Play, Learn and Grow Together

A Preschool English Speaking project by

Nives Torresi

Aim of the Project ▪Create a fun atmosphere for learning English

▪Use of Games, Music, Colour, Movement

▪Promote fluency and pronunciation

▪Class rotation to promote engagement

▪Motivation to learn a second language

Layout of dates, participating children, age group▪Dates of the Project

▪One x 60 minute lesson per week in rotation

▪Number of Children Total 62

▪Relevant age group

▪Times 10am -12noon and 2pm - 3pm

Dates Weeks / lessons Children Age

6/03/15 to 24/04/15 8 25 3-5

6/03/15 to 24/04/15 8 21 3-5

6/03/15 to 24/04/15 8 16 4-5

Project Syllabus

ColoursviaPallette, Sing a long

Shapes,Colours, Sing a long

Numbers, Shapes & Colours, Sing a long

Zoo Animals, Parts of the Body, Sing a long

Songs, Sing a long, Movement, Review

Play Activities carried out in a playful atmosphere

Games to create ‘movement’Count the Numbers ▪The children would have to

move around the class by taking steps, forward or backward, according to the number & action mentioned by the Teacher (or another child).

▪The children would take turns in small groups counting the numbers aloud.

Find the colours in the room or on their classmates.▪The Teacher would call out the

colours from the colour palette that had been completed by the children during the first lesson.

▪The children would be asked to find a colour, point to it and ask another child to name it.

Songs and DanceSing-along helped to reinforce the Numbers activity

Head & ShouldersSing-along to reinforce the parts of the body

Jigsaw PuzzleColouring in, glue onto cardboard and cutting out (with help) then putting the pieces together to form the image.

LearnActivities based on Learning the English spoken language

Learning Activities All the activities were based on a Photocopiable worksheet which then culminated into their own English Language Booklet at the end of the project.

The activites ranged from colouring in to cutting out, glue onto cardboard and play a game. Filling in the number diagrams.

COLOURS

1

2

3

SHAPES

1

2

3

NUMBERS

13

2

Activity Sheets

Grow TogetherFinal Book

Certificate

Numbers

Colours

Shapes

Thank you

Prepared by Nives Torresi

forIATEFL YLT SIG

Webinar online at IATEFL.org

Reference Links ▪http://www.iatefl.org/web-events/sig-webinars

▪http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/colors/

▪http://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2009/oct/02/nursery-rhymes-top-ten

▪https://www.youtube.com/user/KIBOOMU

▪https://english4blogging.wordpress.com/play-learn-grow-a-preschool-project/

▪https://english4blogging.wordpress.com/play-learn-grow-an-after-school-project/

▪Nives on YouTube

▪http://www.slideshare.net/NivesTorresi/review-of-colours-shapes-numbers-preschoolers

▪http://www.slideshare.net/NivesTorresi/jigsaw-puzzle-slideshare

16 March 2016, 6pm GMTIn this webinar, Nives analyses a project undertaken to help understand how to teach preschoolers a foreign language at such a young age. She will share the experience and knowledge gained from a special 8 week project undertaken with a group of 65 children aged between 3 and 5 years of age in a small town in central Italy.

Nives Torresi is a Teacher of English as a language, English Literature, English drama, Business English, and English exam preparation (Cambridge FCE). She teaches for the English4U Regional Projects organized between Marches, Italy and Dublin, Ireland. Nives is originally from Australia but has been based in Italy for a number of years.

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Nives Torresi‘Play, Learn and Grow Preschoolers’