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Cartoon Figures - Kid Clipart!

A lot of people have asked me about buying cartoon figures, especially after I released Smart Girls. They find it hard to buy anything appropriate, fun-looking, child-friendly or bright at a reasonable price. So I made this:

These are designed to be added to teaching resources, flyers, newsletters and so on to catch people's attention and add some interest. there are also alternate clothing colours to match different colour schemes (:

These can be bought from TPT at:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Clip-Art-Kid-Pictures-for-Your-TPT-Resources-2434714

There are also free cartoon images to be found at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Smart-Girls-1770479.  These were designed to give people more positive rolemodel images for women in science and in academic fields.

Recount Writing Posters

These are two cute, fun posters designed to expand the writing of younger students - one including questions to expand their recount writing and the second to help them build rich, interesting sentences.

Posters have been uploaded in pdf and png formats so can be printed directly or resized.

These come in British English/ Australian and American English versions.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Recount-Writing-Posters-1988636

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Recount-Writing-Posters-US-version-1988651

and are only $2.00.


Copyright 2015 Meg. English

Parts of a Butterfly - Insects

This is a fun and hands on learning activity that doesn't require real butterflies (; It's bright and interesting and the tactile element keeps it relevant to the natural world.

 This package contains:
* a labelled diagram, showing the main parts of the butterfly and the functions of those parts;
* a fun tactile activity where students can label cut-out butterflies; and
* a page where students can label the parts, to check that they have understood the activity.

This would suit units in biology, particularly anatomy or topics on insects.

The activity can be laminated to re-use. Students may also like to colour the diagrams to assist learning.

Copyright 2015 Meg English

This can be downloaded at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Parts-of-a-Butterfly-1991269 for only $2.50!

Everyday Object Flashcards for TESOL/ ESL, Early learners and Language Classes

There are really boring ways to learn vocabulary in your own or other languages, but hopefully this isn't one.

These are flashcards showing everyday objects and the word for them, BUT (and this is the cool part), they come in sets of three: one card shows the picture with the object, another shows just the picture and another shows just the word. So, after teaching the vocabulary with the handy picture, you can then test people using either the pictures or words (I recommend a game of pictionary), or let them pair them up in memory, snap or fish ('Have you got something to use in the bathroom?'). If you have to learn a lot of new words, why be boring?

I can't recommend these sorts of flashcards enough for ESL/ TESOL teachers teaching beginner or early intermediate students. They can be used in other ways too, to prompt conversations without  talking too much yourself (Teacher Talking Time), to create scenarios or roleplays such as grocery shopping, homestays or staying at a hotel, (Excuse me please, could I please get a clean towel?'), as a stimulus for describing things or expressing likes and dislikes. They make a bright and interesting addition to lots of lessons.

The set is available online at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Everyday-Objects-Flashcards-ESL-Beginners-LOTE-and-Literacy-2370229 for only $2.00.

Christmas Fun

It gets so exciting coming up to Christmas. Why not decorate your worksheets, homework sheets, classroom, bulletin board or smartboard which Christmas themed decorations? Christmas border are only $2.00 for digital downloading and are available at:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Borders-New-2239931
This is also great for ESL/ TESOL teachers working overseas where there aren't a lot of Christmas decorations available.

I've also created some Christmas gift tags to digitally download. It can get expensive buying gift tags for presents for students, especially if you have a large class or work across many classrooms. So this way, pay once and reprint them as often as you need: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Gift-Tags-2198974 for only $1.25.

Lastly, here is a hand drawn Christmas tree, decorations and presents to colour and decorate the tree with: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Decorate-the-Tree-Christmas-Fun-2229893 for only $1.25 that should keep everyone happy and quiet (:

Relexive Pronouns (-self and -selves)

The type of construction 'I saw myself' or 'They washed themselves' is quite a strange one to many speakers of other languages and can even be confusing to young native speaker 'He washed heself'. For teachers it can be a difficult lesson to make interesting to to give examples for.

Copyright 2015 and 2016 Meg. English

This is a set with a complete lesson on reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself etc) including two sets of flashcards - fun cartoon hands to use as prompts as well as paired cards with the reflexive and the corresponding pronoun (e.g he - himself, she - herself). The paired cards can also be used in pairing games (e.g. memory or snap), in pairing exercises or as prompts.
 
The lesson includes explanations of the grammar, examples, spoken exercise and instructions on how to use the flashcards. It is a very direct, to-the-point lesson which suits shorter lesson times (less than an hour).
 
The lesson can be found at my tpt store for only $2.00:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reflexive-Pronouns-self-and-selves-No-Prep-Lesson-Flashcards-2109451


This makes a good lesson in itself, but can also be used as a display lesson or to advertise ESL classes. Through the lesson, you will be able to assess the skill level of new students.

This is based on a lesson I taught quite frequently and is a great lesson for building confidence as the target structure can be picked up quite easily for intermediate students. This means that students can focus on extending speaking skills.

Copyright 2015, Meg. English.

