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Greetings And Introductions Games – 5 Fun ESL Activities for Kids

Most ESL courses for kids and beginner learners will begin with lessons about greetings and introductions. These are often lessons teaching English expressions such as ‘How are you?’, ‘What’s your name?’, ‘Nice to meet you.’, etc. Once students learn greetings and introductions in English, this can form part of your daily classroom routine. It will also allow children to greet their friends in English and talk about their feelings.

One of the best ways to teach greetings and introductions to ESL kids is through fun and exciting classroom games. Coming up with fresh classroom game ideas can be tough, so we put together this list of 5 super fun games and activities to teach greetings and introductions to kids.

5 ESL Games To Teach Greetings And Introductions To Kids.

1: ‘How Are You?’ Pass The Ball Game

Top of our list is the classic ESL classroom game ‘Pass The Ball’. Pass the ball can be used with any target language, but it works particularly well when teaching greetings in English to kids. It can be difficult to get children to talk, especially when they are just beginning to learn English. Playing pass the ball is a great way to involve all students and to get them speaking using the target language.

For this game all you need is a small soft ball. To play, simply play the pass the ball video in class. When the music is playing, students must pass the ball. When the music stops, the student with the ball must answer the question. So, when teaching ‘How are are?’, when the music stops the student with the ball must answer the question (e.g. I’m happy/bored/tired/excitied/sad, etc).

TIP: To involve the whole class, encourage the rest of the students to ask the question together, and the student with the ball can answer. This activity can be used with other greetings or introductions such as ‘Nice to meet you.’ – Nice to meet you, too. ‘What’s your name?’ – ‘ My name is Kevin.’

2: ‘Nice To Meet You’ Game

This game is a fun way to use the greetings ‘What’s your name?’ and ‘Nice to meet you.’. It can, however, be easily adapted to practice other expressions. To play, place 6-8 flashcards on the board (or simply write the words) in a horizontal line. For beginner learners, these could be phonics flashcards, alphabet flashcards, or any other topic you want to review.

Then, divide the class into two teams and choose one student from each team to come to the front. Ask these two students to stand at opposite ends of the line of cards. Now the game can begin. When the teacher says ‘Go!’, the two students should walk down the line of flashcards towards each other. As they go, they should touch each flashcard and say what’s on the card. When the two students meet in the middle, they should stop and greet each other. Like this:

Student A: Hi, What’s your name?
Student B: I’m Kelly. What’s your name?
Student A: I’m Chris. Nice to meet you.
Student B: Nice to meet you, too.

After greeting each other, students should then play rock, scissors, paper. The winner gets to stay where he/she is (in the middle of the line of flashcards). The loser must sit back down. Then another student from the losing team should come to the front to replace him/her. This student must begin again from the end of the line of flashcards.

Again, when the teacher says ‘Go!’, the two students will begin walking towards each other as they touch each flashcard and say the word aloud. When, they meet they should greet each other and play rock, scissor, paper.

The aim of the game is to make it to all the way to the other end of the line of flashcards. If a student gets all the way to the end, they win a point for their team, and the game starts again with two new students

3: The Name Game

This simple classroom game is great for practicing asking and answering ‘What’s your name?’ in English. To play, choose one student to come to the front and stand with his/her back to the class so they cannot see the rest of the students (or ask them to close their eyes). Then the teacher should point to one student in the classroom. This student then has a choice. They can say their own name, or the name of another student in the classroom (e.g. ‘My name is Chris.’).

Next, the student at the front of the class, without looking, must try to guess if that student was telling the truth or was pretending to be another student in the class. Kids really enjoy this game and it becomes a lot of fun when the students begin impersonating their classmates and disguising their voice.

4: ‘How are you?’ Board Games

Board games are a great way to increase student talk time in the classroom. Here is an example of a board game you can play to teach students how to ask and answer about their feelings. You can download this game, plus many more board games from our printable board games page.

Print and give one board game to each pair of students. To begin, students should place their eraser at the bottom where it says start. Then students should play rock, scissors, paper, and the winner can move their eraser to the next square. After moving their eraser, the students should make a dialogue based on the emoticon in that square. For example, ‘Hello, how are you?’ – ‘I’m tired.’

The aim of the game is to ‘Race around the world’ and the first student to make it all the way around is the winner. Once student will go clockwise, and one anti-clockwise.

