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TeachingEnglish Young Learners Activity Book
Activities
Alternatives
• In the second part of the activity, instead of calling out letters, call out sounds and children
hold up the corresponding letter(s).
• You can also call out sounds made up of more than one letter (th, sh, ch).
• Give the children words or short phrases to spell out using the cards on their desk. Remember,
do not ask children to spell words which use the same letter twice, such as all, as the children
only have one card with each letter!
• Ask children to spell words that they have recently learnt using the cards. If you give each card
a number value (for example, a = 1 and z = 5) children can gain points for the words they spell,
like in Scrabble.
• In pairs or groups, children can play a dominos game. Divide two sets of letters amongst the
children. The first child makes a word from the letters they have and lays them down on the
desk. The next child then tries to make another word, using their own letters and those already
on the desk. The child with the fewest letters left is the winner.
No resources?
All of the above activities can be carried out by writing the alphabet on the board and simply
asking the children to call out the relevant letters. Alternatively, children can be asked to come
to the board to indicate the correct letter(s) or write out the word/phrase.
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