Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 111
Family finger play
Finger play: chant
Finger play: hand movements
1 Mother and father standing tall.
1 Show the index fingers first and
2 Brother is big,
then the middle fingers. Use both
3 and sister is small.
hands. Hold the other fingers 
4 Where is the baby? Where is the
down with the thumb.
baby?
2 Show the ring fingers on both
5 Wah! Wah! Wah!
hands, along with the index and
6 I hear him/her call!
middle fingers.
3 Show the little fingers. Now all
fingers are showing, but the
thumbs are hidden.
4 Close hands into a fist and 
wiggle both thumbs.
5 and 6 Put both hands over
your ears.
Follow-up
There are many well-known activities which not only promote language
learning, but also assist with the development of fine motor and gross motor
skills, e.g. Simon says.
6.2 My classroom
Level
*
Language focus
Vocabulary: classroom objects
Skills focus
Listening for details
Thinking focus
Following directions
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Whole class work, suitable for large classes
Preparation
On small slips of paper, write the names of a number of
familiar classroom items. Choose objects from the basic
game. See Box 112. Jumble these and put them into a
container.
About me
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