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.
Rain Rain Go Away (Learn It) Lyrics and Actions ♫ (Spoken) Rain, rain, [Move your fingers down like falling rain.] go away. [Push your hands out, as if you were pushing the rain away.] Come again another day. [Make a “come here” motion with your hands.] Little Johnny wants to […]
We All Fall Down Lyrics and Actions ♫ [Make a big circle.] Walk around the circle. [Walk in a circle.] Walk around the circle. Walking walking. We all fall down. [Everybody falls to the ground.] [Everybody stands up.] Gallop. Gallop around the circle. [Gallop like a horse.] Gallop around the […]
BINGO (Play With It) Lyrics and Actions ♫ There was a farmer had a dog. and Bingo was his name-o. [Pat your legs to the rhythm.] B-I-N-G-O [Point to the letter picture cards.] B-I-N-G-O B-I-N-G-O And Bingo was his name-o. [Pat your legs to the rhythm.] Clap! (Place the “Clap!” […]
BINGO (Learn It) Lyrics and Actions ♫ There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o. [Pat your legs to the rhythm.] B-I-N-G-O [Point to the letter picture cards.] B-I-N-G-O B-I-N-G-O And Bingo was his name-o. [Pat your legs to the rhythm.] (Place one of the “clapping […]
Open Shut Them (And Other Opposites) Lyrics and Actions ♫ Open shut them, open shut them. [Open and shut your hands.] Give a little clap, clap, clap. [Clap.] Open shut them, open shut them. Put them in your lap, lap, lap. [Pat your legs.] Big and small. Big and small. […]