5: Greetings Mingle Game

This final ESL game to teach greetings and introductions will get students up out of their seats and speaking with their classmates. For this activity, choose a fun ESL song that the students enjoy. Play the song and ask students to walk/dance around the class when the music is playing. When the music stops, students should meet the closest student to them and shake their hands and greet them using the lesson’s target language. For example, students can say ‘Hi. My name is Chris. What’s your name?’, or ‘Hello, how are you today?’, etc.

Thanks for reading. I hope you found some good game ideas to teach greetings to ESL kids. Before you go, don’t forget to checkout our FREE ESL lesson materials, including flashcards, board games, lesson plans, and PowerPoint Games.

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Games and Activities for Flashcards

Flashcards can sometimes have a bad reputation of being too educational, or boring. Many people think flashcards are to be used by just looking and reading the same cards over and over again. But there are so many different activities and games with flashcards to play to make them fun and interesting for kids, especially bilingual kids or children learning a second language.

Activities & Games with Flashcards

Here are some ideas on how you can have fun with flashcards to help promote conversation and the use of language, these flashcard activities and games will basically get your kids talking.

Scavenger Hunt Flashcard Game

One of the best activities with flashcards is a good old Scavenger hunt! My kids love to have a scavenger hunt and search the house for items to match our flashcards. We place our flashcards down, choose a card and search.

When we use our shape flashcards, we find anything we can to match to the shapes.

When we use our colour flashcards, we find as many things as we can and match them to the colours.

When we use our animal flashcards, we search for animals for the ones on the cards. It could be animals from our toy farm or zoo, or even stuffed toys.

Simon Says Go To…

This is a great flashcard activity to get the children moving and talking. I use this with my own kids, but also a lot in my English classes. I place the flashcards on the wall around the room. Either myself, or another child will be “Simon”. They say “Simon says go to…” and name a flashcard. All of the children then run and stand below the card.

We do variations where we say, “All boys go to…” or name a certain person and tell them to go to a certain card. Each child has a turn at being Simon. I find that this flashcard game motivates even the shy children to speak up.

Flashcard Guessing Game

Think of the game Celebrity Head but for kids, using flashcards. This activity with flashcards can be played in pairs or in a group.

Each child has a card stuck to or on their head, or even held in front of them, but so they can’t see it. They take turns in asking questions about the card that they have.

Eg “Am I a shape?” “Am I an animal?” Do I have four legs?” etc. If they get the question right, they have another turn. Otherwise you go around asking questions until someone guesses which card they have correctly. It really motivates the use of language, because kids really want to know what is on their head.

Flashcard Story Prompts Activity

I love story prompts, and flashcards are a great way to create stories and promote the use of a language. We put our flashcards in a pile, and place a couple of cards from each pile down on the floor. We then take turns in creating a story made up from the different cards. Kids love this flashcard activity and it can go on for hours.

Copy Cat Writing and Drawing Flashcard Activity

For kids who love to draw, the copy cat flashcard activity is a lot of fun. If you have thin paper you can place it over the top over the card and copy with a pen or grey led, then colour it in to match the card. If your child is good at drawing freehand then they can simply copy from looking at it.

They can also copy out the words if they are learning to write. My four year old is obsessed with writing and drawing. He has copied these cards out about a hundred times already. Mum and dad don’t mind joining in either!

Flashcard Memory Game

Some flashcards come in pairs, but if not you will need two sets of the same cards.

Place them all face down and take turns turning two over at once and naming the object on the card. If they are the same, the child keeps them. If not, they turn them back over.

Repeat until all of the cards are gone and the winner is who has the most cards. My kids are still young so we don’t necessarily have a “winner” or we have arguments. We just like to count how many pairs each child has at the end.

Do you have any more activities & games to play with flashcards

There is always room to imrove your child’s language skills. Creating an environment where children can learn through play will give them the confidence to use the target language more freely without even thinking about it.

There are so many different activities and games using flashcards that can be fun and beneficial for bilingual kids, or children learning languages. If you have any that you can suggest please share with us!

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Matthew Boyle

Thanks for this great write-up! The first three game ideas were totally new to me, so I’m glad to know there are even more flashcard game ideas out there than I previously thought.

I have a few other ideas that you and your readers might like to try:

1. Coming up with different types of categories by which you can sort or organize the cards. For example, number of letters on the card or colors or size.

