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If You Take a Mouse to School cover by Laura Numeroff

If You Take a Mouse to School: A Picture Book for Teaching School Vocabulary

Books, SchoolBy SpeakAndPlaySeptember 23, 2025Leave a comment

Explore this lesson plan for “If You Take a Mouse to School,” including vocabulary activities, grammar practice, phonics, and creative classroom projects for elementary students.

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Cover of the children’s book Cat and Mouse Go to School! – a fun ESL resource to teach English school vocabulary and routines to young learners.

Learn English with Cat and Mouse Go to School! – A Picture Book for Teaching School Vocabulary and Routines

Books, SchoolBy SpeakAndPlaySeptember 3, 2025Leave a comment

Cat and Mouse Go to School is a playful picture book that helps ESL learners discover classroom vocabulary, routines, and cultural life in English schools.

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Cover of Mo Willems’ picture book Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, showing the pigeon

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! – ESL Teaching Ideas & Activities for Primary School

BooksBy SpeakAndPlayAugust 14, 2025Leave a comment

Bring Mo Willems’ Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! to life in your ESL classroom with engaging activities, cross-curricular ideas, and creative projects for kids.

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Cover of the children’s book Where’s Spot?, used in an ESL lesson plan.

Where’s Spot? – Teaching Ideas for ESL in Primary School

BooksBy SpeakAndPlayAugust 12, 2025Leave a comment

Teaching ideas for “Where’s Spot?” – fun ESL activities for primary learners, covering grammar, vocabulary, and interactive reading.

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Cover of the children’s book Pete the Cat Too Cool for School, used for ESL lessons on clothes vocabulary

Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School — Teaching Resource for English Language Learning

Books, Physical AppearanceBy SpeakAndPlayAugust 10, 2025Leave a comment

Discover a fun ESL lesson plan using Pete the Cat Too Cool for School to teach kids clothes vocabulary with games, songs, and activities.

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Colourful chameleon illustration from The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle - ESL resource for teaching animal vocabulary and identity

The Mixed-Up Chameleon: A Picture Book to Explore Identity, Animals, and Wishes in English

Animals, BooksBy SpeakAndPlayAugust 1, 2025Leave a comment

Explore The Mixed-Up Chameleon for ESL: a poetic picture book by Eric Carle to teach animal vocabulary, wishes, and self-identity.

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Cover of the picture book Don’t Put Your Finger in the Jelly, Nelly! by Nick Sharratt, featuring a colorful and humorous illustration of a finger pointing at a jelly.

Don’t Put Your Finger in the Jelly, Nelly! – A Playful Picture Book for ESL Learners

Books, FoodBy SpeakAndPlayJuly 28, 2025Leave a comment

A hilarious and colorful book for young ESL learners to explore food, animals, and rhyming through play and imagination. Includes classroom-ready teaching tips and a creative project idea.

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Book cover of Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt – Macmillan Children’s Books

Teaching Resource Analysis: Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose by Julia Donaldson

Books, FoodBy SpeakAndPlayJuly 27, 2025Leave a comment

Explore a complete lesson plan for Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose by Julia Donaldson: animals, food, table manners, grammar, and fun classroom projects.

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Cover image of Maisy Goes to Preschool, a children's book by Lucy Cousins that teaches English preschool vocabulary through colorful illustrations and daily routines

Maisy Goes to Preschool: A Picture Book to Introduce Preschool Vocabulary in English

Books, SchoolBy SpeakAndPlayJuly 26, 2025Leave a comment

A colorful and rhythmic book to teach preschool vocabulary in English through Maisy’s school day.

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Cover of the picture book Bear Gets Dressed by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Arnold Lobel

Bear Gets Dressed: A Fun Picture Book to Teach Clothes and Weather in English

Books, WeatherBy SpeakAndPlayJuly 25, 2025Leave a comment

Explore Bear Gets Dressed, a playful ESL picture book for teaching weather and clothing vocabulary to young English learners.

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Cover of the children’s book Cat and Mouse Go to School! – a fun ESL resource to teach English school vocabulary and routines to young learners.
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Cover of the children’s book Pete the Cat Too Cool for School, used for ESL lessons on clothes vocabulary
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  • If You Take a Mouse to School cover by Laura NumeroffIf You Take a Mouse to School: A Picture Book for Teaching School Vocabulary
  • Cover of the children’s book Cat and Mouse Go to School! – a fun ESL resource to teach English school vocabulary and routines to young learners.Learn English with Cat and Mouse Go to School! – A Picture Book for Teaching School Vocabulary and Routines
  • Cover of Mo Willems’ picture book Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, showing the pigeonDon’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! – ESL Teaching Ideas & Activities for Primary School
  • Cover of the children’s book Where’s Spot?, used in an ESL lesson plan.Where’s Spot? – Teaching Ideas for ESL in Primary School
  • Cover of the children’s book Pete the Cat Too Cool for School, used for ESL lessons on clothes vocabularyPete the Cat: Too Cool for School — Teaching Resource for English Language Learning

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