Kindergarten 10 – Teachers Learn ETD

Kindergarten Course 10

You should find lots of material here from which to make lesson plans

Overview

Food, Holidays and Pirates

Always have fun. Remember facial expressions, gestures and movements and articulate English very clearly. Also perhaps continue to have dialogue with a hand puppet. That way your children will learn what may seem quite difficult language, as in the holiday song in this chapter.

Never preach but convey messages – like avoiding unhealthy food and relishing fruit and vegetables – in a fun way through songs and games. We end the 3 to 6 year old section with a splendid Pirate game that will help lead to their taking part in dramas from 6 years old onwards.

Description:

In this course inspire your students to create and enjoy drama.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the session the student will be able to:

Appreciate healthy food.
Appreciate the value of revision.
Learn to get the best out of holidays
Identify words with /v//v/ /W//w/ /X//x/ /Y//y/ and /Z//z/ sounds.
Pronounce words with /v//v/ /W//w/ /X//x/ /Y//y/ and /Z//z/ sounds
Write letters /v//v/ /W//w/ /X//x/ /Y//y/ and /Z//z/
Have confidence creating and performing drama.

Materials:

MP3 player, musical instruments, for example shaker, drum, recorder, xylophone, block, triangle, bell, tambourine. Small objects to inspire inventing drama might be boats, diggers, bulldozers, tractors, treasure, dinosaurs, pirates, firefighters, plumbers, dolls. The same is true of dressing up costumes (fairy, princess, pirate, king, clown, etc). You will need three soft balls for the Pirate game.

Flashcards: for warm up song chocolate: ice cream, chips, cake, hamburger, bananas, vegetables, grapes, pasta, apples, junk food. For holiday song: Ramadan, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, Solstice, New Year, Harvest. For letter songs: violet, voice, village, van, vegetable, vest, volcano, vase, valley, violin, video, vowel, walrus, wasp, window, walk, welcome, walk, wake up, word, winter, wind, wedding, white, xylophone, xmas, xerox, X-ray, yellow, yacht, yogurt, yak, yo-yo, yawn, yard, year, you, young, yell, yes, zebra, zoo, zero, zip, zigzag, zoom. For fruit and vegetables: apple, orange, banana, water melon, grapes, mango, pear, strawberry, cherry, pineapple, papaya, raspberry, rice, potato, cabbage, tomato, carrot, spinach, broccoli, beans, peas, eggplant, cauliflower, cucumber.

Units:

Food Song
Review Past Courses
Holidays
Small World Play
Number Song
Air sounds
Letters V, W, X, Y, Z
Dressing Up Game
Fruit and Vegetable Game
Pirate Game

Meditation

Removing Stress

The benefits of meditation for children include the improved ability to manage stress, control anger, improved attention/concentration and improved interaction/empathy, improved academic outcomes. Most teachers interviewed were positive about the meditation for children programme used in schools in Townsville, Australia.

Most parents reported calming and relaxing effects in their children. Many children reported that they meditated outside of school times especially when they felt under stress. They reported better pro-social behaviour. Many students also said they thought their teachers would benefit from meditation too. Children often experience stress and anxiety quite severely today. External pressures to perform and compete contribute to this in and out of academic areas.

Highly increased levels of mental stimulation operate on them through the media, internet and many addictively violent styles of music and entertainment. One woman, the wife of a University president began to teach her over-active 6 year old son to meditate when he said to her one night as he was unable to sleep, ‘Mum, I wish I had an off-switch.’

I highly recommend the books: Coming Home: A Guide to Teaching Christian Meditation to Children by Ernie Christie and Born Contemplative by Madeleine Simon, as well as the website wccm.org/content/meditatio-meditation-children which have greatly helped me to write these sections on meditation. They are mostly Christian orientated, but they are applicable to those of all religions and also of no religion.

Encourage your children to meditate for six minutes.

Unit 1: Food Song

Junk and Healthy Food:

Chocolate, I hear you say.
Ice cream, I could eat it everyday.
Chips, oh what a lovely treat, but not that good to eat.
Cake, so nice and sweet.
Hot dogs, well they make a lovely treat.
Hamburgers, ok once in a while,
but that food won’t make you smile.
You’ll be in a good mood, with healthy food.
Fruit and vegetables, grains will help you grow.
You’ll have energy, just you wait and see.
Healthy food will make you smile.
Bananas, I hear you say, vegetables,
you should eat them everyday.
Bread, more than a lovely treat,
also good to eat. Grapes, so nice and sweet.
Pasta, well it’s really fun to eat.
Apples, more than once in a while,
cause this food will make you smile.
You’ll be in a good mood with healthy food.
Fruit and vegetables, grains will help you grow.
You’ll have energy, just you wait and see.
Healthy food will make you smile.
Junk foods, only fine once in a while.

