What do your young learners like to do in their free time? Our NEW Hobbies lesson introduces students to vocabulary they can use to describe common hobbies and leisure activities. (more…)

Have you seen the Canada Day and Independence Day vocabulary lessons in our Word Bank section? Canada Day is a federal holiday celebrated on July 1 that commemorates the signing of the Constitution Act on July 1, 1867. Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday that commemorates the July 4, 1776, adoption of the Declaration of Independence. If you live in, teach in, or hail from Canada or the US, your students will be interested in these festive lessons! (more…)

Do your young English language learners struggle with we vs. us? How about I and me? Remembering when to use subject and object pronouns can be challenging. Our NEW grammar lesson, Subject & Object Pronouns, makes it much easier! Students will also love the Family theme. (more…)

Everyone needs to know how to talk about the weather. In the NEW Weather & Seasons lesson in our Word Bank section, we introduce young learners to vocabulary they can use to describe all kinds of weather. They’ll also learn about the four seasons!

In this English lesson, we were sure to include as many of the variations that students will encounter as possible. For example, we include both noun forms of the seasons (e.g., summer / summertime). We also mention the different parts of speech that weather words can take (e.g., I don’t like the rain; It’s a rainy day; It’s raining). (more…)

Are your young English learners familiar with the vocabulary for objects in a home? We’re continuing to add to the Transportation & Housing section of our Word Bank. This week, we’re focusing on The Living Room! (more…)

Many countries will celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday, May 10. In honor of this special day, you may want to try our reformatted Family vocabulary lesson in class this week!

In this eight-page Word Bank lesson, students will learn the names of immediate family members as well as some extended family. (more…)

What did you do yesterday? The simple past is a fundamental building block of English grammar that young learners should learn early on. Our revamped Simple Past lesson makes it easy and fun to teach this common verb tense! (more…)

We are adding to the Transportation & Housing section of our Word Bank section this week with our new, beautifully illustrated lesson on The Kitchen!

The Kitchen vocabulary lesson includes a colorful picture dictionary, matchup, word choice, word search, word scramble, and spelling bee. Students can also practice the new vocabulary in context with questions that you can use for discussion or writing. (more…)

Find our updated Spotlight lesson for 2016 here: http://blog.sproutenglish.com/st-patricks-day-materials/

Students of all levels and ages need some basic vocabulary to describe where they live. Our new Word Bank lesson, My House, is the perfect place to start!

The My House lesson includes a colorful picture dictionary, matchup, word choice, word search, word scramble, and spelling bee. Your learners will learn if swing set, flower box, front yard, and backyard are one or two words. (more…)