Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.

This is part 3 of a 6 part hands-on unit on Inventions and Simple Machines. Build and test waterwheels, use cylinders to make wheel cookies, experiment with matchbox cars to demonstrate friction, compare the mechanical advantage of an adult and a children's bicycle, and more!

Push and Pull Introduction to physics: Children are exploring how things move in the world around them. They will investigate how they can change the speed and direction of objects by exerting more or less strength. Objective: Children will investigate different forces, push versus pull, by thinking about how they can make an object move. Objective: Using soda bottles and a ball, children will discover that when objects collide they push on one another and can change motion. Objective: Children will experiment with changing the speed (using different strengths) and direction of an object by pushing or pulling it. Objective: Constructing a ramp, children will explore how they can increase the speed and distance of a matchbox car. Objective: Examining real world objects, children will sort objects into groups (push, pull, or both) using a Venn diagram. Introduction (Whole Group): First, connect motion to what the children already know. Ask them, How do we move? Have children raise their hand and demonstrate. Next, drop a stuffed animal on the ground. Ask students, How can I make the stuffed animal move? They will think about their past experiences with moving objects to derive an answer. Then, explain that a push and a pull are both forces. Force makes an object move or stop moving. When we push something, we are moving it away from us. When we pull something, we are moving it closer to us. [Act out motions: push = palms out, push away from body and pull = two fists on top of each other, pull toward body with students]. Brainstorm: Create a T-chart, write down objects that can be pushed or pulled (objects at home, in the classroom, on the playground). Small Group Instruction (Stations): PUSH: Soda Bottle Bowling: Children experiment with pushing a ball hard and soft to knock over soda bottles. They can compare a big push to a small push. What kind of push made the ball move the fastest? They will see how when objects collide (ball and soda bottle) they push on one another and can change motion. PULL: Chair Pulley: Loop a light weight rope around the back of two chairs. Hang a small basket within the loop to send back and forth by pulling. They will experiment with pulling the rope hard and soft. What kind of pull moved the basket the farthest? PUSH: Ramps and Matchbox Cars: Children create ramps using flat, rectangular wooden blocks and duplo legos. They will investigate how the height of a ramp can change how fast and far their matchbox car can go. They will also compare the distance and speed of the car on the ramp to using no ramp. PUSH / PULL: Sort: Put out a paper bag consisting of various real world objects. Children collaborate and sort the objects using a Venn diagram (hula hoops). Children distinguish the objects putting them into groups: push, pull, or both. PUSH / PULL / MOTION: Computer Games: Children play games to reinforce push, pull, and motion. Push: Piggy Push from Cool Math Games Pull: Hook the Fish from Cookie Motion: Josie Jump's Dance-athon from BBC Reinforcement / Closure (Return to Whole Group): Watch a video to reinforce pushes and pulls. For further reinforcement, the next day, have children go on a scavenger hunt and try to find things around the classroom that they can push and pull. Assessment Rubric

Does your child know what all the street signs mean? Give him a fun game where he can learn different street signs and practice memorization!

Increase student engagement and reinforce your teaching through these 10 games to learn English.

A map game can help your child learn the important life skill of map reading. This fun activity combines following directions with map skills activities.

In my last STEM for Kids post I introduced the Exploring the Five Senses for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers Series with the Sense of Touch. My kids and I enjoyed the sense of touch activities, especially because they were simple and age appropriate for my kids. The five senses are a great way for young […]

Wind Tube!: Whether you want to wind down or wind up, this tube is soon to be your favorite automatic aerodynamic magic. Like the giant bubble fan from Willy Wonka's factory, this easy to make wind tube is great for exploring what flies, spins, tumbles, soars a…

A fun esl printable dominoes game for kids to study, learn and practise body movement verbs vocabulary. Just print them, cut out the domino pieces from the worksheet and play. You can also have them laminated for long term use. An effective game for both small and large groups in the classroom. (A set of 40 domino pieces)

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By Tiffany Rudd I've played this simple game in many variations with my preschool students over the years and every time it is a huge h...

