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| Title | More Suggestions for Teaching Young Learners (Part 3) |
| Body | These activity ideas came from a French teacher of children, but you might find useful ideas to liven up classes of any age, level or language. ---- Do a memory matching game - pictures on one side, numbers on the other side (I do it on my calendar - hidden pictures behind the calendar numbers). Set a timer for 5 minutes. They raise their hand and you call a student to say a number. You reveal the picture behind it and SAY the word (they listen). A DIFFERENT student raises hand to say another number to try to make the match. When they get a match, ring a bell or yell a special word. See how many matches they can make in 5 minutes. The kids like making the matching game by drawing the pictures themselves. Then they get to see their own funny artwork. (I did this for Halloween, fruits, etc.) Do Freeze dancing to French music. When the music stops they freeze. Try different actions like nagez, volez, rampez, sautez, sautez sur un pied. Kids this age love "loto" (Bingo). It's easy to make the games - or they can make them themselves (like with colors or numbers) and then take them home. For family stuff, try finding pictures of the Incredibles and using them to describe this family. Sing the song "J'aime papa." When they know certain words, put little pictures or manipulatives out in a row and tell them to close their eyes, then take one away and see who can tell you which one is missing, until none are left. Keep repeating the words each time. A scarf to wave and pick up one in is good for mystery effect. Try Mystery Number. Put a set of number cards (like playing cards) in a hat and have them close their eyes when you pull one out (hidden) They try to guess the number. You tell them "plus haut" and point up or "plus bas" and point down. When they get the hang of it, let them pick the mystery number. Try searching on Nandu at http://www.cal.org/earlylang for more ideas, or check out Anacleta.com (it's Spanish but has a lot of ideas for Elementary FL) Have fun! Margaret Kohler, M.J. Re: teaching French to 7-8 year olds. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 Apr. 2006). |
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