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What’s in the Witch’s Kitchen Magic Book Craft

Witch's kitchen magic book resource cover. What's in the Witch's Kitchen? Story folding pages - just like magic! Retell and reinvent the story. Practise kitchen, food and halloween vocabulary. Choose from 12 templates! Includes activity suggestions.

What's in the Witch's Kitchen Magic books to 'wow' your ESL kids

A super engaging craft for your EFL kids to create and reinvent their very own version of the Witch's Kitchen story. Just like the popular halloween story!

♦ Engaging for all ages! Choose from 12 different templates and the included activity procedures to tailor to your specific needs.

♦ Includes ALL key language from the story: kitchen objects, food (tasty + yucky!) and halloween vocabulary.

♦Your EFL kids will WANT to show and share their magic books in English.

♦ A fun and interactive way to incorporate story retelling, and bring English outside the classroom.

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Preview

SEE HOW TO MAKE THE WITCH’S KITCHEN MAGIC  BOOKS IN THE VIDEO BELOW

What will my EFL/ESL young learners learn?

Not only will you be able to consolidate useful language from What’s in the Witch’s Kitchen? by Nick Sharratt, you will be able to help kids work on their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The resource includes detailed activity suggestions to help you choose the most appropriate templates and procedures for your particular group(s).

Story vocabulary

Kitchen + Home: house, fridge, bowl, teapot, tin, toaster, cupboard, jar, door

Yucky food + Halloween: rabbit plops, skeleton, ghost, spiders, snakes, goblin’s wee, frog spawn, bats, fleas

Yummy Food: lollipops, beans, macaroni cheese, tomato soup, tins of food, toast, biscuits, cakes, cheese, popcorn, tea

Extra vocabulary for story extension

Kitchen + Home: blender, oven, pan, microwave, pot, cauldron

Yucky food + Halloween: pumpkin, eyeballs, owl, slime, worms, beetles

Yummy Food: bananas, grapes, rice, pasta, icecream, carrots

Structures

  • Will for predictions: Will you like you see? Will it be a ghost? I think it will be cheese.
  • Descriptive and identifying language: It’s a skeleton. They are eyeballs. It’s cheese.
  • Adverbs of direction: Open it left, right, up, down

Story language

While the craft itself doesn’t contain the story rhymes, you can still practise them while making and playing with the craft. Your higher level learners can even write them into their own books.

What’s in the …. in the witch’s kitchen?

Open it left or open it right,

Will you like what you see? Will it give you a fright?

Will you want to shout YUCK? Will you cheer with delight?

It might not be dreadful but then it just might!

Will it make your mouth water or turn your hair white? Will it be a nice surprise? Will you lose your appetite?

What’s in the …. in the witch’s kitchen?

Open it up or open it down,

Will you shudder with horror or grin like a clown?

Will you sigh with relief? Will your squeals ring round town?

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!

The provided activity suggestions for during and after the craft give you all the steps you need to create a fun and engaging lesson for your young learners.
I’d suggest adding in the storytelling and a game or two to review the vocabulary. You might even want to split this activity over two lessons or more!
Find more activities, resources and videos on the What’s in the Witch’s Kitchen? 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 : )

Reviews

  • Time efficient

    By Vicky on

    Love that everything was already thought out and all I had to do was follow instructions. Sometimes teaching so many classes leaves you with little or no imagination. This was the perfect resource to spice up my class and get the kids interacting with each other. Will still be using this resource for another couple of lessons. I will be coming back for more!

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    • By Fiona on

      That’s great to hear Vicky : ) I agree – when we have so many classes, it is difficult to follow our creativity. I hope that some of the things I share here will help ease the load and you can enjoy more breathing space to enjoy getting imaginative in other ways. xx

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  • Awesome

    By Nazaret on

    I love this book and by using these materials my children will have great fun.
    IT’S a wonderful resource that enables my students to practice their oral skills and develop their creativity by modifying the original story

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    • By Fiona on

      Thanks Nazaret! Yes, I had one child yesterday who made their book last year and he could still remember all the adjustments he’d made to the original. Memorable stuff!

      Thank you for your feedback.

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  • What's in the witch's kitchen book craft

    By Marianna Papachrysanthou on

    A very interesting and good fun activity that my students loved. I do one to one tuition and used the book for kids aged 6-8. I had to stick the first pages myself as they got tired of doing the whole craft on their own but once we made it we played a lot with it, trying to remember what was inside each kitchen item. Great repetition without the kids getting bored!!

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    • By Fiona on

      So glad to hear the kids enjoyed it Marianna and that they got lots of practice in a fun way : )

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