EASTER Color the Easter eggs Make an Easter crown Point and say Key Language: crown, Easter egg This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/bebop  © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014 MOTHER’S DAY Color the flower pot and flowers Make the plant Say: Happy Mother’s Day, Mommy Key Language: mommy, Happy Mother’s Day This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/bebop  © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014 FATHER’S DAY Color the greeting card Draw yourself Say: Happy Father’s Day, Daddy Key Language: daddy, Happy Father’s Day This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/bebop  © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014 EASTER TEACHER’S NOTES Lesson Objectives ·· learn Easter vocabulary ·· make an Easter crown ·· strengthen fine motor skills Key Language ·· crown, Easter egg Further Language ·· circle, triangle Materials construction paper band for each child, Easter eggs or pictures of Easter eggs, stapler Preparation Before the lesson, prepare appropriately sized construction paper bands to go around each child’s head to form a crown (about 56 cm long by cm wide) Print the Easter egg template for each child, and cut out the eggs Lesson Notes Allow the children to handle a selection of Easter eggs and taste some (check for allergies first) Alternatively, show the children a selection of Easter egg pictures Say Easter egg, and ask the children to repeat Give each child three paper Easter eggs to color and glue onto a construction paper band Use staples to fasten each finished band around the child’s head Say crown, and ask the children to repeat Have an Easter parade so that the children can show off their creations At the end of the lesson, check the children’s comprehension by pointing to the eggs and eliciting the words Easter egg and crown Further Language Practice Ask the children to identify the shapes on their crowns Say Show me a (circle), and encourage the children to point to the correct shape This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/bebop  © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014 MOTHER’S DAY TEACHER’S NOTES Lesson Objectives ·· learn about Mother’s Day ·· learn Mother’s Day vocabulary ·· make a Mother’s Day gift ·· strengthen fine and gross motor skills Key Language ·· mommy, Happy Mother’s Day Further Language ·· colors, crayon Materials card stock paper, Mother’s Day greeting cards (or pictures of greeting cards) from the children’s country and the USA, picture of a family (mother, father, and children), sticky tape, green popsicle sticks, role-play costumes (optional) Preparation Before the lesson, print one Mother’s Day template for each child, glue each template onto the card stock paper, and cut it out Display the Mother’s Day greeting cards from the children’s own country or the pictures of Mother’s Day greeting cards found online Also display the pictures of US Mother’s Day greeting cards Lesson Notes Show the children the picture of a family, point to the mother, and say mommy Ask the children to repeat Explain that on Mother’s Day children say thank you to their mommies for taking care of them Show the children the Mother’s Day greeting cards from their country Then show them the US Mother’s Day greeting cards and say Happy Mother’s Day Say Happy Mother’s Day again and clap your hands on each syllable Ask the children to say it with you, and encourage them to clap their hands, too Give each child a flower pot and three flowers to color Help them to tape the back of the flowers to one end of the popsicle sticks to make the flower stems Then help them to tape the other end of the popsicle sticks to the flower pot At the end of the lesson, ask the children to give their flower pots to their mothers and say Happy Mother’s Day, Mommy, or have the children role-play this activity using costumes Note: if you have a child in your class who doesn’t have a mother, teach the children to thank the person who looks after them instead, by learning to say Thank you! as they hand over their gift Further Language Practice Practice color names Say Show me a (red) crayon, and have the children hold one up This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/bebop  © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014 FATHER’S DAY TEACHER’S NOTES Lesson Objectives ·· learn about Father’s Day ·· learn Father’s Day vocabulary ·· make a Father’s Day gift ·· strengthen fine and gross motor skills Key Language ·· daddy, Happy Father’s Day Further Language ·· bucket, sandcastle, ocean, shovel Materials card stock paper; Father’s Day greeting cards (or pictures of greeting cards) from the children’s own country and the USA; picture of a family (mother, father, and children); role-play costumes (optional); pictures of the ocean, a sandcastle, a bucket, and a shovel (optional) Preparation Before the lesson, print one Father’s Day template for each child, glue the template onto the card stock paper, and cut it out Display the Father’s Day greeting cards from the children’s own country or pictures of greeting cards found online Also display the pictures of US Father’s Day greeting cards Lesson Notes Show the children the picture of a family, point to the father, and say daddy Ask the children to repeat Explain that on Father’s Day children say thank you to their daddies for taking care of them Show the children Father’s Day greeting cards from their country Then show them the US Father’s Day greeting cards and say Happy Father’s Day Say Happy Father’s Day again and stomp your feet on each syllable Ask the children to say it with you, and encourage them to stomp their feet, too Give each child a greeting card template to color Ask them to turn it upside down and draw themselves on the back Show them how to fold it to make the greeting card At the end of the lesson, ask the children to give their cards to their fathers and say Happy Father’s Day, Daddy, or have the children role-play this activity using costumes Note: if you have a child in your class who doesn’t have a father, teach the children to thank the person who looks after them instead, by learning to say Thank you! as they hand over their card Further Language Practice Show the children the picture of the ocean Say ocean, and ask them to repeat Continue with the other pictures of the sandcastle, bucket, and shovel Then put one picture in each corner of the classroom Call out ocean, and ask the children to hop to the correct picture Continue calling out the other words and asking the children to run, walk, or skip to the correct picture This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/bebop  © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014