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In this section you will find lesson plans, activities, stories, poems, songs and CLIL activities for teachers of young learners in the primary classroom.

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Activities
10 November, 2010
Right or Wrong? Right or Left?
This is a good activity for checking information for younger learners.
Lesson plans
3 November, 2010
My English classroom
This lesson focuses on the use of classroom instructions, establishing discipline and rules at the beginning of a course and learning...
Activities
6 October, 2010
All about me
With very young learners much of what they do in the classroom revolves around them. Before school they are often the centre of ‘their’...
Activities
22 September, 2010
Working in pairs and groups
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...
Activities
16 September, 2010
Hot seat
This is a good activity for getting your students going in the morning. It is also excellent for revising vocabulary.
Lesson plans
16 September, 2010
Routines and habits
This lesson focuses on vocabulary to talk about daily routines and using the present simple in the first and third person.
Activities
8 September, 2010
Back writing
This is a good activity for restless younger classes.
Stories and poems
18 August, 2010
Colours: What is pink?
This is an activity for primary classes based on an adaptation of the famous poem What is Pink? by Christina Rossetti.
Activities
18 August, 2010
Desert Island Escape
This is a speaking activity for higher level students with good imaginations.
Stories and poems
12 July, 2010
Peas!
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 5 to 6 years old at level A1 explores the themes of ecology, the environment and...
Stories and poems
12 July, 2010
Tusk Tusk
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 9 to 10 years old at level A1 explores the themes of racism, prejudice and tolerance...
Stories and poems
12 July, 2010
Rain
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 7 to 8 years old at level A1 explores the theme of the rain cycle in the African...
Activities
7 July, 2010
Machines
Children are often fascinated by machines; the way they work or inventing their own. We are not going to go into the scientific intricacies...
CLIL
11 June, 2010
CLIL PSHE: Healthy eating
This activity aims to develop primary pupils' understanding of healthy, balanced eating and provides practice of basic food vocabulary and...
CLIL
11 June, 2010
CLIL Music: World music
This activity uses samples of world music available from the BBC and helps primary or secondary pupils identify where different styles of...
Activities
9 June, 2010
Drama with children 2
Following on from Drama with children 1 here are a few suggestions that will help you integrate drama into your classroom. Many of the...
Activities
9 June, 2010
The Chat Room
This is a fun question and answer writing activity.
Activities
26 May, 2010
Drama with children 1
For young children and adults alike it can be intimidating to speak a foreign language in front of other people. Even five-year-olds can be...
Activities
26 May, 2010
Battleships
This childhood board game can easily be adapted for use in the language classroom.
Activities
19 May, 2010
Toys
The following ideas are ideal for a post-Christmas show and tell style session but can be equally adapted throughout the year. You will...
Lesson plans
12 May, 2010
Creating Vokis – online animated characters that speak
Vokis are great for practising speaking skills with learners of all ages. Creating an animated character and giving it a voice is really...
Activities
5 May, 2010
Zoo Animals
Children love learning about animals, especially ones which are big, scary, colourful, wild, and potentially dangerous!
Activities
21 April, 2010
Working with biographies
The biography section of portfolios is a documentation of the learners' personal language learning history and can include, for example, a...
Activities
21 April, 2010
Sports and hobbies
This is a good topic for practising different ways of how to collect and store data. You can make mini questionnaires, make charts and set...
Activities
14 April, 2010
It’s 12.00 o'clock!
This is a drawing and speaking activity that is fun to use with primary classes to revise the present continuous form. It is easy to set up...

