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ESL for PrimarySchool

Teaching English through stories, games and songs brings fun and enjoyment!

ESL for primary school children; their personal development blooms in these formative years. Motor skills, social skills, intellectual awareness, developing learning strategies all start to be noticeable but they are complicated by children evolving at different speeds. Children’s horizons widen, taking notice of the world around them, growing. And they start taking learning more seriously and begin to work with other children.

What creative challenges this brings to teaching English to eager, expectant children hungry for new experiences! Look no further. Shelley’s games, plays and skits, stories and flashcards for primary school children learning English as a second language is the key to providing the variety, stimulus and quality expertise needed to get impressive results.

  • The ESL resources comply with the curriculum for European Language Certificate (and international equivalents)
  • The comprehensive teaching English aids are complementary
  • Provides infinite flexibility to adapt to your own teaching style
  • Expand your children’s vocabulary
  • Learn correct English grammar
  • Encourage children to gain a new understanding of various topics and events happening around them

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Shelley's ESL for primary school resources

Here is a complete portfolio of resources that will stimulate your primary school children, focus their attention and fire their enthusiasm for your lessons.

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Use games in a lesson to help to create positivity, motivate students with their participation and create a positive attitude towards learning.

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Get your children engaged online with this book of games full of fun ideas and tips to make your lessons stimulating and memorable.

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Find out just how much fun ESL role-play and skits can bring to your lessons, helping your pupils learn and stay motivated.

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Get your children to know sounds, words and language through stories complete with lesson plans, illustrations, and flashcards.

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Engage primary schoolers and capture their attention with our teaching kit slideshow movies with audio from native speakers and animation.

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Save a huge amount of time. Instead of hunting around for pictures on the Internet, just download these 25 vocabulary themed flashcards.

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If you’re looking for some ESL tutoring activities for one-on-one tutoring, you’ve come to the right place! It’s easy and fun to teach your child English.

176 English Language Games for Children ages 6 to 12

A complete set of exhilarating games for primary school children of different group sizes and situations 

176 English Language Games for Children aged 6 to 12 is the top-selling book on ESL games worldwide crammed with fun ideas and tips to make your lessons stimulating and memorable.

green tickESL games for developing listening, speaking, spelling, reading and writing skills

green tick A detailed index provides a rapid way to choose games for vocabulary and grammar topics

green tick Tips on how to use the games in the classroom: an explanation of the categories, the best group sizes, how to adapt the games to different ages and levels, the materials you’ll need, the pace of the games and how to get the most out of mixed abilities

green tick Games themed for vocabulary to stimulate speaking and listening

green tick Rapid game selection to suit any occasion in the detailed index grouped into a category, group size, level, age, materials needed and pace

green tick Introduction packed with handy tips on dealing with competition, movement, mixed abilities, logistics, working pairs and groups, classroom management and technology in the classroom

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Make a difference and give every pupil the chance to succeed in learning English

Helpful, comprehensive and bursting with ideas Your book is certainly 5 stars. I don`t ordinarily teach children, so your very comprehensive, bursting on every page with ideas and information, is a very helpful and rare find. This, together with your kind and professional support web-page, enables a jaded has been like me to continue to offer something interesting in any lessons I might have.
Michael ScottUK
The kids loved it so much they even came to school when they were sick! When I taught in Korea I used your games all the time, and the kids loved it so much that they even came to school when they were sick and should have stayed home. Your games made many Korean children love learning English.
Sunny F.Korea
Now classes are more fun and the teacher is more confident. Since using your 176 ESL games book so many things have changed for the better. My classes are more fun, I'm gaining more confidence as a teacher and my pupils love the games and are learning very fast!!! It's all been really great!
Marta Turel, private primary schoolTurkey
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What can you expect from 176 English Language Games for Children?

  • Easier, faster lesson planning
  • Fun language drills for learning new vocabulary and grammar
  • How to have all the children speaking as much as possible during lessons
  • Classroom management strategies that work in the real world
  • Games for listening, speaking, spelling, reading and writing skills
  • And you may even become a more popular teacher!

ESL for primary school

ESL Online Games

Interactive activities to engage students of all ages and bring the joy of learning into your virtual classroom

Enjoy teaching happy, motivated pupils online. Following the success teachers have had with her classroom games books, Shelley created this mega-collection of online games to entice fun and effective learning for all ages and all levels.

green tick Five-minute warm-ups, ten-minute no-prep games, low prep, and extended activities

green tick Visual icons help you quickly select an activity

green tick Tips on how to use the games in the classroom: an explanation of the categories, the best group sizes, how to adapt the games to different ages and levels, the materials you’ll need, the pace of the games and how to get the most out of mixed abilities

green tick Games themed for vocabulary to stimulate speaking and listening

green tick Rapid game selection to suit any occasion in the detailed index grouped into a category, group size, level, age, materials needed and pace

green tick Introduction packed with handy tips on dealing with competition, movement, mixed abilities, logistics, working pairs and groups, classroom management and technology in the classroom

green tick Bonus! Ready-made templates in the free downloadable bonus

Bring the joy of learning into your virtual classroom!

