TeachingEnglish has lots of different lesson plans for teachers who are teaching English around the world to children aged 5-12. To help you find suitable lesson plans, we have three levels on our site. These lesson plans for level 1 are most suitable for children who can understand and use some words and short phrases, and can follow simple stories, songs and texts. Teachers can use the levels as a guide. For example, if they start to find level 1 lessons too easy, you can try more level 2 lessons. However, all children learn differently, so try lessons from different levels at any time, especially if it is a topic they enjoy.

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Draw a story

Create a picture story with your young learners using this lesson plan and a story from LearnEnglish Kids.

Seasons

This lesson focuses on the seasons with a song, story and projects.

Cartoon of a human skeleton

Animal skeletons

Use this lesson with lower primary learners to practise animal body parts. 

Time

Time

This lesson helps children learn to tell the time and use the present continuous.

School

This lesson looks at different aspects of school life, including classroom language, rules, subjects and uniforms.

Playground

This lesson looks at playground activities with games, a song or story and projects.

Space

Space

This lesson looks at the solar system with a song, story and projects.

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