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Mystery Box

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A Mystery Box is always a great way to grab young learners' attention. I decorated a box I already had at home and it worked perfectly to hide the wild animals I had made. Since it seems we'll be quarenteaching for a while still, we have to find ways to use what we have at home to help us reach our students.
Luckily, kids are naturally curious and enjoy guessing games so they'll be excited about participating. Making videos for our students also help us better explain and illustrate what we are teaching. 
I made this video to review the names of the animals and having them try to guess which animal is in the box is a natural way to get them to repeat the vocabulary.
In one of my groups, each student made their own Mystery Box. They placed different objects in their boxes and described the objects for the class to guess. 
My box and their boxes can be used again and again with objects to introduce or review a theme. It’s fascinating to see how each box turns out.

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