Then, for slightly older kids, I’m thinking 10+…

2. Add the cards into a Leitner Box (possibly with prizes once they pass a certain level). I think this would be especially great once the initial excitement of cards have faded and the children have learned them well, because then the cards could be put into the Leitner Box for periodical review.

3. Use the flashcards as a strong visual aid to teach the children how to do the Mind Palace technique.

I’m endeavoring to make challenging and fun flashcard and card games myself. I think they are still very relevant and useful, even in the digital age of apps. If you’d be interested in reviewing my games on your blog or vlog, let me know! I’d be happy to send you a free sample!

Keep up the great work! The blog looks clean, attractive, and it’s easy to navigate.

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Free Printable Alphabet Learning Flashcards

Alphabet Picture Cards

These alphabet cards are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers learning their letters. The cards have realistic pictures to help you remember each letter of the alphabet from Mega Workbook along with lowercase letters and uppercase letter fun flashcards for young learners.

DIY Tactile Alphabet Cards

Younger kids will love this playful set. How fun is it to learn alphabets with sensory play? DIY tactile alphabet cards are so much fun from Playground Park Bench.

Free Printable Color Learning Flashcards

1. Coloring Color Flashcards

Grab your crayons and print these printable crayon color flashcards to teach your little one, toddler through preschooler colors from From ABCs to ACTs.

2. Color Flash Cards

These are very simple color flash cards. Learn your colors by looking at the various splats of paint from Tot Cards.

Free Printable Shapes Learning Flashcards

3. Basic Shapes Flashcards

Basic shapes flashcards is a great way to not only learn shapes, but you could use to them as a template for playing with playdough from The Teaching Tunt.

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4. Phonic Cards

Preschoolers and Kindergartners…and beyond can learn the basic sounds of the alphabet using these phonics cards from Syncopated Mama.

5. Sight Word Flashcards

Work on your little one’s reading skills using free printable sight words from It’s a Mother Thing. Perfect for study sessions.

Free Printable Animal Identification & Learning Flashcards

6. Barnyard Animal Flashcard Set

Moo! Oink, Oink! Farm animal flash cards will have your toddler learning all the names of the animals in no time from Look We Are Learning.

7. Animal Collection Flashcards

Check out this animal gallery from wild animals to arctic animals. This a complete animals collection of cards from Kid Pages that will appeal to kids of all ages.

8. Nocturnal Animal Flashlight Cards

These nocturnal animal flashlight cards are so much fun to make and learn about nocturnal animals from From ABCs to ACTs.

Free Printable Life Skills Flashcard Sets

9. Morning Routine Checklist

Need a routine to avoid chaos on school mornings? Check out these free printable school morning routine checklist cards from Living Locurto.

10. Body Parts Flashcards

Teach the name of each body part using these body parts printable flashcards from Flash Card Fox.

11. Occupations Flashcards

These occupations flashcards teach the names of various jobs that people around your child do from Flash Cards For Kindergarten.

12. Emotions Flashcards

Let them know everyone goes through different emotions every day with these emotion flashcards from English Daisies.

13. Fruit Flashcards

These real life fruit flash cards are drool worthy and a great way to learn the names of fruit from Itsy Bitsy Fun.

14. Rhythm Flashcards

Learn about different sounds and actions that animals & birds make from rhythm flash cards from Lets Play Music.

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15. Numbers Flashcards

Teach them 1-20 with these numbers flashcards from the Imperfect Homemaker.

16. Word Number Flashcards

Learn words for each number using word number cards from Flash Card Fox.

17. Math Sight Words Flashcards

Is your child struggling with math equations in sentences? Try these Math sight words flashcards from Kids Activities Blog.

18. Basic Addition Flashcards

Practice addition using these basic addition flashcards from Kindergarten Printables. This is my earliest recollection of using addition flash cards in school to learn addition facts.

19. Basic Math Flashcards

All things math! Flashcards for basic math, exponents & more from Dad Worksheets. These printable sets include basic math like addition and subtraction facts on subtraction flash cards, but also go into division facts on division flash cards, multiplication facts with multiplication flashcards and other printable math flash cards.

20. Fun Math Facts

These are fun ways to learn math facts with flashcards from Tips & Ideas From Anne Garderner.

