My Family | Kindergarten ESL Lessons for Non-Readers | Games & Hands-On Activities

Make learning family vocabulary fun, visual and hands-on with this complete ESL lesson pack created especially for kindergarten and young non-readers.

The activities follow a clear progression, allowing children to first learn and recognize the family members and then practise the vocabulary again and again through movement, matching, counting, colors, games and hands-on activities. Because the lesson is highly visual, children can participate successfully without needing to read.

Students learn and practise mum, dad, sister, brother, grandma, grandpa, baby, cat and dog through a variety of engaging activities including stick flashcards, Finger Family puppets and song activities, Bingo, spinning-wheel games, sensory-bin activities, matching and sorting, family houses, family photos, patterns, counting and dice games. The Finger Family puppets are designed so children can color and make their own puppets before using them while singing the Family Song.

The pack also naturally revises other early-learning concepts such as numbers and colors, including activities where children count family members, match them to numbered houses and sort family members into their matching colored homes.

Most importantly, teachers don’t have to work out how to use all the materials themselves. The resource includes step-by-step lesson order and clear instructions for every activity, showing you what to prepare, how to play each game and how to move through the lesson.

Perfect for: kindergarten, preschool ESL, beginner young learners and non-readers.

I think this positioning is stronger than simply calling it “My Family ESL,” because the non-reader + complete lesson + hands-on aspect is what makes this package different and valuable.