Easter song and bunny craft for EFL learners

Our Easter theme this year is focused around bunny rabbits. I want the children to learn a bit more about how Easter in celebrated in the UK and at the same time revise prepositions and parts of the face vocabulary. I'm doing this through a well known nursery rhyme and a simple bunny rabbit cup craft. I'm doing this activity with a group of children aged 3 to 5.

Teacher Training: Best free websites and apps to improve your English

I've just started a new job as a Teacher Trainer. Yey!! I am very excited about this new post but, if I'm honest, a little bit apprehensive too.

Alice the Camel - Christmas song for young ESL learners

Alice the Camel has five Humps was the first ever Christmas song my class performed when I started teaching 20 years ago! It's a great song for helping children to count to five and back.

There's a Little Robin - a simple Christmas song for young ESL/EFL learners

We are gradually preparing for Christmas and the children have been enjoying an adorable little Christmas book called Little Robin's Christmas by Jan Fearnley.

Two Little Dickie Birds for ESL

I have been teaching English to babies and toddlers for eight years now and "Two Little Dickie Birds" is always very popular. It is one of the first rhymes I teach and works well with other "Peek-a-Boo" activities.

Doctor Foster Nursery Rhyme Stones

This month I am sharing ways in which nursery rhymes can be used with young learners of English, either at home or in the classroom. I have used Nursery rhymes with babies and children up to about eight years old. Check out some of the benefits of learning and singing nursery rhymes from this post. 

World Nursery Rhyme Week 7th - 11th November 2016

This week celebrates World Nursery Rhyme Week. The Founders of World Nursery Week, Music Bugs over in the UK pick 5 well-known rhymes and encourage us to "sing them, recite them, play them, watch them, colour them in and dance to them".