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Food — a ready 25-minute lesson plan

May 25, 2026 · 4 min read

A ready-to-teach Food lesson built on the five-block structure: land & warm, teach, play, produce, land. Every link below opens with this topic already loaded — the plan runs from one browser tab.

Before the lesson (1 minute)

  • Open the Food topic page in a tab — the word wall doubles as your flashcards and pronunciation guide.
  • Offline or with a printer: print the flashcards sheet. Two items maximum on the child's desk.
  • And after this lesson? The age pages below put each age's topics in teaching order, this one included.
Food packWhat to teach at 3–4What to teach at 5–6What to teach at 7–8

Warm-up (0–3 min)

The fixed opening: wave + name + hello song. Then thirty seconds of topic TPR: "Show me an apple! Now be a banana!" — bodies first, words after.

Teach: six words (3–9 min)

  • 🍎 apple (яблоко) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
  • 🍌 banana (банан) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
  • 🍊 orange (апельсин) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
  • 🍋 lemon (лимон) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
  • 🍉 watermelon (арбуз) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
  • 🍇 grapes (виноград) — show, say, echo in a silly voice, tap the card to hear it.
Food: all 20 words in English
Six is the honest limit for one lesson. The rest of the topic waits for lesson two — greed here costs retention there.

Play (9–17 min)

Main game on today's words — Memory in picture↔word mode (say every card aloud), or Bingo if the child likes hunting. One game played twice beats two games played once.

Memory with this topicBingo with this topic

Produce (17–22 min)

  • Personal questions with today's words: "Do YOU like the apple? Which one is big? Which is your favourite?"
  • Or spin Name 3 — when the cube lands anywhere near today's theme, watch the recall fireworks.
Name 3

Land (22–25 min)

  • The suitcase: 'What are you taking home?' — each child packs one word.
  • A star on the chart, the fixed goodbye song, camera wave.
Star chart (printable)

Quick check: would it work in your class?

1. The food lesson's secret weapon?

2. “I no like soup.” Your kindest move?

3. The lesson should end with…

Take this with you

Six Food words met seven ways in twenty-five minutes — and next lesson starts by waking these words before adding more. Steal this structure for any topic; the games re-load in one tap.

Put it into play

Everything here pairs with our free classroom games — no prep, no accounts.

Open the games

About the author

Kids' teacher · founder of AylaraTalks

Aylara is a kids' teacher who spent years hand-making every classroom game — cutting cards and drawing boards on paper sheets. She created AylaraTalks so no teacher has to start from a blank page again.

aylaratalks@gmail.com @aylaratalks

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