Teach English: What time is it, Mr Wolf? ESL Song

Lesson Plan & CD is at:
http://genkienglish.net/mrwolfsong.htm

This song is used to teach children how to say the time in English. As you can probably tell it's used to lead into the "What time is it, Mr Wolf?" game.

Usually we use this after a few lessons, but many classes, including most of the ones here, can manage it even from the first lesson. Provided they can tell the time in their own language of course!

In the Japanese talky bit at the end I go through why it is important to use loud voices in class. i.e. if everyone speaks at normal volumes then the shy kids will probably say nothing at all, but if everyone is singing at full volume even the shy kids will try a little bit. I think you can probably tell this from the video!

The song is taken from Genki English volume 2: http://genkienglish.net/cd2.htm

There's more on the lesson plan page at:
http://genkienglish.net/mrwolfsong.htm

Enjoy!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• ESL
• song
• English
• teach
• EFL
• 英語
• 英会話
• 小学校

[Queenofotakus]

yeah, you have WAY too many students. Does Japan have a limit to the students one can have like in the U.S?  "WHAT'S YOUR NAME!!!!

[GenkiJapanNet]

Japan has a usual limit of 30 kids per class, but these were demo "shows" for the whole school. The aim was to show the teachers that kids CAN learn English and to give the kids a confidence boost!

[wurjak]

i didn't get the video from 1:25 up to the end, was that in japanise?

[GenkiJapanNet]

Yeah, have a look at the "about this video" at the top right of this page, I've translated it for you.

[Gotred]

o.o Some of those kids stay in step better than some marching bands...

[tokyomewmewseramoon]

it's funny when he yells "WHAT'S YOUR NAME?"

[Adrao]

lol why would the wolf know the time?

[shanequabumbblebee]

I hope they keep up the great work!

[mariankanekawa]

This is very helpful.Thanks for the nice idea..

[sakuravskula]

woow

[Ryuuji91]

wow! your japanese is so good! how long did it take you to get to that level? i hope to be fluent in it some day =S

[Queenofotakus]

Ooooh, okay!

[MusclecarsMeditation]

Love it...