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Extra Activities

Organize the children on a circle and place yourself in the middle, with the faces of boy/girl in your hands.

Provide a child with a ball: this element will be passed from hand to hand quickly while they listen to the song of this unit. Once the song is paused, the student who has the ball will have to go to the center of the circle, give the ball to you and receive a face. He/she will introduce him/herself to the rest of the children. Once they complete the action, the game starts again, with the ball passing around. Child: Hello! I’m a boy/girl.

My name is….

Bear in mind that the face you give to each child must coincide with their gender.

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The children will use the cut-out faces of boy/girl.

The idea is to construct puppets which they will be able to take home. Since it is an activity that might take some time, you may want to consider cutting the figures out beforehand, and writing on each of them the name of the owner.

Take with you threads of wool of different colors (black, brown, red and yellow), which will be the hair of the puppets. Make sure that the wool is shorter for the boys and longer for the girls. Place the threads in small bowls on the tables, and provide the children with glue.

Once the puppets are done, place a brochette stick behind them. Last, you can propose a fun activity: whenever you say “boy!” all your male students will place the masks (puppets) on their faces, and when you say “girl!”, it will only be the girls who follow the command. At the mention of the expression “boys and girls!” all of the children will show their masks.

Repeat the same words a few times, say them faster or move your mouth without speaking to make the activity more entertaining. If you prefer it, you can turn this game into a competition: whoever commits a mistake, will have to abandon the game

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Students will color and cut the greetings. Finally you will perform a sentence and the students you name will raise the correct puppet. Another option is to choose a student to perform the sentence.

Teacher/Student: Good morning boys! (all boys raise good morning puppets).

Templates

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Students will color the big hand then you will help them cutting it and glue a popsicle stick at their backs. Students will produce sentences as they hold the puppets.

Students: Hello! teacher / boy / girl

Students: Bye bye teacher / boy / girl

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Give to each student a boy or girl face to complete. Students will draw the faces that represent themselves. Finally they come to the front and introduce themselves.

Student: Hello! My name is … I am a boy/girl.

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Ask the student to work in pairs a give them one of the greetings picture (good morning or good afternoon).

They will place the sun on the window. Finally they will come to the front and perform a short dialogue.

Student A: Good morning / afternoon boy!

Student B: Good morning / afternoon girl!