Over in the Meadow Song Flap Crafts
Incredibly versatile and effective for practising useful vocabulary and language from this popular song.
♦ 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.
Includes templates for 4 different versions of the song/story!
Ready for some Over in the Meadow Song Flap fun? Get your templates and lesson ideas here:
Or get them in the Over in the Meadow Activities Bundle. Incredible value!
What will my ESL young learners learn?
Depending on which activity procedure you choose, your ESL young learners can focus on listening or speaking skills or both!
Apart from the vocabulary in the images, there are plenty of opportunities to help them acquire useful phrases and structures.
Don’t forget about the game and activity language they can practise too!
Vocabulary
See the comparison table for the similarities and differences between each version of the song/story.
- Animals
- Habitats
- Numbers
- Actions
Structures / Grammar
You may choose to include a focus on:
- prepositions of place
- Imperatives
- Regular and irregular past simple verbs
- can for ability
- ‘Be’ – It is / They are
- ‘There is’ / ‘There are’
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 does this go? It goes here. It goes there. It goes next to/under the…
Can I have..? Here you are. Thank you. You’re welcome. Colours, paper, pens, crayons, pens, pencils, glue, split pin.
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! 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!
This resource includes plenty of activity suggestions for during and after the craft. It’s definitely not a done in 5 minutes activity (unless you want it to be!)
It works great as the main part of a lesson but I’d recommend adding in the Over in the Meadow song or story and a game or two. You can find what you need on the Over in the Meadow Story Resource page.
You can certainly find some free worksheets out there, 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 : )