Unit 2: Review

Review Past Courses with your Children :

Get them to ask each other what is their favourite person or object or quality. Get them to answer for example: “My favourite job is a nurse.” “My favourite toy is a yo-yo.” “My favourite day of the week is a Saturday.” Different categories to choose from are: jobs, toys, body parts, sports, colours, animals, transport, numbers, weather and weekdays.

Jobs: cook, doctor, policeman or policewoman, fireman, nurse, teacher, engineer, soccer player, pilot, farmer, student, carpenter, singer, dentist (course 6).

Toys: balloon, ball, doll, yo-yo, toy train, toy boat, toy jet, toy car (course 6).

Body parts: head, nose, mouth, teeth, eyes, ears, wrist, ankles, elbows, knees, hips, shoulders, toes, fingers, hands, legs (course 7)

Sports: football or soccer, swimming, basketball, rowing, cycling, skiing, tennis, sailing, skating, cricket, table tennis, mountain climbing, rugby, hockey, netball ( course 7).

Colours: red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, grey, white. (course 7).

Animals: kangaroo, penguin, snake, polar bear, lion, elephant, zebra, hippo, giraffe, crocodile, tiger, horse, wolf, monkey, pig, panda, parrot, ox, oxen, pony ( course 8).

Also ant, bird, cat, chicken, crow, dog, dolphin, dinosaur, duck, deer, eagle, fish, flamingo, goat, gorilla, jaguar, koala, mouse, cow, owl, ostrich, octopus, rabbit, sheep, tiger, unicorn (from other courses).

Transport: bicycle, car, boat, helicopter, airplane, parachute, fire engine, steam train, skateboard (course 9).

Weather: sunny, rainy, snowy, cloudy, hot, cold, windy, (course 9).

Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday (from course 9).

Unit 3: Holidays

Talk and Sing about Different Holidays

Ask your children: “What kind of holiday would you like?” It could be just a day out. Ask them: “What did you do on holiday?” The answer could be anything, like playing with their friends, giving and receiving presents, helping their parents, helping the poor or going somewhere like the seaside or mountains. Try to help with ideas; and get them to help each other by asking each other questions about their holidays.

Sing about Holidays around the World with your Children

This song may seem difficult for kindergarten children but by using songs and drama they learn with their hearts as well as their heads.

There are holidays, there are holidays,
All around the world, all around the world,
All around the world, all around the world.
There are boys and girls,
there are boys and girls.
There are boys and girls, there are boys and girls.
And holidays, and holidays
All around the world.Some of us celebrate Christmas, Christmas.
Some of us celebrate Hanukkah, Hanukkah.
Some of us celebrate Ramadan, Ramadan.
Some of us celebrate
Kwanzaa,Kwanzaa.
Christmas, Christmas. Hanukkah, Hanukkah.
Ramadan, Ramadan.
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa.We celebrate Light and Hope,
All around the world.There are holidays, there are holidays,
All around the world, all around the world,
All around the world, all around the world.
There are boys and girls, there are boys and girls.
There are boys and girls, there are boys and girls,
And holidays, and holidays
All around the world.
Some of us celebrate Diwali, Diwali.
Some of us celebrate the Solstice, the Solstice.
Some of us celebrate New Year, New Year.
Some of us celebrate the Harvest,
the Harvest.
Diwali, Diwali.
The Solstice, the Solstice.
New Year, New Year.
The Harvest, the Harvest.
We celebrate Peace and Love
All around the world.Christmas, Christmas. Hanukkah, Hanukkah.
Ramadan, Ramadan. Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa.
Diwali, Diwali. The Solstice, the Solstice. New Year, New Year.
The Harvest, the Harvest.We celebrate Peace and Love
All around the world. We celebrate Light and Hope,
All around the world.

Unit 4: Small World Play

Dramatic and Small World Play

Give the children any small objects to inspire them to tell stories. Acting out scenes from real life, stories and/or imagination created with small figures and objects. Children are representing ideas that help them make sense of the world around them.

They can also experiment with playing different roles and inventing different scenarios, taking them beyond the real world and developing their imagination.

The small objects to inspire them might be boats, diggers, bulldozers, tractors, treasure, dinosaurs, pirates, firefighters, plumbers, dolls.

Unit 5: Numbers Song 1 - 100

Here are your numbers, one to one hundred.
Here are your numbers, 1 to 100.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
10, 10, 10, 10.11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.
20, 20, 20, 20.
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
30, 30, 30, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.
40, 40, 40, 40.
41, 42, 43, 44, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50.

50, 50, 50, 50,
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.
60, 60, 60, 60.
61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69. 70.
70, 70, 70, 70.
71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80.
80, 80, 80, 80.
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90.
90, 90, 90, 90.91, 92, 93, 94, 95,
96, 97, 98, 99, 100.
100, 100, 100, 100.
Here are your numbers one to one hundred
Here are your numbers 1 to 100.

