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Family Time – activities to do together (in English)LEARNZ Virtual Experiences Āpure Moana - Marine ReservesMake play dough using a recipein EnglishExercise session - TV/You Tubelearnz.org.nz/at-home smickids.comReading togetherBuilding a bird feederA long, longtime ago .Push the woodin the hole momtastic.com/family/diy-for-moms/777 1 7 0KaraokeWatch TV progamme in EnglishIt’s Squishthe FishOscar Owens card tricksyoutube.com/watch?v Hxu3UrLNkw4Call me loyal,I’ll say you’re loyal too.tvnz.co.nz/shows/brain-bustersInviting the neighbours overBaking togetherAdd 2eggs.Kia ora Parata family. Wouldyou like to come over to ourhouse for afternoon tea todayat around 3? Zhen and the kidsare making a cake. It would begreat to catch up!www.englishlanguage.org.nz TEACH ENGLISH – TUTOR RESOURCESPlay a board gameWould youlike anotherpiece of cake?Am Ia. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PARTNERS NEW ZEALAND

2Family time – ideas for using the sequence storyNote for Tutors: Activities referred to in Ideas for using the sequencestory are related to the suggested Vocabulary and text which you canfind on page 9 of this document.Warm up – before you look at the picture sequenceDiscuss what language the family speaks at home. It’s important to keepspeaking the home language to the children to maintain links to culture andfamily, and because bilingualism give cognitive advantages.Suggest that sometimes there are activities that the learner could do in Englishthat will help both the learner tap into the children’s English ability, and thechildren’s progress at school.Focus on key vocabulary (see page 9 for suggested vocabulary)Either provide the learner with a list of target vocabulary and ask her to matchthe words to what she can see in the pictures (Lower level), or brainstormwords with the learner (Higher level).Question stories (See pages 12-13 for suggested questions)Ask a series of questions relating to the pictures. The learner’s answers canguide them to describe what is happening in each picture. You could thencompare the learner’s version with the original text.Alternatively encourage the learner to ask you some questions about thepictures. Learners often get more practice answering than asking questions.Jumbled sentences – readingCut up the text on page 14 into strips. Each strip relates to one of the pictures.Jumble up the strips.Look at the pictures and ask the learner(s) to match the appropriate sentenceto the right picture.Point of view:Write a description for each picture from one person’s point of view (forexample from the little boy’s point of view).Gapped text:Gap out some words in the text on page 10-11 after reading it with yourlearner. The learner completes the text by referring to the pictures.Depending on your learner’s needs, you can focus on particular words: e.g.o content words from the target vocabulary in the picture (this helps withrevision)Ideas for using the Family time sequence story by Natalie Greenly, ESOL tutor

3Jiayi and the children are making a feeder for their garden. They areusing a recycled milk and a milk . They are following thefrom a website. Jiayi is helping Bai poke a perch for the intothe bottle. They are going to put some water in, it from a tree intheir back yard and the birds.o or “grammar” words: e.g. prepositionsJiayi and the children are making a bird feeder their garden. They areusing a recycled milk carton and a milk bottle. They are following theinstructions a website. Jiayi is helping Bai poke a perch for the birdsthe bottle. They are going to put some water , hang it a tree intheir back yard and watch the birds.o or articles and determinersJiayi and children are making bird feeder for their garden. They areusing recycled milk carton and milk bottle. They are followinginstructions from a website. Jiayi is helping Bai poke perch forbirds into bottle. They are going to put water in, hang it fromtree in back yard and watch birds.Listening practice: True/falseSay some sentences about the pictures, some true, some false:e.g. The little girl is sitting on the dad’s knee (False); The dad isreading to the little boy (True)There are three possible activities here: The learner simply says true for the true ones and falsefor the false ones. The learner repeats the true sentences and stays silent forthe false ones (So it’s a kind of drill, but the learner has to process themeaning as well as repeat) The learner says true for the true ones and corrects the false ones: e.g.No, she isn’t sitting on his knee, she is sitting on the floor.In a higher level class the learners can work in pairs. One learner can say atrue/false sentence and the other responds. Then they swap roles.Sort the picturesAfter discussing the pictures ask the learners to sort them into: things I have done with my family things I’d like to try things I would not like to tryIdeas for using the Family time sequence story by Natalie Greenly, ESOL tutor

