Brown Owl's Christmas - Bundle of Activities

Find 12 key Christmas words!Includes: bauble, bow, tree, Santa hat, mistletoe, reindeer, present, star, sleigh, stocking, card, crackers.Level 1: find the words in the listLevel 2: look at the pictures, find the words and fill in the missing vowelsLevel 3: look at the pictures, find the words and fill in the missing letters  All words are taken from the Brown Owl Christmas I-Spy picture and poem.Have fun learning English with Brown Owl!For more information about our Brown Owl rhyming picture books visit our website:www.readandrhyme.at

Klassenstufen: 3-4. Klasse

Practise reading key Christmas words & match them to their corresponding pictures.Level 1: read, cut, stick & colour.Level 2: read, fill in the missing vowels, cut, stick & colour.TIP: You can also use the same worksheet for a colour dictation:e.g. Colour the tree green! Colour the presents red and blue! etc.Have fun learning English with Brown Owl! P.S. Brown Owl is the main character in my rhyming picture book series ‚Read and Rhyme with Brown Owl‘. For more information visit www.readandrhyme.at

Klassenstufen: 3-4. Klasse

This activitiy focuses on Christmas vocabulary that comes up in Brown Owl's Busy Christmas Scene and Christmas Poem.Once children are familiar with the words (I usually introduce these with flashcards), they can practise their reading skills by using the words in context.    Worksheet 1: read the sentences and colour the picture accordingly.Worksheet 2: write sentences for your partner to read and colour.I hope you have fun learning English with Brown Owl!Brown Owl is the main character in my series of rhyming picture books. For more information visit: www.readandrhyme.at

Klassenstufen: 3-4. Klasse

Practise key Christmas vocabulary with these game cards. 2 sets available: reader and non-reader/DaZIncludes: Father Christmas/Santa, Christmas tree, present, bow, bauble, wreath, Christmas card, reindeer, sleigh, star, Santa hat & stocking.They can be used for four different games:1) SNAP (2-4 players)Shuffle the cards and deal them between all players.Players put their cards in front of them, face down.Each player turns over a card and lays it in the middle. If two cards on top of each other are the same, players shout snap and place their hands in the middle. The fastest player wins the cards!The winner is the player with all the cards at the end of the game.2) PAIRS - use half the cardsMix the cards and spread them out face down on the table. Each player takes it in turns to choose two cards. If they are the same, they take the cards and turn over another two. The winner is the player with the most pairs at the end of the game.Players can say what is on the cards as they turn them over.3) OLD MAID (3-4 players)The aim of the game is to have as many pairs as possible.Remove THREE reindeer cards. The reindeer is the old maid (schwarzer Peter)Shuffle the remaining cards and deal them between all players.Players look at their cards and place any PAIRS in front of them.Each player chooses one card to pass on and places it in front of them. Players count 3,2,1 and pass the card to the player on their left.If a player has a new pair, they place it on the table in front of them.The game carries on until one player has no cards left. The player with the most cards has won.Any player with the crow tries to pass it on as it does not have a pair.4) HAPPY FAMILIES (3-4 players)The aim of the game is to have as many sets of four same pictures as possible.Shuffle and deal all the cards between the players.If a player has a set of four, they can place it on the table in front of them.Any player starts and can ask another player for a card they need: Have you got a Christmas tree?The other player responds with Yes, I have! OR No! I Haven't!The player can continue asking until someone says no.Play then passes to the next player.The game is over when one player has no cards left.The winner is the player with the most sets of four (Quartett)5) CHANGE PLACES - select a few sets of 4 cardsChildren sit in a circle. Each child gets a card.One chair is removed. A pupil stands in the middle and says a Christmas word (the teacher can lead this activity at the beginning). The children with this picture stand up and change places. Now someone else hasn't got a seat and picks a word.If someone says "It's Christmas!" then everyone changes places.Have fun learning English with Brown Owl!For more information about Brown Owl and my series of rhyming picture books visit: www.readandrhyme.at

Klassenstufen: 2-3. Klasse