Create an 'English Corner' by providing materials in English at class such as comics and books, cable TV and Internet (with parental guidance!)
Play language-based games in English such as Scrabble and bingo, I-spy, 20 questions, Memory, Simon says etc.
Use sticky labels or 'post-it' notes to label objects at class in English. For example, using a picture or a poster you can label table, chairs, refrigerator, etc.
Collect music in English, get the lyrics from the Internet and sing along!
Do craft activities in English. Make puppets and invent a little show in English. Make posters (about their favourite star, sport, etc.); make picture dictionaries with drawings and cut-outs.
Take an 'English adventure outing'. Take children to a park vertually. Using English only they have to say what they see such as, «The children are riding their bikes», «The man is selling fruit», «There are some boats on the lake» and so on. Other locations where you can do this are: the supermarket, an office, a shopping centre.
Read to children in English. A short story or a few pages of a book daily creates a life-long habit.
You do not have to buy the books, you can join a library or download text from the Internet.
If you are concerned with your own pronunciation, there are plenty of materials on the Internet that have the text read to the viewer. Also, there are books that come with cassettes or CDs, so that children can read and listen at the same time. You could do this together.
Young children are often eager, almost too eager. The problem arises when they are eager to do things other than what you’re trying to teach them. Here are six tips to keep them interested in class and motivated to do what you want them to do (pic. 4):
