I Have Crazy Hair!
This hair descriptions ESL lesson helps learners combine length, style and colour adjectives. Students guess hairstyles in Hair Charades, sing and describe classmates using phrases such as 'She has long curly hair.' They design a crazy-hair portrait and finish with a lively class catwalk.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Beginner
Age group
Ages 6–9
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Children guess hairstyles mimed by the teacher, sing hair songs describing long, short and curly hair, and drill flashcards describing classmates' hair colour. The second lesson runs a styling station drawing different hairstyles onto a paper doll, builds a crazy-hair self-portrait, and finishes with a class catwalk where others describe each child's hair ('She has long yellow hair!').
Target language
- • 'I have ___ hair'
- • 'She has ___ hair'
- • 'What colour is his hair?'
- • Hair-description vocabulary
Key vocabulary
- long
- short
- curly
- straight
- wavy
- blonde
- brown
- black
- red
- hair
Speaking questions students answer
- • Is his hair long or short?
- • What colour is your hair?
- • What colour is it?
- • Describe your friend's hair!
- • Is it curly or straight?
Recommended teaching contexts
Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Guess hairstyles in Hair Charades, style a paper-doll's hair and describe it, describe hair in a class catwalk. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.