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Type
Explainer
Level
1 / A1
Published
Title
What Is a Playground?
Webpage
https://eslnewsstories.com/explainers/what-is-a-playground/

Lesson Content

Look First, Words You Need, Read and Listen

Understanding: Understand It

Chunks: Place, Repeat

Use It

Answers

What Is a Playground?

Level 1 Explainer

Start Here

Look First

Children climb, slide, swing, and run at an outdoor playground while a parent watches from a nearby bench.
  1. What can you see at the playground?
  2. What are the children doing?
  3. Who is watching the children?

Before You Read

Words You Need

Learn

Read and Listen

Play the audio while you read, or listen after you read.

A playground is a place made for children to play. Many playgrounds are outside in parks, near schools, or close to homes.

Playgrounds often have things to climb on and play on. A slide has steps or a ladder. Children climb up and then go down the slide. A swing has a seat that moves back and forth. Some playgrounds also have open space for running and games.

Children can climb, swing, run, jump, and play with other children. Parents often stay nearby and watch their children.

Children need to be careful when they play. They should wait when someone else is using a slide or swing, and they should take turns when other children are waiting.

Playgrounds can look very different, but they all give children a place to move, play, and spend time together.

Quick Check

Understand It

  1. A playground is a place made for children to play.
  2. A swing moves back and forth.
  3. Playgrounds are only near schools.
  4. Who often stays nearby and watches the children?
  5. What should children do when someone else is using a slide or swing?

Build

Chunks

Place

  1. The child on the ladder is

  2. The child on the slide is

  3. The child on the swing is

  4. The child beside the slide is

moving back and forth waiting for a turn going down the slide climbing up
Four children play on a playground: one climbs the slide ladder, one slides down, one swings back and forth, and one waits beside the ladder for a turn.

Repeat

Listen and Repeat. Hide the text and try again.

climb up
Children climb up the ladder.
go down the slide
Children go down the slide.
back and forth
The swing moves back and forth.
take turns
Children should take turns.

Now Try

Use It

Talk or write. Use the language from this lesson.

Supported output: A playground is...
Supported output: At a playground, children can...
Recycle language: Children should...
Extend topic: Is there a playground near your home?
Extend topic: Which do you like better, slides or swings?
Extend topic: What makes a playground fun for children?
Extend topic: Do you think playgrounds are important for children? Why or why not?

Answers What Is a Playground? / Level 1

Understand It:

  1. True
  2. True
  3. False
  4. parents
  5. wait

Chunks: Place:

  1. The child on the ladder is climbing up.
  2. The child on the slide is going down the slide.
  3. The child on the swing is moving back and forth.
  4. The child beside the slide is waiting for a turn.

KEEP GOING

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