4Extension activitiesLearnzThese are virtual “trips” that the family can do on a laptop ortablet.These consist of short videos accompanied by some questions,and suggested follow-up activities. The tutor could help thelearner prepare by watching the video and help with any trickyvocabulary, and then discuss what activities might beinteresting.Some of these trips have activities that can be done at home, for example: Backyard bioblitz – find invertebrates in the backyard What’s that bird – identify birds in the garden Matariki and Navigation – look at the night skies Ko Wai Au? Who Am I? – the child interviews a relative – there aresuggested questions. This is a very language-rich activity.Make PlaydoughGo through the recipe from Countdown and make sure thelearner understands the instructions. The only unfamiliar itemmay be Cream of Tartar – this is easily obtainable from anysupermarket.Watch the video with your learner and talk about what thechild is making with the playdough. What has the learneralready got in their kitchen that the children can use with playdough (straws,toothpicks, garlic press, masher, cookie cutters, rolling pin etc?) There are alsoitems like googly eyes, feathers etc that you can buy at the dollar shop tomake the creations more fun.There is a good list of other creative ideas with playdough hereExercise session from TV or YouTubeCosmic Kids are exercise sessions which incorporate yoga movements into astory for children. They are very language-rich. Watch the Squish the Fishvideo and talk about the movements and the language.Take it in turns to give each other instructions to do some of the movementsshown in the video sit on the floor cross your legsIdeas for using the Family time sequence story by Natalie Greenly, ESOL tutor

5 hold your arms out wide to the sidetwist your body around to the sideLift your arms up above your headbend your kneestouch your toeskneel on the floorstand uplift up one handlift up one legstand on one legcup your hands round your mouthblow or breathe outbreathe instretch your armsbend forwardswave your handsput one foot on top of the otherbring your hands togetherhold your hands over your headkick your legs outrun on the spotlie on your tummylie flat on your backpoint your toesturn your head and look behind youbring your chin up and look upstand with your feet wide apartsit on the floorhug your knees to your chestmake goggles with your finger and thumbput your hands behind your backclasp your fingers togethersit with your legs to one sidelook over your shoulderjump on the spothold your foot in your handTeach your learner to play Simon says. The family can then play to together topractice the instructions above.Ideas for using the Family time sequence story by Natalie Greenly, ESOL tutor

6Reading togetherEncourage your learner to read in English to the children.Go together to the library and show your learner where toborrow books for the children. If your learner does not feelconfident reading to their children, practice with them firstso that they feel happy about the meaning andpronunciation. Other options are for the tutor to record themselves reading the bookfirst on the learner’s phone (most phones have a voice recorder option)so the learner can practice in their own time to borrow books with an accompanying CD. For the learner to record themselves reading on Flipgrid (a free videoapp) where there is space for feedback to watch and listen to books read aloud on YouTubeBuilding a bird feederUsing materials around the house to for crafts is a great way to practice thelanguage of instructions. Instructions for a number of different simple birdfeeders can be found here.If you want to make a reading activity from this kind ofmaterial1. Show the final picture and ask your learner to predict: What it is made from – i.e. a list of supplies How it is made – i.e. instructions2. Read the list of supplies with your learner. Did they get it right? What didthey forget?3. (For this step you need to have already copied the instructions and jumbledthem up, so they are no longer in order. Remember to remove thenumbers!) Ask your learner to read the instructions and put them back inorder. Then check against the original.4. Help your learner with any vocabulary or anything they don’t understand.Ideas for using the Family time sequence story by Natalie Greenly, ESOL tutor

7Oscar Owen’s Card tricksTurn off the sound and watch each trick. What happened?Why is it surprising? Why does it look like magic?Get a pack of cards and try and follow the instructions. Canyou work out how the floating card trick (#8) is done?Watch TV programmes in EnglishBrain Busters is a great quiz-based show to watch with the family as it is verylanguage-based. It’s good for listening activities withthe learner. At time of writing it is available on TVNZon demand.An activity can be for the tutor to select a sectioninvolving a number of questions. The tutor watches inadvance and makes a note of all the answers.In class, provide your learner with the answers, eitherin order, or to make it more challenging, jumbled up. Help the learner toformulate a question for each answer. Then listen to the actual question. Howclose were they?KaraokeSongs are a great way to practice pronunciation, andthere are plenty of songs on YouTube, many with lyricsready to go.If lyrics are not available, it is sometimes possible toturn on the automatic captions. Sometimes these willnot reproduce the words exactly but this can be made into a learning momentas you examine the difference between the “dictionary” form of the word,when it is spoken by itself, and what happens to the sounds when the word isincorporated into the stream of speech. This is a very useful exercise forlearners as they struggle to understand rapid Kiwi speech.Another possibility is to search up the lyrics, copy them and gap out some ofthe words. Get your learner to guess the missing words (to make it easier youcan provide the learner with a list of possibilities) and then listen to the song tocheck.Some suggestions for fun songs to get your learner started, chosen eitherbecause they have clear pronunciation or interesting grammar features (youneed to scroll down to the middle of the page to get to the suggestions).Ideas for using the Family time sequence story by Natalie Greenly, ESOL tutor