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Activities
10 November, 2010
Right or Wrong? Right or Left?
This is a good activity for checking information for younger learners.
Lesson plans
3 November, 2010
My English classroom
This lesson focuses on the use of classroom instructions, establishing discipline and rules at the beginning of a course and learning...
Activities
6 October, 2010
All about me
With very young learners much of what they do in the classroom revolves around them. Before school they are often the centre of ‘their’...
Activities
22 September, 2010
Working in pairs and groups
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...
Activities
16 September, 2010
Hot seat
This is a good activity for getting your students going in the morning. It is also excellent for revising vocabulary.
Lesson plans
16 September, 2010
Routines and habits
This lesson focuses on vocabulary to talk about daily routines and using the present simple in the first and third person.
Activities
8 September, 2010
Back writing
This is a good activity for restless younger classes.
Stories and poems
18 August, 2010
Colours: What is pink?
This is an activity for primary classes based on an adaptation of the famous poem What is Pink? by Christina Rossetti.
Activities
18 August, 2010
Desert Island Escape
This is a speaking activity for higher level students with good imaginations.
Stories and poems
12 July, 2010
Peas!
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 5 to 6 years old at level A1 explores the themes of ecology, the environment and...
Stories and poems
12 July, 2010
Tusk Tusk
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 9 to 10 years old at level A1 explores the themes of racism, prejudice and tolerance...
Stories and poems
12 July, 2010
Rain
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 7 to 8 years old at level A1 explores the theme of the rain cycle in the African...
Activities
7 July, 2010
Machines
Children are often fascinated by machines; the way they work or inventing their own. We are not going to go into the scientific intricacies...
CLIL
11 June, 2010
CLIL PSHE: Healthy eating
This activity aims to develop primary pupils' understanding of healthy, balanced eating and provides practice of basic food vocabulary and...
CLIL
11 June, 2010
CLIL Music: World music
This activity uses samples of world music available from the BBC and helps primary or secondary pupils identify where different styles of...
Activities
9 June, 2010
Drama with children 2
Following on from Drama with children 1 here are a few suggestions that will help you integrate drama into your classroom. Many of the...
Activities
9 June, 2010
The Chat Room
This is a fun question and answer writing activity.
Activities
26 May, 2010
Drama with children 1
For young children and adults alike it can be intimidating to speak a foreign language in front of other people. Even five-year-olds can be...
Activities
26 May, 2010
Battleships
This childhood board game can easily be adapted for use in the language classroom.
Activities
19 May, 2010
Toys
The following ideas are ideal for a post-Christmas show and tell style session but can be equally adapted throughout the year. You will...
Lesson plans
12 May, 2010
Creating Vokis – online animated characters that speak
Vokis are great for practising speaking skills with learners of all ages. Creating an animated character and giving it a voice is really...
Activities
5 May, 2010
Zoo Animals
Children love learning about animals, especially ones which are big, scary, colourful, wild, and potentially dangerous!
Activities
21 April, 2010
Working with biographies
The biography section of portfolios is a documentation of the learners' personal language learning history and can include, for example, a...
Activities
21 April, 2010
Sports and hobbies
This is a good topic for practising different ways of how to collect and store data. You can make mini questionnaires, make charts and set...
Activities
14 April, 2010
It’s 12.00 o'clock!
This is a drawing and speaking activity that is fun to use with primary classes to revise the present continuous form. It is easy to set up...

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Activities
14 September, 2011
My favourite day 1
This is the first in a two part series. Here you have a few ideas on how to review days of the week, months of the year and dates while...
Activities
29 October, 2008
My favourite day 2
This is the second in a two part series. Part two focuses on special days and birthdays in particular. You can do this early on in the...
Lesson plans
12 February, 2016
My holiday English book
This lesson plan for teachers of primary learners looks at several creative ideas for making an English activity book for the summer...
Lesson plans
5 October, 2016
My ideal teacher
This lesson plan for primary learners is about teachers and is ideal for celebrating World Teachers' Day on 5 October. 
Activities
8 April, 2009
My New House
During the school year children can move house and change schools for various reasons. When they arrive in a new school it can be hard for...
Lesson plans
29 April, 2009
My School
This lesson reviews vocabulary related to school subjects, people and games as well as days of the week and times.
Lesson plans
12 June, 2017
My sea creature
This lesson plan for primary learners is about life under the sea.
Activities
5 January, 2011
Mystery objects
This game is good for revising lexical sets and is useful for practising using adjectives. It can be teacher led or played as a team game.
Lesson plans
22 May, 2014
Numbers
In this lesson learners play a numbers game and try some maths, listen to and read a story, then play a board game. They talk about numbers...
Lesson plans
25 May, 2011
Objects around the classroom
This lesson focuses on language to describe classroom objects.
Stories and poems
16 January, 2006
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
This BritLit Primary Kit includes ideas to engage the children in the tale in addition to a host of activities to exploit the story and to...
Activities
24 August, 2011
One word stories
This is a simple activity where each student adds a word to create a group story.
Songs
19 February, 2012
Over the mountains
In this lesson, learners will be introduced to the popular song ‘Over the mountains’. They will listen to the song, complete comprehension...
Lesson plans
16 February, 2012
Parts of the body
This is a vocabulary lesson with speaking and listening for very young learners.
Lesson plans
22 May, 2014
Parts of the body
In this lesson, learners will review or be introduced to vocabulary for parts of the body. They will either sing a song about parts of the...
Activities
19 January, 2011
Pass the ball
This game practises adjectives. You need a ball, or alternatively a screwed up piece of paper will work fine.
Lesson plans
3 September, 2018
Peacemakers and peace-breakers
This lesson plan for primary students is designed to celebrate International Day of Peace on 21 September, but can be used at any time of...
Stories and poems
12 July, 2010
Peas!
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 5 to 6 years old at level A1 explores the themes of ecology, the environment and...
Activities
13 April, 2011
People who help us
This is a topic which could be easily spread over several lessons by taking a different person, e.g. firefighter, per week as the focus....
Songs
12 February, 2016
People work
In this lesson, learners will be introduced to the popular song ‘People work’. They will listen to the song, complete comprehension...
Activities
23 June, 2002
Picture dictation
This is a low preparation fun activity that works well with large classes, especially with young learners and teens. All your students need...
Lesson plans
22 May, 2014
Playground
In this lesson, learners will learn some vocabulary for playground equipment and practise talking about doing activities in the playground...
Stories and poems
17 June, 2009
Polar bear story
This story is based on a well-known children’s joke. The joke has been expanded into a repetitive story and provides an ideal context to...
Stories and poems
12 July, 2010
Rain
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 7 to 8 years old at level A1 explores the theme of the rain cycle in the African...
Activities
10 December, 2008
Realia in the bag
This is vocabulary activity that can be used easily with students of different ages.

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