Worksheet on practising/reinforcing Halloween vocabulary. Key included. - ESL worksheets

February is Galileo's birthday, so this month for the Famous Birthdays post, I decided to feature him and some fun resources to aid you in teaching about him. The kids & I made a Star Viewer

Color sorting with toddlers is so much fun with this pom pom delivery activity! Transportation toys help bring the colors and classification to life!

The children have been really enjoying felt games where an item is hidden and they have to guess which coloured item it is hiding behind. Last week we were playing Little Mouse and I asked the children for an idea for a new game for Easter. A little girl said eggs and she came up with this verse. "Little chick, little chick are you behind the ______ egg?" They have has so much fun playing this any time. Regardless of their ages. Here is a 2, 3 and 5 year old playing together. Next we are going to make bicycles. ">

Do you want an easy, low prep activity that will keep your little ones busy? Try this Pom-pom Straw Pull Activity!

Play this fun, simple, and low-prep ABC game to work on letter recognition with your preschooler!

Learn how levers work by creating this fun and informative science fair project with your kids.

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Hello Everyone! Hope you're having a joyfilled day!! I wanted to share my "Me and My Community" social studies mini unit with you. If you are one of my kiddos reading this, have mom or dad print it off for you and get busy!! :) We've done many of these activities already, but it is still a great summer time filler! The unit contains 30 pages of poems, drawing and writing activities, anchor chart activities, a mini book for kids to make, citizenship, community workers, map skill activities, and much more. I have loved having time to organize it. Don't you love summer for just that reason? Here are a few pics of what is included! Unit contains three poems An 8 page mini book for kids to make Our "Me on the Map" anchor chart Craft Connection Inspired by finallyinfirst.blogspot.com :)  Mini poster  "What will you be?" anchor sample- unit contains all 4 cardinal directions and a compas rose Since you are part of my community, here's your free 30 page printable unit. Click Here! Hope you can use a least a bit of this!! I can't wait to use it again this fall!! Have a great rest of the day! Joyfully! Nancy

We were on our topic on noses and wanted to see if the kids knew which animal had which nose. The game is similar to Pin the Tail on the Donkey, only they aren’t blindfolded and we’re u…

In the third chapter Farmer Boy, we read about Almanzo thinking about milk and popcorn together and how they don't overflow. Of course, we had to try this!

Looking for a simple STEM engineering project without a lot of supplies? Try this cereal box drawbridge project! Kids love it!

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DIY Frisbee Golf

4-In-A-Row games are one of my favorites. There is no assembly required- just print and laminate if you’d like, grab a few bingo chips and you’ll have a fun activity that your students will love. The fast pace nature of the game also allows for many practice opportunities. Playing the game is super simple. The […]