Flashcards for Learning Time

These are the flashcards I have spoken about earlier to help kids learn time, particularly to make that crossover from digital to analogue time. The cards are paired with one digital and one analogue time. Each set gets more complex (o'clock, half past, minutes then 24 hour time).

Kids can pair the cards, alone or in groups (lay one type of time out on the table so they can choose a match), play memory, play snap, play bingo or draw/ write the time using the cards as cues.


Each set sells for $2.00.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Time-Flashcards-OClock-2084754
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Time-Flashcards-Half-Past-2084908
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Time-Flashcards-Minutes-2086741
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Time-Flashcards-24-Hour-Time-2086409

The cards are bright and can be laminated to reuse again and again.

The Gingerbread Class

Honestly, how cute are gingerbread people?

I thought this would make a child-friendly getting to know you activity for new classes. Children can colour in, decorate and display their own gingerbread person. Great for the start of term. the gingerbread people are resizable.

You are also welcome to use them as clipart in teaching resources or to decorate the room. If you use it in resources for sale, please credit me and this store (:
Happy teaching!

Copyright 2015 Meg English


https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Gingerbread-Class-Clip-Art-or-Getting-to-Know-You-Fun-2011067

Blast Off! Counting Down Practise Sheets

Who doesn't like space themes?? I think it is a really useful motif for early learners as it engages both boys and girls.

These are two bright and fun practise sheets with a rocket motif for counting down either from 20 or 10, depending on your students' level. (Both use the same graphic).

 Images are resizeable pngs which can be printed either on small sheets for each student or onto a poster. The space theme makes it fun and engaging and only $1.00!

Copyright 2015, Meg. English

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blast-Off-Counting-Down-Practise-Sheets-1791972

If you like this, also consider the friends of 10 Activity Sheet in the same style: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Friends-of-Ten-Fun-Activity-Sheet-1991341

Pizza Clip Art

Well, the most engaging (and relatable) way I could think of to teach fractions to early learners was to set up a Pizzeria!

Here are some ideas for using this resource:
1.  Print out one pizza per student and get them to cut it up into ever smaller fractions to feed more people (e.g. halves, quarters and eighths or halves and sixths etc);

2. Ask students to roleplay the pizza maker and the customer. The customer has to tell the pizza maker how many people want a piece (if you can source or make pizza boxes, this one really comes to life!);

3. Ask the students to cut out (smaller) pizzas into set fractions (e.g. thirds, quarters, fifths etc). Ask them to  paste them onto cardboard, slightly separated and label the fractions. Then ask the students to write how many pieces that made.

As well as this, you can use the images to advertise fundraisers for your school such as pizza days or harmony days.

The images provided are resizeable so you can make your pizzas as small or as big as you like. (:

This sells for only $1.00 and you can find it at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pizza-Clip-Art-for-Fractions-Fundraising-and-Play-1774622

Copyright 2015 Meg. English

Easter Egg Clip Art

Copyright Meg English, 2015.

Seven bright, cute and fun Easter eggs to make educational resources, use in craft or games or to decorate your room. You could print them and have a chocolate free egg hunt!

Images are in png so are easily resized.

You can find this at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Easter-Egg-Clip-Art-1773582 for only $1.50.

I also have Easter Clipart and Stationery to decorate your classroom, make note or create your own Easter resources at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Easter-Clip-Art-and-Stationery-1777047.

Have fun!

A Piece of Cake

Copyright 2015 Meg. English

This is a set of resources designed to make teaching fractions not only more fun and tactile, but also to make the idea more relatable to everyday events.

The main part of this pack is the images of cake in different fractions (halves, thirds, quarters, fifths and sixths). The images are resizeable, so the kids can cut their cakes up and understand how many pieces they need to feed a set number of friends etc. This gives lessons on fractions a more tactile element. They could even set up a cafe!

There are also resizeable images of a whole cake, a piece of cake and a cut cake to help explain the idea, to use in resources or to use in games and roleplaying.

Copyright Meg English 2015

I've also included 3 worksheets to get the ball rolling. They should make learning basic fractions a piece of cake (;

You can find this set at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Piece-of-Cake-Fun-and-Easy-Fractions-1773764 for only $1.80.

Please also look out for the Pizza Clip Art for more fun, resizeable images for teaching and learning fractions https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pizza-Clip-Art-for-Fractions-Fundraising-and-Play-1774622.

Funny Fruit Stationery and Classroom Decoration Set

This is a stationery set to help you brighten up your classroom and give you bright and fun paper for notes, reminders, signs and awards.

Copyright Meg English 2014

The pack includes:
* 4 funny fruit signs with blank spaces for messages,
* 2 pages to cut for banners,
* 4 styles of notepaper,
* 1 bright background page,
* 1 Award template,
* 1 healthy eating mini-poster and
* 2 kid-friendly fruit joke pages.

All pages are ready to print pdfs.

You can find the entire set here for only $2.00 : https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Funny-Fruit-1-1770513.

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