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Colours & Numbers Unit: Extra ESL Activities

Colours and numbers come back in every unit after this one, so they are worth a lesson full of movement, counting and games.

Age
Ages 3–11
Level
Pre-A1–A1
Skill
Vocabulary · Speaking
Time
45 min
Format
Teacher guide
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What's in the pack

10 free resources from the site, ready for the board or the printer.

Presentation

A 45-minute lesson

One way to run the pack as a full lesson. Swap any step for your coursebook's own activity.

  1. 5min

    1. Warm-up

    Colour chant: children touch something of each colour in the room as they say it.

    Colours chant →
  2. 10min

    2. Present

    Run the colour slides, then count classroom things together: 'How many red chairs? One, two…'

    Colours slides →
  3. 10min

    3. Game

    Colour bingo on the board; the winner reads the next round's colours aloud.

    Seaside Bingo (bingo): Colours →
  4. 10min

    4. Speak

    Pairs ask 'What's your favourite colour?' and 'How many … have you got?', then report one answer to the class.

    Questions to ask: Colours →
  5. 10min

    5. Write & print

    Number worksheet from the pack; early finishers colour by number.

    Numbers: printable pack →

Total: 45 minutes

Three extra practice tasks

Written for this theme, no printing needed. Use them as fillers, homework ideas or a second lesson.

  1. 1. Colour detectives

    Call a colour and a number. Teams find that many things of that colour in the room and say the sentence.

    Model languageThree green things: a book, a bag and a pencil!

  2. 2. Secret number

    A child thinks of a number from 1 to 20. Others guess; the answer is only 'More!' or 'Less!'

    Model languageIs it twelve? — Less! — Is it nine? — Yes!

  3. 3. Rainbow dictation

    Children draw five balloons. Dictate a colour and a number for each; they colour and write the number inside.

    Model languageBalloon one is purple. It's number fifteen.