In the words of Popeye: “Everything is Food, Food, Food”. I mean, who wouldn’t gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today? But I digress.
Learning and being familiar with the language of food is an important part of learning a language. How sad would it be to visit a new country and realise you don’t know how to order your favorite dish? I’m making sure that my students will never encounter this tragedy if they ever visit an English-speaking country.
Kids love to talk about food (who doesn’t?!). I did not need to ask my students twice what there favorite food was before a dozen hands shot up.
There are countless fun activities that you can do to teach children the language of food. One such activity that I did with my students was to play bingo to review the vocab that we had previously covered in class. I created my own bingo cards using this wonderful Bingo Card Generator.
To play bingo, I distributed a card to each students. Then, once I had explained the rules of bingo, I began holding up flashcards of the food vocab that we had been learning, clearly calling out the name of each image. Kids love bingo, and I love to play it with them as it really levels the playing-field and engages everyone – from the more advanced student to those who are struggling that little bit more than others. It is also a great way for my students to work on their listening and reading skills.
You can find a copy of the bingo cards that I used attached here:
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