Kindergarten Lesson 1 – You can get all the students to sit in a circle. Circle activities are great for young learners. It brings a warmness to the beginning of the class. You can get everyone to sit cross-legged on the floor with hands, palm up near the knees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A simple warm-up is to go around and slap the hand of the person next to you. When you slap the hand, that student has to say something (whatever has been introduced). For a very young class, simply saying ‘Hello’ when you slap the hand is good. You can add many varieties to this. Students can say, ‘My name is…’, ‘I am happy\/sad\/etc.’, ‘I am ___ years old.’, ‘I like…’, and any others you can think of. You can also check out our ‘ESL Classroom Games’ article for 130 different games and activities. Click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is another good warm up or back to school activity. It’s an all about me worksheet where the students have to draw themselves, how old they are, the color they like and the animal they like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n