Our lesson of the week is I’m Going To… in the Simple Future Dialogues section of the Conversation Station. This one-page dialogue would be great as a warm-up, filler, or wrap-up to a lesson about the simple future or plans/entertainment. (more…)

Our lesson of the week is Zookeeper, in the People section of the Color Mart. This coloring activity would be a great warm-up, filler, or wrap-up to any lesson, especially if you’re doing jobs or animals as a theme. (more…)

Have you discussed goals and resolutions for 2014 with your students? One way to lead into a discussion about future goals is to remind your learners of what they’ve already accomplished in the past! Sprout English‘s lesson of the week is Achievements & Records in the Grammar Stories section of the Grammar School. (more…)

Welcome, 2014! It’s the start of a new year, so what better time to discuss goals and resolutions with your young learners? Sprout English‘s lesson of the week is Andy, in the Simple Future Stories section of the Library. In this lesson, Andy is moving to Italy next year, so he decides to make three goals. (more…)

Most kids around the world are coming back to school from Christmas holidays this week or next week. Ease them back into study mode with Sprout English‘s simple and fun lesson of the week: Castle in the Project Depot!

This lesson teaches children how to follow instructions as they have fun drawing. Sprout English has 15 lessons like this one in the Project Depot.There are two ways to present this lesson: Listen and Draw or Read and Draw. (more…)

With Christmas right around the corner, it’s the perfect time to try Sprout English’s lesson of the week: Christmas in the Holidays section of the Word Bank.

This eight-page lesson is so much more than a simple vocabulary lesson! It starts off with a fun, colorful picture dictionary and is followed by a variety of activities that will help your young learners stay engaged while they review the new words. Activities include a matchup, a word choice, a word search, a word scramble, and a spelling bee. This lesson ends with discussion questions so that your students can try using the new vocabulary in context! (more…)

Sprout English’s lesson of the week is Three-Letter Words Review in Book 3 of the Phonics Cafe.

There are 18 pages in this comprehensive phonics and spelling lesson. With so many pages to choose from, teachers have the option doing them all in one lesson or dividing them up over a few days. If you choose to divide up the lesson, try doing a fun activity such as the Word Search Puzzle on page 3 as a warm-up, and assign a writing exercise such as page 17 for homework. You can also use page 18 as a quiz. (more…)

Turn Off the TV, in the Simple Past Dialogues 2 category of the Conversation Station, is Sprout English’s lesson of the week.

This one-page dialogue is the perfect way to review the simple present, present progressive, and simple past. All three tenses are used naturally in this conversation between a father and his daughter. The topic of a parent wanting a child to stop watching TV and go study is something kids can definitely relate to! (more…)

Updated for 2015. Please use this link to find out about this lesson: http://blog.sproutenglish.com/thanksgiving-vocabulary-lesson-3/

This week at Sprout English our focus is on the simple past. The lesson of the week is Eva from the Simple Past Stories section in the Library. This four-page lesson includes a reading and discussion questions that are available in both print and digital form. There are also two fun activities to practice past verbs, a word maze, and a crossword puzzle. Finally, students can practice writing and speaking by using past verbs to talk about clothes and fashion. (more…)