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21. Activities With Flashcards

Check out these many activities to do with printable flashcards from In The Playroom.

22. Make Your Own Flashcards

Learn tips on how to make your own flashcards for anything your child needs with these fun flash card games from Kids Activities Blog.

23. Print Rich Environment

Exposure to colorful prints helps kid’s development in understanding the alphabets, numbers, words & other symbols. Create a print-rich environment for kids to just trip across new words all the time from You Clever Monkey.

24. Music Alphabet Game

You need to check out this fun game! Your kids will love this music alphabet games from Kids Activities Blog.

Free Printable Science & Geography Flashcards for Kids

25. Science & Nature Flash Cards

Explore vintage science and nature flash cards from Our Handcrafted Life.

26. Solar System Flashcards

Learn about planets using these solar system flashcards from Look We Are Learning.

27. Months of the Year Flashcards

Teach your kids the names of the months using months flashcards from Flash Cards For Kindergarten.

28. Days of the Week Flash Cards

These days of the week flashcards are simple and straight forward from The Teaching Aunt.

29. Weather Flashcards

Alex, Siri, ok Google!! What is the weather outside? Teach them about weather using these cards from Easy Peasy Learners.

30. Telling Time Flashcards

Do your kids know how to read an analog clock? Telling time to the hour cards will teach them how from Look We’re Learning.

31. States & Capital Flashcards

Learn states and capital using these flash cards from 3 Boys and A Dog

Places, Geography, and Earth Flash cards

32. Places Around The World

Talk about the names of places around the world with these places flashcards from Flash cards for Kindergarten

33. Earth Vocabulary Flashcards

Learn the names of the elements and the various natural phenomena that is part of Mother Earth from earth vocabulary cards from Mr Printables.

34. Landform Flash Cards

On the topic of earth, teach various landforms using landform flashcards from Flashcard Fox.

35. Continent Flashcards

Learn about our world’s continents using these continent flashcards from Etsy.

36. Periodic Table Flashcards

Love chemistry? Check out these periodic table flashcards from Stemsheets.

37. Simple Machines Flashcards

How do simple machines work? Learn through these simple machines games from 123homeschool4me. You’ll want these for your flashcard library.

Free Printable Season & Holiday Flash cards

38. Spring-Easter Flash Cards

April showers bring may flowers! These spring – Easter flash cards are perfect for learning from Tea Time Monkeys.

39. Summer Flashcards

Bright and eye catching summer flashcards your child will love from Little Owl Resources.

40. Independence Day Flash Cards

Learn about the USA using Independence day flashcards from Twinkl.

41. Fall Flashcards

Color-changing leaves, pumpkin flavored things, this calls for Fall flashcards from iSL Collective.

42. Halloween Flashcards

Get spooky with Halloween flashcards from Speak and Play English.

43. Thanksgiving Flash Cards

Learn all the fun words of Thanksgiving like Pilgrim and cornucopia with these Thanksgiving flash cards from Speak and Play English.

44. Winter Printable Flash Cards

Cozy up, it’s cold outside! You’ll love these winter printable flashcards from Kids’ Pages.

45. Christmas Printable Flashcards

Jingle all the way using Christmas printable flashcards from 3 Boys and A Dog

46. Hanukkah Flash Cards

Learn about the Jewish holiday Hanukkah with these amazing flash cards from Learning English Kids.

Free Printable Spanish Language Flash cards

47. Spanish Alphabet Flashcards

Learn el alfabeto en Español using Spanish alphabet flashcards from Mr Printables. These are great for high school students just learning Spanish.

48. Spanish Color Flash Cards

Learn basic colors using Spanish color flashcards from Super Teacher Worksheets. Flash cards are a great way to learn a foreign language.

49. Spanish Opposites Flashcards

Here are some Spanish printables to teach opuestos from Spanish Playground. You will definitely want to add these to one of your flashcard decks.

50. Spanish Emotions Flashcards

Teach emociones using Spanish emotions flashcards from Tea Time Monkeys. Taking time to study flashcards can help you ace any test! They are great for language learning.

51. 1300 Spanish Flash Cards For Kids

Learn about food, animals, clothes, family, vehicles and more with 1300 flash cards from Kids Flash Cards.

