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Clothes Vocabulary - 1 - Sentences by ELF Learning. Aesop's Fables - ESL Lesson Plan based on The Ant and the Dove. The Ant and the Dove An Ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her. The Ant climbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank. Shortly afterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laid his lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches.

The Ant, perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. In pain the birdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dove take wing. Moral One good turn deserves another Key Vocabulary Words and Phrases One good turn deserves another - If someone does something to help you, you should do something to help him / her when possible. Questions / Discussion What did the Dove do for the Ant? More Aesop's Fables Lessons The Frogs and the WellThe Ant and the DoveThe Ass and his Purchaser. Effective Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary. Phonemic Activities for the Preschool or Elementary Classroom. This article features activities designed to stimulate the development of phonemic awareness in preschool and elementary school children. The activities originally appeared in the book Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum. Listening to sequences of sounds From chapter 3: Listening games Objective To develop the memory and attentional abilities for thinking about sequences of sounds and the language for discussing them.

Materials needed Objects that make interesting, distinctive sounds. Activity In this game, the children are challenged first to identify single sounds and then to identify each one of a sequence of sounds. Once the children have caught on to the game, make two noises, one after the other. After the children have become quite good with pairs of noises, produce a series of more than two for them to identify and report in sequence. Variations With the children's eyes closed, make a series of sounds. Nonsense Book of familiar stories or poems Clapping names. FREE Phonemic Awareness Games. A Sound Floor for :Phonemic Awareness Games to Play, Free!

Phonemic Awareness Predicts Reading SuccessAfter more than 30 years of research sponsored around the country by the National Institutes of Health, we know that there is a set of listening skills, Phonemic Awareness, that predicts who will be successful in learning to read. Children who have these skills do well in reading.Children who lack these skills, struggle or fail.It’s as simple as that. The researchers found that all children benefit from practice in these important skills Parents: You can help by playing ‘sound games’ with your child!

Playful Sounds: Materials and games for the earliest beginners,struggling or at-risk learners FREE Games below! The easiest games are at the top of each list, below.Begin with games that are easy for your child. Advance gradually down the lists.Depend upon successful play to build skill--you don’t have to push. Keep it fun! Games To GoPre-Phonemic Awareness Games: 1) Silly Mistakes. Word Puppies Vocabulary Fun.