Unit 6: Air Sounds

Air doesn’t really make a sound unless it blows through something, so these words describe the sounds of air blowing through things or of things rushing through the air. Words related to air often start with wh-, include a w, or end with -sh. “Whisper” is on this list and not the voice list because we do not use our voices to whisper. We only use the air from our lungs and the position of our teeth, lips and tongues to form audible words. Make these sounds with gestures, movements and facial expressions: flutter, fisst, fwoosh, gasp, swish, swoosh, waft, whiff, whoosh, whizz, whip, whisper.

Unit 7: Letters V, W, X, Y and Z

Phonics Reading by Oxford Graduate

Play and pause so that the children can listen and repeat word by word: vacuum cleaner, valley, van, vegetable, volcano, water, waterfall, wave, wing, world, x-ray, yacht, yawn, yellow, yo-yo, zebra, zero, zigzag, zip, zoo.

Sing Letters V, W, X, Y and Z Songs

Show actions, emotions, gestures and facial expressions with the children and show flashcards:

V is for violet, v, v, Violet.
V is for voice, v, v, Voice.
V is for village, v, v, Village.
V is for van, v, v, Van.
V is for vegetable, v, v, Vegetable.
V is for vest, v, v, Vest
V is for volcano, v, v, Volcano.
V is for vase, v, v, Vase.
V is for valley, v, v, Valley.
V is for violin, v, v, Violin
V is for video, v, v, Video
V is for vowel, v, v, Vowel.

W is for walrus, w, w, Walrus.
W is for wasp, w, w, Wasp.
W is for window, w, w, Window.
W is for walk, w, w, Walk.
W is for welcome, w, w, Welcome.
W is for week, w, w, Week.
W is for wake up, w, w, Wake up.
W is for word, w, w, Word.
W is for winter, w, w, Winter.
W is for wind, w, w, Wind.
W is for wedding, w, w, Wedding.
W is for white, w, w, White.

X is for xylophone, x, x, Xylophone.
X is for Xmas, x, x, Xmas.
X is for xerox, x, x, Xerox.
X is for x-ray, x, x, X-ray.
X is for xylophone, x, x, Xylophone.
X is for Xmas, x, x, Xmas.
X is for xerox, x, x, Xerox.
X is for x-ray, x, x, X-ray.
X is for xylophone, x, x, Xylophone.
X is for Xmas, x, x, Xmas.
X is for xerox, x, x, Xerox.
X is for x-ray, x, x, X-ray.

Y is for yellow, y, y, Yellow.
Yacht is for y, y, y, Yacht.
Yogurt is for y, y, y, Yogurt.
Y is for yak, y, y, Yak.
Y is for yo-yo, y, y, Yo-yo.
Y is for yawn, y, y, Yawn.
Y is for yard, y, y, Yard.
Y is for year, y, y, Year.
Y is for you, y, y, You.
Y is for young, y, y, Young.
Y is for yell, y, y, Yell.
Y is for yes, y, y, Yes.

Z is for zebra, z, z, Zebra.
Z is for zoo, z, z, Zoo.
Z is for zero, z, z, Zero. Z is for zip z, z, Zip.
Z is for zigzag, z, z, Zigzag.
Z is for zero, z, z, Zero.
Z is for zoo, z, z, Zoo.
Z is for zoom, z, z, Zoom.
Z is for zebra, z, z, Zebra.
Z is for zoo, z, z, Zoo.
Z is for zigzag, z, z, Zigzag.
Z is for zoom, z, z, Zoom.

Writing Sheets

Colouring Sheets

Unit 8: Dressing Up Game

Have Fun Dressing Up and Making Drama

Describe the costumes (fairy, princess, pirate, sheep, king, fiddlers, Humpty, clown) and actions for getting dressed: put on, pull up/down, zip up, do the buttons up, unbutton, unzip.
Highlight the relevant parts of the body: put your arms through here, tie this around your waist/wrist, put these on your feet – first your left foot, then your right foot, put this over your head.
Use nursery rhymes like Baa Baa Black Sheep, Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill and Old King Cole and stories to model language for imaginary play.
Baa, baa, black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Jack and Gill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down
And broke his crown,
And Gill came tumbling after.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Develop listening comprehension by encouraging the children act out the rhyme or story in their costumes.
Extend vocabulary associated with role-play: hospital, airport, artist’s studio, garden centre, vet, doctor, routines (breakfast/lunch/dinner/bed time).