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If you have a toddler or Pre-K child that isn’t quite ready for a full blown flashcard set, start with some printable memory games and see how it goes. Older kids love memory games too, so check these out:

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ESL Kids Flashcard Games & Activities

Flash card games and activities for English kids lessons

Adverb Action: Teacher writes on the board an activity like «brush your teeth.» S/He picks one student, they come to the front of the class. The teacher then shows the S a card with an adverb written on it, such as «slowly». The chosen student then does the activity in the way of the adverb. The other students have to guess the adverb. The one who guesses right gets a point and mimes the next action which the teacher writes on the board. To help them you can give them a list of options, if you think they need some help.В (Submitted by Libby McArthur).

Alphabet Soup: Place plastic letters in a bowl. Divide flashcards by their beginning letters. Each student draws a letter from the bowl and then finds the flashcards associated with that letter. (Submitted by Lori Supernaw)

Alphabet Wave: Divide the a-z flashcards among all your students.В Put students in a line and play the ABC song.В As it plays each student must hold up their corresponding alphabet flashcard.

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Backs to the Board Game: This one is good for higher level kids.В Make two teams and stand one S from each team in front of the board, facing away from it.В Place a flashcard picture on the board (e.g. «hamburger») and the students have to explain that word to their team member (e.g. you can buy it in McDonalds, it’s got cheese and ketchup in it).В The first S out of the two standing in front of the board to guess the word wins a point for his/her team.

Basketball: Students take a shot at the trash can/box/etc.В First show a flashcard to S1.В If s/he answers correctly then s/he can have a shot at the basket.В If the S gets the ball in the basket then s/he wins 2 points.В If the S hits the basket without going inside then s/he wins 1 point.В The person who gets the most points is the winner.В This can also be played in teams.

Basketball Card Line-Up: This game is like basketball game but more educational.В Place 2 lines of several cards.В You need 2 players and a basket far away.В To shoot the basket from far away is hard so the players need to say the card and make their way closer and closer to the basket.В When they feel that they can throw and hit the basket, they make their attempt.

Battleship: Age: 4+, Level: All levels, Target: Vocabulary, Phrases, Listening and Conversation.В Make a grid.В The size of the grid depends on the number of students and the time limits of the class.В Basically the students pick a grid reference, as » A1″ or “ B7”and then you reveal the card.

Bean Bag Toss: Lay out flashcards face down up the floor.В Students toss the bean bag and identify the flashcard it lands on.В (Submitted by Betty).

Concentration: You need 2 sets of flashcards for this game.В Place both sets face down on the floor.В Students take turns in turning over 2 cards (saying the cards aloud).В If the cards match then the S keeps the cards.В If the cards are different the cards are turned back over again in their original places.В The S with the most pairs at the end of the game is the winner.

Concentration 2: Level: requires basic reading.В Make a set of cards.В On half of them put a picture of a theme related subject (for example body parts, food, furniture etc) on the other half put the word relating to each picture (ex. nose, mouth, lips, eye. ).В Laminate if possible.В Place all cards face down on the table.В The first player turns two at a time (or three for the very young) over to match the word to the picture.В If it matches the player can keep the pair if not, the cards are returned and then next player goes.В These cards can also be used so that a child or team simply matches the words to the pictures.

Cross the River: Place flashcards on floor in winding manner.В Each represents a stepping stone in the river, as students must say word/phrase/question/etc in order to step on it and cross the river!В (submitted by Michelle K).

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Easy Hard: You need at least 20 cards to play which you divide into 2 piles face down:
An Easy and a Hard pile.В Give each team 50 points from beginning.В Pick a student and ask if they would like an easy or a hard card, also ask how many points they would like to risk on knowing the answer: Easy 1-5 and Hard 5-10.

Fast as rabbits: Teacher puts some flashcards on the board. Then a pair of students go to the board facing the flashcards. Teacher says words (from the flashcards) and the 2 children must touch the correct flashcard as fast as they can. The winner is who touches more flashcards first.В (Submitted by Paco Santos Juanes).

Flashcard Fun: Hold up a flashcard and elicit the answer from a S.В Students can win the flashcard if they answer correctly.В The S with the most flashcards at the end is the winner.

Four Corners: Teacher hangs a flashcard (4 in total) in all 4 corners of the room. One S is chosen to stand in the middle with his/her eyes closed and counts to ten while the other students scramble to one of the four corners.В At the count of ten, the S in the middle shouts «STOP» and picks one corner by naming it’s corresponding flashcard. The students in that corner are «out» and must sit down. Continue game until only one student remains; he/she is then «it» (the counter in middle).В (Submitted by Sister Soco).

