Giraffes Numbers 1 to 20 for Elementary EFL

 This resource for ESL Teachers is included in the Zoo Animals for EFL. Click here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Flashcards-for-EFL-3611842

Young learners often recognize numbers before they truly understand quantity. Using giraffes to teach numbers 1–20 helps students visually connect numerals with amounts in a clear, concrete way. The tall, repeated giraffe images make counting more meaningful and memorable for early ESL learners.

Use the number 1 to 20 flash cards to play a quick lineup game. Hand in a set of cards to each group and at your signal have them line up in order and then say each number. This activity is perfect as a math warm-up or review activity 

Focus on recognizing and counting from 1 to 20  numbers and saying them out loud with the flashcards and the small cards. Match numbers to words or arrange numbers in order. This works on One-to-one correspondence. Studenmts can sit in ESL centers or small groups.   

Use the worksheets set for the students to recognize numerals (1-20) and associate them with their written forms.

More worksheets to help teachers track student progress in number recognition and writing  within the Zoo animal themes.

There is a Bingo with two boards, where students can write 10 numbers out of the 20 and play use the small cards as calling cards. Pull out the bingo as many times as you want.

Reinforce counting skills by providing a fun matching game. Encourage students to use full sentences like "I see a giraffe with number 18."

Place number cards (1-20) in a pile and giraffe number mats on the table.

Students take turns picking a card and placing it on the correct mat.

Have it available for early finisher tasks.  

Students can say the numbers out loud as they match the numeral cards, reinforcing pronunciation.

When integrating animals with math vocabulary use the mats ready to print in this resource. Cut all the number mats and there is another game to play. Time students to see how quickly they can match all numbers correctly.

Make learning interactive with this Number 1 to 20 wheel. Works well for whole-class activities, small group practice, or individual learning stations and for beginner ESL / EFL students.

The board game is for students to identify, read, and say numbers on the card of the color that the player landed on as they move along the path. Use for oral counting and pronunciation. 

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Backpack-School Unit activities for elementary ESL

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This material helps students reinforce common classroom object names (e.g., pencil, eraser, notebook) in the context of a backpack. TThese “Backpack / School Unit” activities make learning functional and fun by tying vocabulary to classroom games, collaboration, and structured speaking practice — helping students *see, say, and use* words confidently in real contexts. 

All your students learn in different ways, but most of them are visual learners. Use these classroom objects vocabulary flashcards for any class level. Practice speaking in complete sentences. Place the flashcards in a real backpack. Model a sentence and the have a student pick a card and describe it: "I have an eraser in my backpack."

Use the manipulatives like the small cards included to make vocabulary learning more concrete. Cut the word out of each card to play match to each picture.

Reinforce Vocabulary with worksheets for recognizing classroom objects. Students match classroom object pictures to their correct word labels in the backpack mind map worksheet.

Develop Writing Skills to encourage students to write simple sentences on the worksheets, and practice spelling.

Reinforce basic grammar by helping students understand and correctly use "Yes, I do." and "No, I don’t."

Worksheets allow students to practice at their own pace as in this reading comprehension activity.

Spelling Bingo is a fun and interactive way to help students practice spelling classroom object names. Give your students a bingo board worksheet. There are two boards. You can use one just for writing a classroom object word. Place your calling cards into the backpack container that you can make using the templates. Students will cross out the words they hear, the first one to do so wins.

Another version is to print the blank template into different colored sheets and have the stduents complete the bingo board writing a color and a word. Place all the cards into the calling cards backpack container and start playing. The first player to cross off all the correct items on their bingo card shouts “Bingo!”

Make sure to pick the games that are right for the students that you are planning with. Make sure that you understand the games and that you know the rules to use with them.

Here is a 28-tile word-picture domino set for your School Unit Game using the words: notebook, pencil case, eraser, crayon box, glue, book, scissors. Each tile has a word on one side and a picture on the other. The goal is to match the word to the corresponding picture.

Students make crosswords using the letters tiles. Play in teams.

When to Use These Activities

• Beginning of the school year vocabulary lessons  

• ESL centers or rotations  

• Morning warm-up or daily review  

• Speaking and partner practice  

• Parent-teacher nights or open class displays

These flashcards are part of the School Unit available on Teachers Pay Teachers — a complete set of printables designed to support vocabulary, speaking, grammar, and writing practice for elementary ELLs.  Go to this blog post: 

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Town Worksheets for elementary ESL

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Worksheets provide structured practice and reinforce town vocabulary and concepts.

Support Independent Learning by allowing students to work at their own pace, helping with retention. This is an easy matching the buildings to the words.

If done as a whole class dictate the color of each building.

Worksheets can be used for speaking! Take a look.

Enhance Writing and Reading Skills doing the reading comprehension worksheets.

Use the worksheets for Easy Assessment to check student understanding and track progress of the correct grammar of the expressions: there is/ There isn’t.

There is a worksheet for Labeling the Town Map, it comes with a blank map where students draw buildings on the streets. As an extension for advanced students, they can write simple sentences (e.g., "The restaurant is next to the library.").

Another worksheet will work on Prepositions with Town Buildings.

This worksheet helps students practice asking and answering questions using places in town with the correct prepositions and sentence structure.

Guided Worksheet Practice where students look at the pictures and complete the sentences using the correct place.

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Birthday Unit and the Face

  This resource (Birthday Unit & Face Vocabulary — ESL Activities with Flashcards and Worksheets) for Bilingual Education is included in The Birthday Unit:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Birthday-Unit-for-Elementary-ESL-5279726

Connect Two Vocabulary Themes with this teaching material: the face parts (eyes, nose, mouth, etc.) while reinforcing birthday-related words (cake, balloon, gift, etc.). Designed especially for **elementary ESL/EFL classes**, these activities help students speak, write, read, and describe using full sentences — while reinforcing vocabulary recall through hands-on practice.

This resource works well in whole-class, pair, and small-group formats, and can be used with flashcards, worksheets, and speaking activities — ideal for lessons focused on vocabulary acquisition and communicative practice.

Birthday Vocabulary and Face Low prep Flashcards

Adding labels to the flashcards makes it easier for learners to process and recall information.

Encourage Speaking Practice. Students can describe the flashcards using full sentences. Write these on the board.

Encourage students to use adjectives to write a short text using the small cards as prompts by linking both themes (birthday face descriptions).

Students in will work in pairs. They write questions about the pictures and then exchange with their partner to answer with orally or on their notebooks.

Birthday Worksheets Activities used for Mixed Levels

Teacher gives instructions for coloring the parts of the head worksheets (e.g., “Color the cake’s eyes blue”). Then, students will answer the worksheet.

A worksheet for coloring as students express their drawing abilities.

Learners color the balloon and answer the questions according to their  drawing.

Give students the worksheet with a blank template of a birthday party bag. They have to complete their birthday character and write a short description.

Reading comprehension worksheet.They will be matching sentences and review numbers at the same time.

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