Cleaning / Putzen: Small Talk Cards for English Class

With these Smalltalk Cards, children speak in English about cleaning and tidying up and answer questions such as “Have you ever mopped the floor?” or “Where does most of the dust hide?”. They take turns drawing a card from the face-down pile and formulating their own answers, using and expanding their previously learned vocabulary.

What is included

• 23 Smalltalk Cards, each with an English question about cleaning and tidying up, from vacuuming and washing windows to spring cleaning
• Instruction page on how to use the cards

Tips for using the material

The cards are ideal for starting a lesson and can be used in pairs or small groups.

The following skills are promoted

• Free speaking, because the children formulate their own answer to each question in English
• Vocabulary related to cleaning, with words such as vacuum, mop, dust, or ironing
• Listening, while the other children answer their questions

On the topic of cleaning, there is also the Smalltalk Game, the What am I? Cards, the game Don’t say it!, and the Vocabulary Poster.