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First classes with young learners articles
What to ask before a pre-school English class
Very young learner first class problems and solutions
A checklist for teaching very young learners for the first time
Planning a first kindergarten English class
Preparing for your very first pre-school class
Teaching very young learners articles
The first 15 stages of using worksheets in kindergarten English classes
15 criteria for choosing or making preschool English worksheets
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
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)
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)? (originally published in MET magazine) – LINKED UPDATED
How to teach colour vocabulary in ESL classes
Classroom activities for colour vocabulary
How to teach colour word recognition
How to use colouring-in in EFL classes
The 15 stages of teaching numbers
15 criteria of a good preschool English class
15 variations on TPR for little kids
15 problems and solutions for large preschool classes
15 variations for large preschool English classes
Teaching grammar to young learners articles
The most useful can/ can’t activities
How to teach comparative and superlative adjectives
How to teach yes/ no questions
Combining Xmas with a young learners’ syllabus
How to teach possessive adjectives
How to teach like and would like
Fun practice for the Simple Past
How to teach There is/ There are
15 fun activities for there is/are/was/were
How to teach this/ that/ these/ those
7 this/ that/ these/ those games
TPR games for I can…/ I can’t…
Other fun activities for can/ can’t
The most useful can/ can’t for ability activities
How to teach can/ can’t for ability
Craft activities for prepositions of position
How to teach prepositions of position to kids
Realia and flashcard activities for prepositions of position
TPR activities for prepositions of position
Video tasks for prepositions of position
Fun activities for prepositions of time
Physical games to practise a/ an
15 fun activities for the articles a, an and the
36 fun classroom activities for Present Simple and Present Continuous
35 fun classroom activities for Present Continuous
56 fun classroom activities for the Present Simple
Guessing games for third person S
More adverbs of frequency games
15 fun games for the Present Continuous
15 fun activities for Present Simple/ Present Continuous
Teaching vocabulary to young learners articles
Picture dictionary games and actitvities
How to teach clothes vocabulary to young learners
How to teach body parts to kids
How to teach transport vocabulary to young learners
Teaching and talking about free time with kids
How to teach shapes to young learners
20 fun ways to teach kids body vocabulary
How to teach colour vocabulary in ESL classes
Classroom activities for colour vocabulary
How to teach colour word recognition
How to use colouring-in in EFL classes
Classroom activities for teaching opposites (with many game ideas)
10 fun activities for personality adjectives
15 fun ways of practising country and nationality words
15 games for the language of describing people
Teaching language through animals
Arts and crafts in EFL articles
Making sure craft activities practise lots of language
Classroom language for arts and crafts
Crafts for prepositions of position
Stories with EFL young learner classes articles
The best picture books for EFL young learners, and what to do with them
15 fun ways of using pre-school storybooks in EFL classes
Songs in EFL young learner classes articles
How to use English songs with your child (article for parents)
15 stages of using preschool English songs
15 criteria for a good kindergarten song
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush in EFL classes
All singing all dancing kindergarten lessons
How and why to use songs with young learners
Classroom management in young learner EFL classes articles
Finding a balance in the use of competition
Proactive young learner classroom management
Reasons for misbehaviour in pre-school English classes
15 punishments for pre-school English classes
15 techniques for calming down a preschool English class
15 variations for large preschool English classes
15 fun sit down activities for preschool English classes
A well-balanced use of stand up and sit down activities
15 problems and solutions for large preschool classes
Games in EFL young learner classes articles
Blocks games for different language points
15 ways to teach English with blocks and stacking games
Using ball games to teach English
Rethinking running around games
Running dictations in EFL classes
Variations on the clap clap clap game
Variations on the change chairs if game
How to make hangman useful in EFL classes
How to use the game Stations in EFL classes
7 this/ that/ these/ those games
Physical games to practise a/ an
Bookwork is fun (games using what is on the textbook page, originally in EtP magazine)
Fun for all the family 3 – quite a few games for articles and determiners
Fun for all the family 2- 26 alphabet and spelling games
Fun for all the family 1- 22 games to teach numbers
15 fun sit down activities for preschool English classes
15 flashcard activities for any preschool English class
15 uses for guessing games in any pre-school class
Making personal questions for young learners fun
A good balance of stand up and sit down activities
15 variations on TPR for little kids
Finding a balance in the use of competition
Other teaching young learners English articles
How teach directions to young learners
Teaching and talking about free time with kids
Teaching language through animals
Using simple picture flashcards to teach phonics
The perfect CV for a young learner teacher
How to choose English classes for your young kids
Combining Xmas with a young learners’ syllabus
Related pages
Young learners worksheets page – NEW LINK
Updated 1 October 2026
