English Idioms in Pictures. Part 1.

Idioms are gems of a language. I love introducing interesting and funny English idioms to my students. I believe that language fluency is impossible without knowing common idioms and expressions. That’s why idioms are a must for my English classes.

Whenever possible I design picture cards to illustrate some idioms and thus help kids learn them in a fun way. The very nature of idioms allows for creating some unusual images. The weirder the picture comes out the better kids will memorize this idiom. In this and future posts dedicated to English expressions, I will be sharing my picture cards that create to get idioms imprinted on my students’ memory.

Clothes and Accessories Crossword Puzzles

I often include crosswords into my lesson plans as this kind of activity helps students not only memorize the vocabulary but also learn spelling of important words in a fun way. Learning to spell words would have been boring without crossword puzzles. Therefore printable crossword worksheets have become an important ingredient of the syllabus I use to teach English to kids. Today, I’d like to share some printable crossword puzzles I offer to my students when learning the clothes and accessories vocabulary.

Buy the whole clothes kit in printer-friendly PDF format

The kit includes flashcards, 4 types of worksheets, dominoes and bingo game

ESL / EFL teachers are welcome to use my clothes and accessories crosswords for their English classes. They can also choose to buy a premium printer-optimized kit in the form of hi-res PDF documents containing several types of printable worksheets, flashcards and games. The clothes and accessories kit also has alternative worksheets and cards for educators who teach British English. All in all the kit helps introduce over 60 words related to clothes and accessories.

The clothes and accessories crossword puzzle for words hat,  hoodie, coat, stockings, blouse, underpants, tie, slippers, sandals, jeans.

Clothes and Accessories Flashcards. Part 1.

I love using colorful flashcards to introduce vocabulary to my young students. Such visual support is especially important for kids who learn English as a second language. They need to form that association between spelling, pronunciation and the object / action / attribute. Flashcards are a great tool that helps me as a teacher to complete this education mission. This is why I have designed a huge collection of more that 700 English flashcards to introduce the frequently used vocabulary for 16 topics.

Buy the whole clothes kit in printer-friendly PDF format

The kit includes flashcards, 4 types of worksheets, dominoes and bingo game

Since we have been talking about my printable teaching materials for the clothes and accessories topic, I’m going to share some relevant flashcards that I use for my English classes. These flashcards make part of the large ESL clothes kit that includes printable worksheets (word to picture matching, picture to word matching, crosswords, word search puzzles) and games (dominoes and bingo). Fellow teachers are welcome to download these visually enhanced printables from my blog to use for their lessons too. The expanded hi-res printer-ready version of the clothes and accessories kit can be purchased in PDF documents here.

Clothes Worksheets: Picture to Word Matching

There are two types of matching worksheets I create for many topics I teach to my ESL students: word to picture matching and picture to word matching worksheets. I would like to share my picture to word matching worksheets designed to help students memorize the clothes and accessories vocabulary.

Buy the whole clothes kit in printer-friendly PDF format

The kit includes flashcards, 4 types of worksheets, dominoes and bingo game

ESL teachers are welcome to buy my entire clothes kit that includes printable picture and word matching worksheets, crosswords and word search puzzles, colorful flashcards, dominoes and bingo game.

This post contains only 6 picture-to-word matching worksheets. The premium ESL clothes kit has 11 worksheets of this type that cover more than 60 words related to clothing and accessories.

English-Chinese Flashcards: Wild Animals. Part 1.

It is time to start sharing my collection of printable English-Chinese flashcards. I would like to begin with the cards featuring wild animals.

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Animals are a popular topic for English classes for kids. Lots of children’s stories feature animals. There are many cute toys in the form of animals that kids love so much. So kids get acquainted with animals from the earliest ages. That is why ESL teachers introduce the animals vocabulary to preschoolers and elementary school students to begin learning English.

Clothes Worksheets: Word to Picture Matching

I’m starting to publish my collection of ESL teaching materials related to clothes and accessories. These are printable worksheets, flashcards and games that English teachers can use for their classes like I do.

Buy the whole clothes kit in printer-friendly PDF format

The kit includes flashcards, 4 types of worksheets, dominoes and bingo game

I had already published a song about clothes and decided I should expand my offering for ESL teachers with more printables on the topic.

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My ESL clothes kit includes materials that help English teachers introduce the vocabulary related to clothing & accessories and make it easier for students to memorize the words. The featured vocabulary comprises the following words: apron, backpack, bathrobe, belt, bikini, blouse, boot, bow tie, bra, bracelet, button, cap, cardigan, coat, dress, earring, flip-flops, glasses, gloves, handbag, handkerchief, hat, high heels, hoodie, jacket, jeans, jersey, mittens, necklace, night gown, overalls, pajamas (UK: pyjamas), panties, pants (UK: trousers), polo shirt, purse, raincoat (UK: Mackintosh), ring, sandals, scarf, shirt, shoes, shorts, skirt, slippers, sneakers (UK: trainers), socks, stockings, suit, sunglasses, sweater (UK: jumper), swimsuit, tank top, tie, T-shirt, umbrella, underpants, underwear, vest, wallet, wristwatch, zipper (UK: zip).

Clothes and accessories vocabulary featured in my ESL kit

English-Spanish Flashcards: Family Members. Part 3

This is the last post featuring my English-Spanish flashcards dedicated to family members. Hopefully, my flashcards will serve as a useful visual resource for introducing the family vocabulary to Spanish-speaking students.

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Printable Transportation Bingo Game

Bingo is a game I often use along with dominoes for my English classes. The activity helps consolidate the vocabulary at the final stage of a topic. Today I’m publishing some of my printable transportation bingo cards.

Buy the whole transportation kit in printer-friendly PDF format

The kit includes 4 types of worksheets, flashcards, dominoes game and bingo game

The rules are simple: the teacher draws the vocabulary cards from a bag or box to announce the words. Students have to cover the corresponding images on their transportation bingo cards with chips. The winners are those who are the first to cover a horizontal line, a vertical line or all the available pictures on a bingo card depending on the rules you decide to follow.

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This post contains only five bingo cards. The transportation kit that ESL teachers are welcome to buy has 15 bingo cards to be used for larger groups of students. I hope my fellow English teachers and their students will enjoy playing the transportation bingo with my cards.