Unit 9: Fruit and Vegetable Drama Game

First show the flashcards for apple, orange, banana, water melon, grapes, mango, pear, strawberry, cherry, pineapple, papaya, raspberry, rice, potato, cabbage, tomato, carrot, spinach, broccoli, beans, peas, eggplant, cauliflower, cucumber.
Get them to repeat the words.
Then hide the flashcards (as this is also a memory game).
The children form a circle and in turn say their name and the name of a fruit or vegetable. It can be any fruit or vegetable, not only those on the flashcards.
If they cannot think of a fruit or vegetable they must put their hands on their heads.
As the game progresses the children must pick up speed.
The winner is the child that remembers to say a different fruit or vegetable each time.

Unit 10: Pirate Game

This Pirate Game is by Mark Warner of teachingideas.co.uk.
It is quite challenging for 5 to 6 year olds, but is a good introduction to acting in plays. It will need plenty of preparation and rehearsal. Before you begin, the children should be taught the commands which the activity involves (see below). Children start by forming a line (one behind the other) directly in front of the teacher. The teacher then shouts a command and the children have to perform the activity associated with that command.

Command	Actions.
Quarterdeck	Run to a wall / line on the left side of the area.
Main Deck	Run back and form the original line in front of the teacher. (Children do not have to be in the same order).
Man the Lifeboats	Run to a wall / line on the right side of the area. OR call out a number (e.g. 6) and the children have to get into groups of six and “row” their lifeboats. OR find a partner, sit on the floor facing each other holding hands and rocking backwards and forwards (as in “row, row, row your boat”)
Scrub the Decks	Children crouch down and pretend to clean the floor with their hands.
Climb the Rigging	Children pretend to climb a rope ladder.
Captain’s coming	Children salute and shout out “Aye Aye Captain”
Admiral’s coming	Children stop and salute (like captain’s coming) but must continue to stand to attention until the instruction ‘Admiral’s gone’ – giving opportunities for catching children out.
Man Overboard	Three children pair up, 2 joining hands to make a ship and the 3rd in the middle with his hand above his eyes looking overboard for the fallen sailor. Anyone alone is out. OR children jump as if going over the side and then sink down holding nose with one hand and raising other hand in air as if going under water. OR children pretend to jump into the water, grab a partner and then swim back to the ship. OR children join into groups of three sitting on the floor one behind another making rowing actions. If done as a game the children not in a group are out of the game. OR children jump in the air and land as if jumping over the side of the ship. OR piggy back a partner. OR children have to find a partner and lift them up. Any children on their own are out. OR children have to find a partner and hold on to them. If any child does not have a partner, they are out. OR children pretend to fall over the side of the ship and swim for their lives! OR children shout “Splash!” and put their hands above their eyes to peer into the “sea”. OR children on their backs waving legs and arms in air as they drown.
Walk the Plank	Children have to have to walk in a perfect straight line one foot exactly in front of the other with arms outstretched to the sides (children could also walk along benches).
Boom coming over	Teacher makes action of boom moving across deck. Children must duck down to avoid. OR the children curl into a ball on the floor.
Captain’s wife	Everyone curtsies (boys think this is hilarious).
Captain’s daughter	Children pose like a model (one hand on hip. the other outstretched and slightly bent) and say “Oooooooooooh!” or make a wolf whistle (if your ears can stand it!). OR children wiggle hips and blow a kiss.
Submarines	Children lie on floor with one leg raised like a periscope.
Shark Attack	Crouch with bent arm forming fin of shark. OR lie on back with leg in air.
Fire the Cannon	Children run in pairs and pretend to light the cannon, and shout “Boom!” and jump in the air.
Hit the Deck	Children lie down on their stomachs as quickly as possible.
Crow’s Nest	Children stand on one leg which becomes the mast, the other foot rests on that knee to become the crows nest and their torso is the pirate looking out to sea, hand above eyes!! OR Have students run to the Jump Ball or Face Off circle in the middle of the gym.. the last student into the circle is out. OR Children peer into the distance and shout “land ahoy!”
Rats on board	Children sit on the floor, hugging their knees, whilst feet are raised off floor.
Bombs overhead	Teacher calls out ‘bombs overhead’ and throws 3 soft sponge balls at the children. Children are required to dodge the ‘bombs.’ If the children unfortunately get hit by a ball they are out of the game. OR the children crouch and cover their head for ‘protection’. They are not able to get up until ‘All clear’ is called. Anyone who gets up or moves before the ‘all clear’ is out.
Rowboats	Pair up facing each other, soles of feet touching and join hands then rock backwards and forwards in rowing motion.
Peg Leg Jim	Children have to walk with one leg straight and the other normally.

Rewards and Homework

The teacher gives each of the student a sticker or an English through Drama certificate or something of your choice for doing so well in the competitions. Remind them to fill in their colouring sheets by the next lesson or draw or paint any pictures with words beginning with the letter in the lesson.