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Give Me Game: You can use with flashcards or objects.В Elicit the different flashcards you have.В Then place all the flashcards around the classroom.В Once the students have collected the flashcards (they’ll probably do their best to hide them in their pockets, etc.) teacher says «Give me a (bus)».В The S with the (bus) flashcard should approach the teacher and hand it to him/her: «Here you are».В Avoid having the flashcards thrown back to you as they can go anywhere and takes a long time to finish this game.

Guessing Question Game: This is good practiceВ for asking simple questions. Teacher hidesВ any flash card behindВ his/her back andВ studentsВ try to guess what the object is by asking questions: «Is it a dog?», «Is it a ball?», «Is it a book?»,В etc. until they guess the flashcard.В (Submitted by Nagwa).

Hint Animal Game: As a review of animals flashcards, teacher holds some cards without showing any to the students.В Then the teacher tells the kids that they are going to receive 3 hints, so they need to listen carefully. For example: 1. I am yellow. 2. I have long hair. 3. I am strong. Who am I? Well, a lion of course!В You can make it in deferent levels depending on how much English you use or which vocab you use.

Jump On It: Spread out flashcards on the floor and have students stand at one end of the room.В Shout out a card and the students have to find the card and jump on it. The first S to do this wins a point.В Variation: Make 2 teams for a relay race.В The first 2 students try and jump on the flashcard first to win a point for their team.В В В

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Karuta: Lay flashcards on a table or the floor, picture side up. Teacher calls out the word/phrase/etc. and students compete to be the first person to grab or touch the card. If they touch it, they keep it. Game continues until all cards have been picked up. (Submitted by Blythe Musteric)

Keep the in Order:В Each student has a set of cards (pictures with names) similar to the teacher. The teacher places his/her cards in a particular order in two or three rows, and so do the students following instructions. Teacher starts calling the cards in pairs so that the two cards named change positions. Make a few changes in this way (donВґt let students see the changes, they must follow them only by listening carefully). Afterwards, the teacher calls a student to say the cards in order. If all the cards are well placed the student can lead a new game. Students love the game and learn a lot of vocabulary.В (Submitted by Amparo AndrГ©s)

Lightning Flashcards: Teacher stands at front of class with flashcards.В Students form two teams standing in a line.В Two students go first and face away from the teacher. Teacher says 1.2.3. What is it? and students quickly turn around and the first S to call out the correct answer wins a point for their team (good for review of vocab).В (Submitted by Laurie Pich)

Line True or False: Put a line of tape on the floor and designate one side «True» and the other «False».В Hold up a flashcard or object and say its word.В If students think that you have said the correct word they jump on the True side, if not they jump on the False side.В Incorrect students sit out until the next game.

Musical Flashcards: Students walk around some flashcards in a circle as some music is playing.В When the music stops teacher shouts out a flashcard and the students must race to step on that card.В The first S to step on it keeps the card (1 point) and the game continues.

Musical Chair Alphabet: Place chairs in the form of musical chairs with alphabet flashcards placed on them. Start the music when the music stops the students pick up their flashcards and have to read the sound on the flashcard. The child who is unable to read is out of the game. (Submitted by Farah Najam)

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Ostrich Game: This game is really good fun.В You need some clothes pegs.В Pair up students and peg a card onto each S’s back.В Both students face each other with hands behind backs waiting for teacher to shout «Go!».В At this point they must try to discover his/her partner’s hidden flashcard without letting their partner see theirs.В When the S finally sees his/her partner’s card s/he has to shout it out to become the winner.В The students look like ostriches when playing this game.

Over-under: В Line up the kids in two teams. Give the two kids at the front each a flash card. When you say go, the first in line says the word and passes the f/c over their head, the next kid says the word and passes the card under between their legs, the next kid over, then under, etc. The last kid in line races to the front to hand the f/c to the teacher and says the word. The first team to do so gets a point.В (submitted by Sarah Litwin-Schmid).

