A theme page on Circus Clowns and Carnivals with lesson plans for beginner and elementary level students (A1.1. – A.1.2.)
Related pages: Mardi Gras Carnival (year 4-9)
Warm-up
Vocabulary
(level 8) 11-a (Circus items) Danny ESL Basic English – YouTube (5:22)https://youtu.be/f5I3UGkw0Zk
A video dictionary teaching circus words (Yr 2-4)
English Vocabulary Words for the Amusement Park and Circus – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/_WxbnOTQF4w
Vocabulary Builder Course – You may want to leave out the sound of the narrator for younger students (Yr 4-6) Amusement Park Vocabulary
English Vocabulary: Carnival (Carnival Story) – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/3dtrenz1Bb8
Level: Beginner/Intermediate Pictures and vocabulary from a carnival.
Songs
English songs for children: hey little clown – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/jf9WVrsGRPc
Hey little clown, are you happy today? Are you ok? (Yr 1-2)
Circus Clown Song for Kids | Clowns | Songs | Preschool Songs | The Kiboomers | face paint – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/OP6U5LBqA9A
The Kiboomers! Circus Clown, Circus Clown is a fun song (Yr 1-3)
Nine Circus Mice- YouTubehttps://youtu.be/19BW_CmaIBk
Number Songs for Kids | Learn Numbers | Preschool Songs | Juny&Tony by KizCastle (Yr 2-3)
Circus – Nursery Rhyme with Lyrics & Karaoke – YouTube (1:25)https://youtu.be/ZMnGolLNpR0
A happy children’s song about Carnival. Everybody loves Carnival, we are going to have a party (Yr 2-4)
Circus – Nursery Rhyme with Lyrics & Karaoke – YouTube (2:20)https://youtu.be/q5pRF75xeKk
Circus is a beautiful song that talks about the delightful troop that you meet! – A song first with Lyrics then as Karaoke (Yr 2-4)
When the circus comes to town | LearnEnglish Kids | British Councilhttp://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/when-the-circus-comes-town
Listen to a song about a circus – with lyrics (Yr 3-4)
A Day at the Circus | Happy and You Know It | Put on a Happy Face | PBS Kids | Kidsongs | for kids – YouTube (22 min)https://youtu.be/JyLtMTNxjK8
It’s “A Day at the Circus” by Kidsongs with all the best kid songs your children will love!
Nellie The Elephant Sing-a-Long – YouTube (1:58)https://youtu.be/amWkIxjaBrE
To Bombay a traveling circus came, they brought an Intelligent elephant and Nellie was her name
Reading
119.Circus Clowns*http://eslyes.com/supereasy/se/supereasy119.htm
119. She went to the circus with her parents. She was excited. She had never been to a circus. There were many clowns at the circus. She liked the clowns. They had funny faces (Yr 3-5) Easier in present tense
Lesson Plan
Lesson 4: Run Away With the Circus!https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-level-2-lesson-4-run-away-with-the-circus/4034187.html
Anna and Pete visit a circus and talk about circus arts. Are the performers artists or athletes? Find out in the first episode of “He Said – She Said!” (yr 5-6)
Viewing
Funny Clown Steve | English Story for Kids | Steve and Maggie – YouTube (4:10)https://youtu.be/K7uZZcyysP8
Let´s learn about differences with a Funny Clown. Steve and Maggie are on their way to a circus.
Ben & Bella – Ben the Clown – Cartoon – YouTube (4:51) https://youtu.be/wkdLSNEbv-I
The video version of “Ben the Clown” is an entertaining 5-minute cartoon clip (yr 1-3)
Veeru goes to the Circus: Learn English (IND) – Story for Children and Adults – YouTube (4:09)https://youtu.be/EQdPVWM6m5o
Veeru comes back from the Jumbo-Bumbo Circus with some very big ideas. Watch the story to find out more. (yr 3-4)
Story in English, efl, esl for kids, circus – YouTube (5:14)https://youtu.be/RJyyb_CT0ZE
Film adapted from Circus escape, the same as beow with simple narrative and fascinating painting.(yr 3-4)
The Mr Men Show – Circus (UK) – YouTube (10:34)https://youtu.be/O8zCY20cebM
The Mr Men Show – Circus (UK) (Yr 6)
Writing
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