Animals, year 1-3

Animals make one of the favourite topics with young children. In this unit, students will learn animal names, sounds and their kids by singing, reading and watching videos.

Warm-up

The Secret Life Of Pets - Official Teaser Trailer (HD) - Illumination - YouTube

 

Vocabulary

Learn Farm Animals for Kids | Video Flash Cards | Kindergarten, Preschool & ESL | Fun Kids English - YouTube

Learn Farm Animals for Kids | Video Flash Cards | Kindergarten, Preschool & ESL | Fun Kids English – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/bV8MSaYlSbc

Learn farm animals vocabulary in English with this fun video. In this video, you’ll learn: cow, duck, sheep, horse, cat, donkey, turkey, pig, chicken and dog. (yr 1-2)

ESL-Kids - ESL Flashcards | Animals

ESL-Kids – ESL Flashcards | Animalshttp://esl-kids.com/flashcards/animals.html

ESL-Kids.com – ESL stuff for teaching kids including flashcards, worksheets, classroom games and children’s song lyrics. – Choose the size and print

Pet Animals Printables for Primary School - SparkleBox

Pet Animals Printables for Primary School – SparkleBoxhttps://www.sparklebox.co.uk/topic/living/pets.htmlFlashcards, Bingo, Sorting cards, Pets and where they Live Matching Cards, Survey form, animal face masks etc.

Farm Animals

Pets

Petshttp://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/vocabulary/pets/index.htmlVocabulary and exercises with pet names. Learn the vocabulary, match the words, crossword.

Pets ESL Printable Worksheets For Kids 1

Pets ESL Printable Worksheets For Kids 1http://www.eslways.com/pets-p1.htmlAnimals – Downloadable and printable worksheets about pets Farm Animals

 

Games

FARM ANIMALS GAME PPT worksheet - Free ESL projectable worksheets made by teachers

FARM ANIMALS GAME PPT worksheet – Free ESL projectable worksheets made by teachershttps://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/farm_animals_game_ppt/animals-beginner-prea1/52762

This interactive Powerpoint presentation is a multiple-choice game for kids about farm animals. Click on the speaker and guess the animal in the stable. – Free Registration Required

PETS PPT worksheet - Free ESL projectable worksheets made by teachers

PETS PPT worksheet – Free ESL projectable worksheets made by teachershttps://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/pets_ppt/present-simple-animals/47196

This is a Powerpoint presentation on pets. It contains some audio flashcards on the most common pets and a guessing game. The students have to read the description and guess the missing pet. – Free Registration Required

 

Songs

On the Farm (counting song) - YouTube

On the Farm (counting song) – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/9uuh3zG21ts

It’s a counting song about the animals on the farm. How many are there? Can you count them all?

The Baby Animals Song - YouTube

The Baby Animals Song – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/cJg4YFtvOp8

It’s a song for children about the names of baby animals. This song was written and performed by A.J. Jenkins.

Sounds of the Animals Song | Songs For Children by Hooplakidz - YouTube

Sounds of the Animals Song | Songs For Children by Hooplakidz – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/h6kssBH6rPo

Discover the magic of the animal kingdom with music and animation.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm - YouTube

Old MacDonald Had a Farm – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/vPd7TaUhYTE

The traditional nursery rhyme. This song was arranged and performed by A.J. Jenkins. – A slow version to learn the song with.

Bingo Song by Kidsongs | ABC Songs | For Kids | PBS Kids | 1 2 3 | Baby Songs | plus lots more - YouTube

Bingo Song by Kidsongs | ABC Songs | For Kids | PBS Kids | 1 2 3 | Baby Songs | plus lots more – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/JXurqlB5MlU

Here’s the classic nursery rhyme “Bingo”. Join the Kidsongs Kids on a sing-along adventure and meet lots of animal friends!

My Dog Ben - Original Children Song by Hooplakidz - YouTube

My Dog Ben – Original Children Song by Hooplakidz – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/4SBHL5bv1W0

This song is specially made by Hooplakidz creator for all of those who have pets

 

Lesson Plans

Pets vocabulary in English - Learn with Games Pictures Sounds and Quizzes

Pets vocabulary in English – Learn with Games Pictures Sounds and Quizzeshttps://www.english-learn-online.com/vocabulary/pets/learn-pets-vocabulary-in-english/

You can learn pets vocabulary in English on this page online and for free. In this online lesson you can learn pets with activities such as games, pictures, sounds, flash cards, tests, quizzes,…

 

Viewing

Story Time with Carol - YouTube

Story Time with Carol – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/_ime5fYs4ngJoin Carol Read for Story Time – she’s bringing “The Moon in the River” alive for Young Children learning English as a second language. (yr 2-3)
Animal Stories - Fairy tale Compilation | 51 minutes English Stories (Reading Books) - YouTube

Animal Stories – Fairy tale Compilation | (Reading Books) – YouTube (51:35)https://youtu.be/dZ-iYN3ki_kEach video, that has sound & mute version, is accompanied by English subtitles. (yr 2-3)

The Present - OFFICIAL - YouTube

The Present – OFFICIAL – YouTube (4:18)https://youtu.be/WjqiU5FgsYc

Leave out the subtitles, the story speaks for itself. (yr 3)

 

Reading

three little pigs - YouTube

three little pigs – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/90Sf9saPuDI

The story starts after the song, at 2min. Stop after 2 min for year 1-2.

“The Three Little Pigs” and The Big Bad Wolf | Three Little Pigs – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/TrcWstqwA4M

“The Three Little Pigs” and “Big Bad Wolf story” Short Story for Kids. (yr 3)

There's An Alligator Under My Bed-Story Time - YouTube

There’s An Alligator Under My Bed-Story Time – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/sNE8p0E4NVU

Mercer Mayer reads his picture book, There’s An Alligator Under My Bed

The animal shelter | LearnEnglish Kids | British Council

The animal shelter | LearnEnglish Kids | British Councilhttp://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the-animal-shelter

The Good family wants to adopt an animal to take home from the shelter. – The script and a worksheet can be downloaded from the page.

 

Speaking

Pet Questions

Pet Questionshttps://webenglish.se/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pet-questions.pdf

A printable handout to have the students interview two friends.

 

Writing

Describing animals - YouTube

Describing animals – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/CYMclpp9aQ8

Learn to describe an animal with easy sentences.

Lesson 8:

Lesson 8: “This animal has / Does it have?” Animals & Adjectives – Kids English Grammar Cartoon – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/rQuE1jBhGyg

English Grammar Cartoon for Beginner English learners • – Teaches how to use adjectives to describe animals.

 

Interactive

Pet show story Super Minds 1

Pet show story Super Minds 1https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/pet-show-story-super-minds-1

The students are going to improve their listening skills as well as practising prepositions of place and action verbs.

 

More Materials

How Animals Sound In Different Languages. – The Language Nerds

How Animals Sound In Different Languages. – The Language Nerdshttp://thelanguagenerds.com/how-animals-sound-in-different-languages/Different languages perceive animal sounds differently. If you think your language represents animal sounds accurately, you are so wrong.

 

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