What a great resource! This book is jam packed full of ideas for spicing up the online classroom. Most of the ideas could be used in a face to face classroom too. Easy coding of games makes it clear which games will be appropriate for your students and there is something for every class. A gem of a book!
NLP MumUK
The must for English teachers. Very complete with a large selection of games. Playful pedagogy. I recommend it.
Amazon customerFrance
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What can you expect from ESL Online Games?

  • Easier, faster lesson planning – the more games you use, the easier it gets.
  • Fun language games for vocabulary and grammar, listening, speaking, conversation, spelling, reading, and writing.
  • Tips on teaching online, dos and don’ts, technical tips, online security, engaging students, and more.
  • Support from the author
  • Easier, faster lesson planning – the more games you use, the easier it gets
  • Fun language games for vocabulary and grammar, listening, speaking, conversation, spelling, reading, and writing
  • Tips on teaching online, dos and don’ts, technical tips, online security, engaging students, and more
  • Support from the author

ESL Teaching Kits for primary school children

Teaching kits complete with 5 original stories in clever narrative with 84 vibrant illustrations in two tenses

In the simple present tense, the stories teaching kits introduce vocabulary for greetings, animals, numbers, colours, food and drink, nature and action verbs, and more! The stories are progressive, building on vocabulary previously learned, with revision cleverly mingled in new themes with extra vocabulary in each story for children more advanced in understanding English.

The ESL Teaching Kits include…

green tick Original stories with humorous and surprising plots to entrance all

green tick Extra vocabulary in each story for children more advanced in understanding English

green tick Progressive stories building on vocabulary previously learned, with revision cleverly mingled in new storylines

green tick Pre-, mid- and post-story activity ideas

green tick A PowerPoint animated movie for each story

green tick 73 flashcards in A4 and small sizes in both colour and black & white (for colouring)

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Original stories with humorous and surprising plots to entrance all

Extra vocabulary in each story for children more advanced in understanding English

Progressive stories building on vocabulary previously learned, with revision cleverly mingled in new storylines

Pre-, mid- and post-story activity ideas

A PowerPoint animated movie for each story

73 flashcards in A4 and small sizes in both colour and black & white (for colouring)

34 worksheets

8 board games

5 crafts

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With all your great resources it is so easy to prepare my lessons effectively. Me and my little students enjoy teaching and learning English. In addition, the kids are not afraid to speak during the role plays and speaking games. That's amazing! Thank you very much!
Lioubov VereshchaginaSaint Petersbourg, Russia
Thank you for the stories I bought last year! The kids love the DESCRIPTIONS story - I think because you tell it so well. And I was able to prepare them well thanks to all the vocabulary games and worksheets! They love the Casey character, hence the SCHOOL and SPORTS stories are very popular! So I can only say: "Money well-spent!
Annette GobeauxFrance
They memorized all the lines and remembered them weeks later! I have taught the first 3 stories already and the children loved it. In fact, they loved it so much that they memorised all the lines. Even though I did not ask them to memorise the lines, they did it on their own. That's amazing because you know how hard it is to make a little kid memorise lines when you want him to. Also, I really like the way you make the sentences for the stories, in form of patterns.
Mihaela Coclea,Yantai, China
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Fun ESL Role-Plays and Skits for Children

30 fun ESL plays and skits that are adaptable, humorous and easy to run in your class

If you’ve already got our popular classroom games book, 176 English Language Games for Children aged 6 to 12, then you’ll have plenty of ammunition for class time, but ESL skits add another level of fun to your lessons. ESL/EFL plays are ideal for including as part of an end of term show to parents or to the whole school. They also help keep the group motivation high, increase your effectiveness as a teacher and ensure that parents keep sending their children to your classes.

