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Stage 2 · ages 8–930 min · 11 activities · free, no sign-up

At the playground — free English lesson for kids

This fun, action-packed lesson is designed for elementary ESL learners (Stage 2, ages 8–9). The theme At the Playground helps students talk about activities happening now while practising the present continuous form I am + verb…

What is inside this lesson

1Warm up
2Vocabulary
3Speaking practice
4Grammar Focus
5Movement break
6Phonics /ou/
7Tricky words
8Board Game
9Speed sort
10Silly sentences
11Wrap up game

Teacher notes

The lesson combines vocabulary development, grammar practice, phonics focus (/ou/ sound), speaking fluency, movement games, and creative sentence-building activities. Students describe playground actions using full sentences in meaningful, engaging contexts.

Activities are highly visual, interactive, and suitable for 1:1 lessons or small groups, online or offline. Learning is scaffolded from recognising action phrases to confidently producing full present-continuous sentences, ending with a fun review game.

Key phrases: play tag, play hopscotch, play hide and seek, skip rope, throw a ball, kick a ball, catch a ball, push the swing

Students practise vocabulary through true/false games, hangman, alphabet races, sorting activities, and speaking tasks.

Students practise choosing correct verbs, forming sentences, and describing actions happening now through gameshow quizzes and guided speaking.