St. Patrick’s Day Face Activities for Young English Learners

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This Face St. Patrick’s Day resource is designed for teaching holiday vocabulary while reinforcing parts of the face, colors, and descriptive language with elementary English language learners. Perfect for centers, whole-group lessons, and seasonal review.

In this activity, the teacher uses a St. Patrick flashcard to review parts of the face with students. The teacher asks, “What’s missing in the face?” Then, draws extra facial features such as hair, nose, and ears that are not originally included.

The teacher asks the name of parts of the parts and labels it. This interactive board activity provides an engaging review of face parts.

In this activity, the teacher displays the rainbow flashcard and invites students to describe what they see. The teacher begins by modeling a simple sentence and then asks guiding questions to encourage students to add more details about the rainbow’s facial features.

As students respond, the teacher writes their ideas on the board to collaboratively build a short descriptive text.

Students place each flashcard inside a clear plastic sleeve and draw the missing facial features using dry-erase markers. As they complete the faces, students label each feature with the correct word, reinforcing vocabulary recognition, and spelling,.

Small cards activities

🎧  Listen and pick. The teacher spreads the small cards on the table and calls out one vocabulary item, such as “horseshoe.” Students listen carefully and point to the matching card as quickly as they can. This listening game helps students develop vocabulary recognition. Great for beginners.

Listen and order. Each student uses their own set of small cards. The teacher calls out a sequence of vocabulary items, such as “hat, rainbow, coin,” and students listen carefully to place the cards in the correct order on the table. This sequencing task strengthens auditory memory.

Speaking activities (productive oral skill). A student selects a small card and shows it to the class while describing the picture. Using simple language, the student names the item and mentions its facial features, such as eyes or mouth.

Reading activities. The teacher prepares the cards by cutting the words from the picture cards. Students then match each picture with its corresponding word to rebuild the complete card. This hands-on matching task supports reading development.

Writing activities. Students choose a small card and use it as a prompt to write simple sentences describing the picture. They name the item, describe its color, and mention its facial features or details. This writing task supports vocabulary consolidation.

Labeling. students observe the small card and label the different parts directly in their notebooks. They draw arrows from the picture and write the corresponding vocabulary words, reinforcing recognition of facial features and object details. This labeling task supports vocabulary consolidation, spelling practice, and visual–word association.

worksheets

Students complete the words by writing the missing letters and then match each word to its corresponding picture by tracing the lines.

Students complete the worksheet by reading the sentences, drawing the missing details, and coloring the picture according to the instructions. When finished, they share their work with the teacher, providing an opportunity for feedback.

Students read simple sentences, complete missing words, and follow directions to draw and color the picture.  Once finished, the teacher can collect and display the worksheets on a bulletin board to create a festive classroom environment that showcases student learning.

Students first use the picture worksheet to listen to the teacher’s directions and color the St. Patrick’s Day characters accordingly. After completing the coloring task, they use the second worksheet to answer comprehension questions based on the pictures.

Games

Students receive a Bingo strip with 5 pictures from the St. Patrick’s Day vocabulary set. The teacher uses the calling cards and calling mat, printed twice: one copy to place on the mat and another copy to draw and call the items. As the teacher calls each picture, students listen carefully and cover the matching image on their strip. The first student to complete the strip calls Bingo!

In this board game, students play in small groups and each chooses a character marker, which is folded and glued at the top so it can stand on the board. Students take turns rolling the dice and moving their markers along the path. When landing on a space, they name or describe the St. Patrick’s Day item shown. This interactive game promotes speaking practice.

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