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The Three Billy Goats Board Games

The Three Billy Goats Board Games cover. Use in story retelling. Includes 4 different template types. Use in integrated skills practice

The Three Billy Goats board games & craft

Your ESL kids will have fun while learning useful expressions and story language with these Three Billy Goats board games!

♦ Motivates kids to use useful phrases and expressions.

♦ Useful activity suggestions make lesson planning easy, and give you lots of ideas for different ways to play.

♦ 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!

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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!

Principal vocabulary

  • Main characters: small billy goat; medium billy goat; big billy goat; troll

  • Setting: valley, river, grass, hill, bridge, rocks

  • Description: hungry, horrible, ugly, small/medium/big voice, hooves, feet, horns, hair, teeth
  • Prepositions of place: on, under, above, below, next to, near, far
  • Prepositions of movement: over, under, into, up, down, across
 
 

Story phrases and expressions

  • I’m hungry.
  • Who’s that?
  • Who are you?
  • It’s only me.
  • I’m the (small/medium/big) goat.
  • I want to eat grass.
  • I’m the troll.
  • This is my bridge.
  • I want to eat you.
  • Wait!
  • Please don’t eat me.
  • I’m too small. My brother is bigger.
  • Well, ok. You can cross my bridge.
  • I don’t think so.

Classroom language

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

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?

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

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 : )

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