activities to focus on understanding, i.e., the children have to listen and understand to complete the craft/game/worksheet.
- Revise the language and give the children the opportunity to produce the language.
- Practise the language in a freer way that lets the children experiment with the language.
3 to 5 years (also suitable for older children new to English)
Lesson 1: Storytelling with the picture book or song video, Flashcards and game cards (animals), Find and stick craft.
Lesson 2: Flashcards and game cards (animals + numbers); Storytelling with picture book or song video, Jigsaw games and craft.
Lesson 3: Mini-books. Flashcards and game cards (matching games with animals and numbers); Optional playing with jigsaws.
Lesson 4: Dice and Graphing sheets; Singing and retelling the story from picture book or song video.
Lesson 5: Spinner games and craft; Singing acting out song/story.
Lesson 6: Learning stations with games and crafts used; Optional Stick Puppets. Acting out story and singing song.
6 to 11 years (also suitable for younger children with 2+ years of English)
Lesson 1: Storytelling with the picture book or song video, Flashcards and game cards (games to find out what they know/don’t know), Find and stick craft OR Jigsaw games and craft.
Lesson 2: Flashcards and game cards (depending on level – habitats or animals or both); Storytelling with picture book or song video, Spinner game and craft (focus on receptive skills while making then let them play and find out where the language gaps are).
Lesson 3: Mini-books. Flashcards and game cards (matching games with animals and numbers); Singing the song with/without the story.
Lesson 4: Song Flap craft. Depending on level – incorporate habitats, writing/reading.
Lesson 5: Dice and Graphing sheets; Singing and retelling the story from picture book or song video.
Lesson 6: Learning stations with games and crafts used; Optional Stick Puppets. Acting out story and singing song.
Remember each resource includes different templates so you can differentiate for different levels or repeat the story across year groups but using different templates.
You can even have different groups working with different versions of the book. You get FOUR variations for FOUR different versions of the song/story!
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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! There are a range of templates to choose from within each resource so it’s super-easy to differentiate. The included Activity Suggestions will also give you ideas about how you can conduct the activity so each child can work (play!) to their full potential.
Definitely! (You knew I would say that!) No, but seriously speaking, I started making these resources for just one class but I’ve now used them several times over. I’ve even used them with the same groups in subsequent years, because the different templates allow me to vary the activity and language focus.
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