If your ESL students know lots of animal names, especially pets, but they need to practice the vocabulary in interesting context, try this guessing game ‘What pet have I got?’. Students feel comfortable to speak English, even those with low self-esteem or shy, when they work in pairs.

It is well-known that animal topics are interesting on their own for children. However, a teacher needs to prepare some activities which involve students.

Do your students like playing hide and seek? Do they love animals? Let them play with the pets practising spelling at the same time. Simple activity for young learners to practise vocabulary for animals.

Your students will enjoy participating in this super simple and easy to remember rhyme if you use finger puppets to introduce a new set of vocabulary.

A new set of flashcards for Farm Animals vocabulary which contain photos, labels and phonetic transcription. They can be used for teaching new words, games, speaking activities, posters, etc.

'Trip to the zoo' poster - activity to practise vocabulary for animals.

Try printable resources from the Teacher's Zone website to teach vocabulary for zoo animals. You can find here zoo animals flashcards with labels and phonetic transcription or zoo animals pictures without labels. You can use printable worksheets to practise zoo animals vocabulary as well.