[sueby]

Everything must be a game with young kids. Teaching classroom language can be fun if you let them be the teacher. First model and act out what you want them to say and do - the words should always be accompanied by actions. They repeat and you introduce the next one. Keep doing this over and over until they can say it by themselves with the actions. Once you have introduced the language, play a game by letting individual students shout out the orders to the class. Get everyone standing up. The class has to do what the student says or they're 'out' and have to sit down (they can continue playing but sitting down). The last child standing is the winner.