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One of the projects described at Boulder Journey School Summer Conference 2013 was entitled The Composition of Sound and was a part of the process ofincluding more music within the daily lives of preschoolers. In the project the children learned about creating sound, personifying wind, representing ideas and composing/directing music. This was not a new project, it had been done at the preschool before, so the documentaion of the previous project was shared with the children in order to stimulate ideas and reflections. I like the idea of children not ALWAYS having to start from scratch, of being able to benefit from the learning processes of other children. I also like the idea that the children reading the documentaion of previous years will get the sense of value... that the adults value our ideas enough to keep them and share them with other... that maybe it encourages the children to voice their ideas with the knowledge that maybe they too will be shared in the future... The children realised that they could create a wind choir - as they could rpoduce sound with their own mouths (and of course as you breathe out to make sound, out comes air like a small wind). As with all the projects at Boulder Journey School the teachers are partners WITH the children, they learn and explore TOGETHER. This is why it is so important that teachers come to each project with fresh eyes... that does not mean you abandon your own knowledge and experience (that should of course be used wisely) - but it does mean you need to be open enough to see something new, or to enjoy the process as if it was the first time - it is about GENUINE enthusiasm for what you are doing WITH the children. By using the observations made of the children and listening to their thoughts it enables the teachers to plan and research the appropriate journey of discovery - which can go in any direction (which a teacher needs to be prepared for - and not disappointed if it doesn't go in the direction that you originally thought it would). The teachers at BJS turned to technology to locate sounds of wind for the children to listen to - and as they listened they labled the wind types and were then given the opportunity to draw representations of wind. The teachers made a mobile of the names of the wind - to document the names in an attractive manner and also harnassing wind as part of the documentation display. a great variety of wind names While the children were drawing their representations of the wind they were also able to listen to the wind sounds. I took notes of the children's drawings and this is how they drew the wind, and how they named the wind Their representations of the wind were projected onto the wall and the children were able to share their ideas and to reflect upon them... having the image on the OH allowed the children to move their drawings which enable their peers to better understand the movment of the wind represented. At the same time the children were working on their wind choir... learning how to compose music to create a thunderstorm. Each child created their own wind sound and they took it in turns to conduct the wind choir... ... the children needed to explain their hand signals - what meant stop, what meant start, what meant quiet and what meant loud etc... - as they took it in turns they expanded on the hands signals - learning and inspiring each other. They then progressed to a stop-motion film animating their wind drawings together with their wind choir music - - using the skills of the studio specialist and the technology specialist to expand the project. another detail of the wind mobile In this project the class teacher had the support of the music specialist, the technology specialist and the studio specialist. The idea of the specialist is to not only support teachers to provide richer experiences and stimulate their own thinking about projects from different angles, but also to enable the whole school to be an entity and not just a series of classrooms. It shows that not only children benefit from collaboration, but as teachers we also benefit from collaborating with our colleagues to deepen our understanding of the children, their learning and alternative methods to support their interest. This allows for the 100 languages, as we approach a project from not with just one vision but many - allowing the project journey to follow its own path at the same time as experiencing many things on route... other images connected with wind... using fan to blow various threads on a frame an upright wind-tunnel with a variety of objects to see how far they travel... and finally a short film of a fan blowing ribbons - and it is to LISTEN and not jsut watch as wind makes a noise... at least the making of wind by this fan - and as it MOVES things...

Your kids will love the colors and textures in this fun sensory experience! We explored fish a few weeks ago and made squishy fishy aquarium. You can see how to make these sensory gel bags by clicking here. Color Mixing The children put green and yellow food color

Create this fun scoop & pour activity for your little one to help feed the squirrels this Fall! It's a great fine motor Autumn activity for toddlers.

I can't believe that the Winter Olympics are coming up so fast. In anticipation, I made this winter sports no prep pack for my students to practice some skills with an Olympic theme. It will be 1/2 price until Wednesday. Click on the picture below to grab it now.

Play four fun Math Sense games with cards from this store, great for ESL, SPED, tutoring, or math centers. This guide includes both English and Spanish instruction cards. Card games engage students in mathematical thinking as they match numbers, models, expressions, and/or equations. Use games for group work or share with parents to play with kids at home. Students of different abilities will enjoy fun, familiar card games. Download printable cards (available separately, some free) or make cards with the included templates. FEATURES OF GAMES GUIDE • Instructions for four card games to play with any card set in this store • A page to fold as a card storage pocket • Suggestions for displaying or managing card sets on a bulletin board • A list of available free and priced math card sets • Handy instruction cards in English and Spanish • A template for making your own card sets MORE MATH SENSE RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY GRADES Printable Card Games Kindergarten • Grade 1 • Grade 2 BOOM Self-Checking Digital Matching Bundle Kindergarten • Grade 1 • Grade 2 PPT/Google Slides Digital Matching Grades K-1-2 Basic Facts Card Games Fact Families • Addition • Subtraction For a free downloadable list of concise goals, choose your grade: Kindergarten • Grade 1 • Grade 2 Please FOLLOW this store to be notified of new resources. Thanks for looking!