Engaging Classroom Activity: Teaching Prepositions of Time with Hot Air Balloons
Teaching Prepositions of Time through a Fun Hot Air Balloon Activity Teaching grammar can often be a challenge, especially when it comes to engaging students in a lively and interactive way. To make learning prepositions of time more engaging for my students, I organized a group activity that transformed the classroom into an exciting learning environment. The focus was on understanding the prepositions "in," "on," and "at" by creating colorful hot air balloon parachutes that the students worked on collaboratively. Materials Needed: Large drawing sheets Markers, crayons, and colored pens Color photo prints of students Scissors, glue, and tape Pre-drawn hot air balloon parachute templates (with a large tub at the base) Space on the classroom wall for displaying the final work Step-by-Step Activity: 1. Preparation of Materials: Before the class began, I drew three hot air balloon parachute models on large sheets of paper. Each model represented one of