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	Primary Ideas, materials and tips for teaching younger learners. The Primary tips content here comes from our site for Language Assistants.

Primary

Ideas, materials and tips for teaching younger learners. The Primary tips content here comes from our site for Language Assistants.

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3.52174	Sportsmixer Sports Mixer is an online game for young learners on the British Council's site for young learners, LearnEnglish Kids. In the game children will practise vocabulary related to sports clothes and equipment.
3.690475	Superheroes These materials provide a rich, motivating and entertaining resource for lessons. On this page you will find tips for using and exploiting the materials in the classroom.
3.365855	Teddy dresser In this game, learners see a picture of teddy and a description of what teddy is wearing. They then find the items and dress the teddy.
3.507465	Telling the time Teaching the time forms part of every primary syllabus. On the LearnEnglish Kids website there is a wealth of materials for introducing and practising this concept, ranging from simple games, to songs and stories through to more difficult activities to practise daily routine. On this page you will find ideas for using and exploiting these materials.
3.383335	The alphabet The alphabet is one of the fundamental teaching points at primary level and needs to be frequently recycled and practised using a variety of different activities. On the LearnEnglish Kids website you will find a wide range of activities and materials for teaching and practising the alphabet.


3.83019	A Handful of Poems by Tony Mitton The four poems in this collection are all by Tony Mitton, and the materials are the first to be designed by BritLit for the age range 9 – 11 year olds. Each collection includes text and audio of the poem as well as learning activities, teachers' notes and visual support.
4.075	Down by the Cool of the Pool “Down by the Cool of the Pool” is a rhyming text written by Tony Mitton. Join Frog and his farmyard friends as they dance around the pool.
4.493245	Jack and the Beanstalk This BritLit Primary Kit has been designed for use with any version of the tale. The kit integrates a range of mixed-ability cross-curricular materials within the context of the tale in order to actively engage children and develop their cognitive, linguistic and social skills.
4.09886	Little Red Riding Hood All around the world children love listening to and reading fairy tales in their mother tongue. Whatever the reason, fairy tales provide both children and teachers with a familiar starting point from which to explore stories in a second language.
4.30928	Old MacDonald Had a Farm The kit includes ideas to engage the children in the tale in addition to a host of activities to exploit the story and to extend the topic of farms and farm animals.


4.015875	Carol Read: The secret of working with children In February 2012, Carol Read gave a workshop at the British Council in Warsaw. Her talk covered a range of primary issues and she gave a number of invaluable tips about teaching primary students. Watch her talk here.
3.385715	Listening for young learners In this article I will briefly focus on how I try to develop listening skills with our young learners who are learning English as an additional language.
3.61017	Picture books for all Can I hear you tutting? "Picturebooks for all? But aren't picturebooks for babies and small children?" There are some wonderful examples of picturebooks, often in board book format, which are specifically for babies and small children, but picturebooks are not just for babies.
4.117115	Starting primary Teaching at primary level can cause many teachers, particularly those who have trained to teach adults, a variety of problems and generate a range of worries.
3.707145	Stirrers and settlers for the primary classroom Teaching in the primary classroom is very different from teaching teens or adults because of the amount of energy children have! Knowing how to channel this energy, or when to ‘stir' and when to ‘settle' children will help you achieve balanced lessons without children becoming over-excited on the one hand or bored on the other.


3.72222	My English classroom Introduction Throughout the year you’ll be using classroom language and it’s important for children to be introduced to it very early on so that they can understand what you want them to do. Giving clear, simple instructions is not always easy. Here are some tips to help you make yours effective;
4.26087	All about me Introduction With very young learners much of what they do in the classroom revolves around them. Before school they are often the centre of ‘their’ universe so starting school can sometimes be a bit of a shock.
3.733335	Working in pairs and groups Introduction The tendency with primary learners is to treat the class as a whole group and underestimate their ability to work in pairs or in small groups. Even very young learners can become independent in their learning and
3.61905	Routines and habits Assumptions: The pupils will have already learned the days of the week and how to tell the time. See worksheet 13 a/b in the Ciep 'mallette pédagogique' This worksheet should be done as an introduction if it has not been covered yet.
4.32	Colours: What is pink ? Introduction This is a primary tip that helps you exploit the lesson plan Colours – What is pink? from the French CIEP* website, designed to assist foreign assistants teaching in France. It can be used by all assistants


A Christmas Lesson
All about me
At the beach
At the funfair
Calendar Based Activities
Chinese New Year
Clothes
Colours: What is pink ?
Creepy Crawlies
Drama with children 1
Drama with children 2
Drawing and colouring in the primary classroom
Easter
English Clubs and Corners
Evaluating Progress
Fairy Tales
Farm animals
First Lessons
Food I like/don't like
Fruit and Vegetables