green tick 30 tried and tested fun skits for children

green tick A fun, effective way to teach and revise common vocabulary themes needed for the school curriculum

green tick Children love these skits; use them to help create a bond with your students

green tick Warm up your class to enjoy drama, even if you have no interest in acting

green tick Adapt the skits to your exact requirements

green tick Great content for end-of-term shows, shows at a school assembly or school open days

green tick Bonus! Access to skits in action

My name is Olga Poshekhova, I'm from Russia. I started teaching English only a year ago and as you can imagine didn't feel confident at all. Your games and skits helped me so much! Thanks to them both my kids and I had a wonderful year full of joy, surprises and fun!'
Olga PoshekhovaMoscow, MoMiMo English Language Workshop
This book will help make children want to speak the language (even the shy ones). With these role-plays, you are sure to have a classroom full of children eager to participate. It will sure make your classroom come alive!
Ines ArroyoUSA
This book has been a joy to use in the classroom and out! Children love it, even the older ones. In addition, the plays are fun and innovative, as are all of Shelley's resources. They are simple to use, to build upon and easy to do with little or no props. Thank you once again Shelley for introducing me to a fantastic and effective way of teaching English!
A GraceUSA
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Free videos with Fun ESL Role-Plays and Skits for Children!

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With this book is access to a series of videos of plays in action. When watching the videos you will see how children so enjoy the skits and how motivated they are to speak English. You’ll get ideas and inspiration from teachers using the skits, adapting them, and from seeing what a success they are!

ESL PowerPoint animated movies

Use movies to make learning fun!

These PowerPoint animated movies are the Teaching Kits About Me, Daily Life & Special Days stories with audio from native speakers and basic animation to captivate your young learners. Use these story movies alone or as part of the complete curriculum for young children learning English along with the games, lesson plans, flashcards and songs.

ESL Flashcards

Cute ESL flashcards for 25 vocabulary themes

31 coloured flashcards in themed sets with numbers and the alphabet.  Printable games included to help revision.

Save a huge amount of time. Instead of hunting around for pictures on the Internet, just download these 25 vocabulary themes instantly. 

Tip:  If you laminate it the material will last a lifetime, and you will be able to use it over and over again, with different classes, with many different games, and with the same class for revision

green tick 439 colour flashcards!  Plus 78 flashcards for the alphabet and 40 for numbers

green tick All 439 picture flashcards are in colour in two sizes – A4 and small size for tabletop games

green tick 120 pictures in black and white for colouring if you have younger children

green tick Children remember words by heart rather than just reading them from a card

green tick Pictures only for faster learning and flexibility: teach ANY language (Hebrew, Spanish, French, US English, and so on)

green tick Varied drawing styles to avoid monotony

Teach Your Child English

Fun one-to-one English teaching games for parents and private ESL tutors

Here’s how to teach English 1-2-1 fun and effectively. Teach your child in a way that does not feel like work. Have more motivated pupils. Keep your students, and their parents, happy! The games are for beginners to lower intermediate, aged 4 to 12.

For ESL private tutors or parents, 143 English language games to learn vocabulary and grammar, one to one, with sample illustrative videos.

green tick An effective way to teach English 1-2-1 that’s more fun than a textbook

green tick Save time on lesson planning

green tick More motivated pupils who enjoy your lessons more

green tick Over 100 language games, adaptable to any language

green tick Games for learning new vocabulary and grammar, speaking, spelling and writing games

green tick Bonus! 3 lessons to copy in the free bonus

This book contains so many fun, fresh, super easy games. Before, I found myself struggling to bring fresh ideas to class. But since using this book, I know I won't have that issue any more. Also, I loved that I didn't have to spend a fortune on extra materials to use these games; In fact, I was able to use various items around my home. My kids go crazy for these super simple activities. And I'm so thankful to have this resource!!
Lindsey JonesUSA
I was so excited to see this book! When I first transitioned from classroom to tutoring online, I did not anticipate how many of my tried-and-true activities would simply not work with only one student. Actually, I felt like I needed to reinvent the wheel until I accidentally stumbled across this book. Since then, I have gotten a lot of good ideas and even been reminded of a few games that I had forgotten about. The most unique feature of the book is the videos, which came as a surprise because I didn't notice that they were included when I bought the book!
Lynn AllenUSA
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Free video demonstration lessons

indivudual english lesson in progressInside this book is access to three demonstration lessons on video. Watch and copy these lessons as an easy way into teaching 1-2-1 through games.

When watching the videos you will see how much children enjoy learning through games and how motivated they are to speak English. So, you’ll get ideas and inspiration from them and see what a success they are!

Read the blog for great teaching tips!

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ESL plays for children
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Find out just how much fun ESL drama can bring to your lessons and keep your pupils motivated while providing experience in communication and giving children the opportunity to learn to work together.

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Flashcard games
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Shelley explains how to use flashcards to keep sessions fun and game-like. There are unlimited games to invent with flashcards with a great effect on language learning.

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The biggest challenge for everyone, even for teachers, is knowing how to go about making it fun so that children want to learn. Keep reading and Shelley will show you how!

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