English professions for children

There is very little left until carnival and our kids dress up for a day as in their favorite jobs. Why don't we take advantage of it and teach them the professions in English? In today's post, we'll talk about how to teach professions in English for children.

Why it's important to teach the professions

One of the most repeated questions to children is “What do you want to be when you grow up”. The answers are endless, but in general, their answers are based on the current profession (soccer player, singer...) or that of the parents. As it is one of the first questions asked to them, it is a great idea to start by teaching, from an early age, professions in a second language to expand your vocabulary in a simple way. In addition, they begin to be introduced to the value of work and the responsibilities they have.

How to teach professions in English to children

To teach children the different occupations in English, it is good to speak gradually and those closest to their environment. Great Little People We are going to show you some activities to learn this type of vocabulary in a didactic and enjoyable way:

Game of the Memory

El Memory It's a classic game but super effective for learn words in a visual way.To memorize names, cards can be created with the names of professions in English. This way, children will easily associate the names of jobs, usually professions with uniforms to make it easier and more fun. With the game of Memory, in addition to practicing or acquiring knowledge in vocabulary, stimulates precision, coordination, problem solving, frustration or perceptual reasoning. Because of these features, our educational app Great Little World has introduced this game in different scenarios and words.

Interactive theatres or Role play

An entertaining way to learn this type of vocabulary is to do role-playing games or role plays. Children with this activity are excited, so their involvement will be 100%. It is also ideal for helping to develop verbal and body expression, as well as stimulating mental agility. All this, without realizing that they are acquiring vocabulary in another language.

The professions in English at Great Little People

In our methodology, these types of actions are carried out in work corners”active” and”Reading”. In them, we carry out different activities.

• Letters with drawings of the professions and their respective names in English. With them, we perform functions that go beyond teaching the name of the profession, but rather we build a journey to learn the environment and their actions. We also use game techniques such as Memory Or the Role play mentioned above.

• Didactic books who tell fun stories while learning vocabulary from the environment of the profession; utensils, actions, clothes, parts of the body...

• With the older ones, we started conversations so that they make more complex structures:”What do you like“,”What do your parents work on”...

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