A box of TEFL tricks for you!
Here we list hundreds of lesson plans, activities and ideas to use in your TEFL classroom.
The main list below has activities which practice many different aspects of English: reading, writing, listening, speaking. These can often be used with many different types of classes.
Rock Scissors Paper Fingerplay #1 Lyrics and Actions Key Gestures: Rock – Make a fist. Scissors – Two fingers extended and separated. Paper – Hand open with fingers flat. ♫ Rock, scissors, paper. [Rock, scissors, and paper gestures.] Rock, scissors, paper. One, two, three. [Count to three with your fingers.] […]
The Itsy Bitsy Spider Lyrics ♫The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. Then the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again. Okay…put your fingers together. Let’s do The […]
The Eensey Weensey Spider Lyrics and Actions Key Gestures: Spider – Left thumb to right index finger, right thumb to left index finger and “walk” the spider up. Rain – Wiggle your fingers down in front of you, simulating rain. Sun – Make a big circle over your head with […]
Eeney Meeney Miney Moe (Choosing Rhyme) Lyrics ♫ (Singing) Eeney meeney miney moe Catch a tiger by the toe If he hollers let him go Eeney meeney miney moe (Chanting) Eeney meeney miney moe Catch a tiger by the toe If he hollers let him go Eeney meeney miney moe […]
One Potato, Two Potatoes Lyrics ♫ One potato Two potatoes Three potatoes Four! Five potatoes Six potatoes Seven potatoes More! (Repeat 2x) ♫