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Articles about teaching family vocabulary
Fun activities for family vocabulary
Photocopiable family vocabulary classroom activities for EFL learners
Family trees coin game – NEW
Family vocabulary and possessive S reversi
House, family and prepositions (bluffing and drawing games)
Cambridge Proficiency Speaking Part Three on relationships
Family extended speaking active listening practice and presentation
FCE Speaking Part Four on family
Family, favourites and possessive S guessing games
Friends and family vocabulary and cultural differences
Family vocabulary songs
The Finger Family Song (“Mother finger, mother finger, where are you? Here I am,
here I am, how do you do?” etc) – father, brother, sister, baby
This is my Family (Nice to Meet You Nice to Meet You too) – also including uncle and aunt, but not in a way that makes the meaning clear
The Farmer’s in the Dell – just wife and child
Here are Grandma’s Glasses from Wee Sing – just grandma and grandpa but good actions
Three Bears (English language version of Korean song – you’ll need to sing over the grammar mistake, but good actions)
Stories for family vocabulary
I Love You Blue Kangaroo – aunt, mother’s friend, uncle, Great-Uncle, cousin, baby, mother
The Family Book by Todd Parr – stepmother, stepdad, stepsisters, stepbrothers, adopt, mom, dad, parent (though lots of that is only implied)
Me Myself from Apricot Books – father, mother, big brother, little sister
Little Red Riding Hood
Room for One More – Mommy, Daddy, lots of pets, plus can add big sister and little sister from the pictures
Little Fur Family – father, mother, grandpa, grandson, child
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (family not mentioned in the words of the book, so you’ll need to discuss the pictures, but good actions)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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Updated 7 August 2023
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