Teaching preschool English links

I’ve done a fair bit of kindy/ kindie/KG/ pre-school/ nursery/ very young learner English teaching  over the years, and I’m doing it full time at the moment for the first time in quite a while, so will be writing about that and giving lots of links for at least the next month or two. I’m going to start with a list of my stuff on the topic, if only to remind myself of what I’ve forgotten, and will move onto other great resources I am finding in future posts- assuming anyone at all is interested!

Using songs and books

15 fun ways of using preschool storybooks

Here we go round the mulberry bush (advice on using the song and/ or storybook)

Super Simple Songs 1, 2 and 3 (review with links to the best songs)

Reading Where’s Spot in EFL classes

Where’s Spot post-reading crafts and other tasks

Using Ten in the Bed in EFL classes (song and/ or story)

Using Brown Bear Brown Bear in EFL classes

Using the picture book From Head to Toe in EFL classes

An all singing all dancing preschool English lesson (included in a recent book by OUP Canada for a TEFL course provider)

Why and how to use songs with young children

15 criteria for a good kindergarten English song

The 15 stages of using preschool English songs

On choosing and using worksheets (should you want to/ need to)

The first 15 stages of using worksheets in kindergarten English classes

15 criteria for choosing or making preschool English worksheets

Other very practical basics

Setting up activities in preschool English classes

Making personal questions for young learners fun

15 uses for guessing games in any preschool English class

15 flashcard activities for any preschool English class

15 fun sit down activities for preschool English classes

15 ways of starting a preschool English lesson

15 ways to finish a preschool English lesson

Discipline and attention

15 techniques for calming down a preschool English class

15 punishments for preschool English classes (and the interesting debate it started)

15 reasons for misbehaviour in preschool English classes (and what to do about them)

Slightly more theoretical

15 criteria of a good preschool English class

The 15 stages of teaching numbers

15 variations on TPR for little kids

15 problems and solutions for large preschool classes

15 variations for large preschool English classes

A bit more adminy

Can-do statements in preschool English classes (an original idea, I think, and some very interesting comments by real published authors!)

Questions to ask before a new preschool English class

Should my English teaching school be a preschool school (or should my preschool be an English school)?

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