The Smartest Giant in Town board games & craft
Your ESL kids will have so much fun and English practice with these Smartest giant board games!
♦ A super interactive way to practise animal and clothes vocabulary AND useful phrases from the story.
♦ Give your young learners even more English speaking practice with the create your own game versions. They'll play at home with their families too!
♦ Choose from 5 variations to learn useful animal, clothes and story phrases and easily differentiate for different levels - includes literacy practice option too!
♦ Useful activity suggestions make lesson planning easy, and give you lots of ideas for different ways to play.
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What will my ESL young learners learn?
Apart from the items you see on the board games, there’s so much more language your learners can use. The provided activity suggestions give you lots of ideas for different ways to play the game that cater to different ages and levels. Lots of speaking and listening skills practice!
Story animals – lower level
fox, goat, giraffe, mouse, dog
All animals in illustrations – higher level
Clothes vocabulary in story – lower level
dress/gown, sandals, shirt, trousers/pants, belt, tie, socks, shoes, crown, scarf,
vest, pants/underpants
Clothes vocabulary in illustrations – higher level
cap , sunglasses , coat , jacket , woolly hat , pyjamas /pajamas, shorts, T shirt ,
trainers sneakers , skirt , boots, jumper/sweater
Structures
‘for’ + noun phrase to express purpose
e.g. My tie is a scarf for a giraffe. My belt is a path for a dog.
Noun + as + noun to express purpose
e.g. Here is a tie as a scarf.
Have got/have to express possession
e.g. I have a hat
Game and activity language
Whose turn is it? It’s my turn. It’s your turn. Where’s the dice? Roll the dice. I need a (4).
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… 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! 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!
You can easily create a whole lesson around this resource, especially if you get your young learners to make their own boards (in an interactive way of course!) I’d suggest adding in a storytelling, and a game or song to revise the vocabulary and language.
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 : )