Paper Rock Scissors: A good vocabulary game.В Teach students the new vocabulary (E.g. clothes, colors, animals, etc.).В Spread the flashcards in a row on the floor. Divide students into two teams. Have students walk on the cards from the opposite sides repeating the vocab just learned. When they are standing on the last card from their end the teacher says «1. 2. 3» and the students have to put their hand in front in the form of paper or scissors or the rock. Scissors cut the paper, paper covers the rock and rock break the scissors. Repeat the activity with each student from different teams.В The winning students can play again.В (submitted by Reena Unterreiner-lal). В

Pass: Sit the students with you in a circle.В Teacher holds up a flashcard or object and says its name (e.g. «Pen»).В Teacher passes it on to the next S who also says its name and passes it on to the next S.В Variations: change directions, speed rounds, have many objects going round at the same time.

Pictionary: Good for reviewing vocab.В Pick a S and show him/her a flashcard picture or whisper a word into his/her ear.В The S draws the picture on the board and the first S to guess the picture gets to draw the next picture.В This can also be played in teams with a point system.

Picture Recognition Game: Have all the students stand at one end of the room and the teacher in the middle.В Hold up one picture flashcard and students come forward and whisper the word in the T’s ear.В If correct they can go over to the other side of the room.В Students can have as many guesses as they like.

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Quick Peek: Teacher holds a flashcard with the picture facing towards him/her.В Teacher quickly shows it to the students for a quick peek.В The S who guesses the card wins a point.

Race Track: Lay out the flashcards like a race track with a start and finish line.В Students play in pairs or teams.В S1 rolls a dice and moves a counter along the track.В The S must say the flashcard landed on and if wrong must move back to the original position.В Variation: put in some ‘throw again’ cards (e.g. brightly colored cards) and a nominate a ‘crash’ number on the die (e.g. if a student throws a 6 they crash and must stay where they are and miss a turn).

Roll that Dice: Split class into 2 to 4 teams. Place flashcards on board and number them.В Younger Students: Teacher says: Point to the ______. S should point to that card. If correct then S rolls dice for points. If incorrect S gets help from team.В Older Students: Teacher says: What’s picture number 4? S says the vocabulary word. If correct then S rolls dice for points. If incorrect S gets help from team.В (Submitted by Tania Bibbo).

Rope Jump: you need a rope for this one!В Have students stand behind each other in a line.В Hold a rope (have a S hold the other end) at a height that the students should be able to jump over.В On the other side of the rope spread out some flashcards or objects and a box.В Call out the name of one of the flashcards/objects to the first S.В S/he has to jump over the rope, pick up the correct flashcard and put it in the box.В For other rounds you can hold the rope down low, so students have to crawl/roll under.

Shopping: This can be used with a wide range of flashcards (food pictures work well).В Gather all the students and show them all the flashcards you have.В Ask a S «What do you want?» (or maybe «What would you like?» to higher levels).В The S should reply (e.g. «a hamburger, please»).В Teacher then says «Here you are» and the S finishes with «Thank you».В At the end collect the objects by playing the ‘Give Me’ game.

Slam: Sit the students in a circle and place some flashcards in the middle of the circle.В Tell students to put their hands on their heads.В Teacher shouts out the word of one of the flashcards and the students race to touch it.В The S who touches it first get to keep the object.В The S who has the most flashcards at the end of the game is the winner.В

Slow motion: Teacher holds a pack of flashcards with the pictures facing towards him/her.В The last card should be turned around so it is facing the students but is hidden as it is behind the pack.В Slowly pull the flashcard up inch by inch so the students can only see part of the flashcard.В As the picture is slowly revealed students try and guess what it is.В The first S to guess correctly keeps the card (for 1 point).В Variation: To make it a little more difficult turn the flashcard upside down.В В

Snap: You need 2 sets of flashcards all shuffled together.В Sit the students in a circle and deal out all the cards to the students.В S1 places down a card in the middle of the circle and says the word aloud, followed by S2 placing his/her card down to form a pile.В At some point 2 identical cards may be placed on top of each other and the students race to slam the pile and shout «Snap!».В The S who slams last takes the pile.В Students should try and lose all their cards.В The last S left with all the cards is the loser.

Speed lines: Have the students in two lines facing the teacher.В The first students in each line are the players.В Show a flashcard and the first student to correctly name it is the winner.В These two students then go to the back of their respective lines and you repeat the process with the next two students.В If both students say the name of the card together let them quickly Janken to decide the winner.В A very important ingredient is the speed.В Have lines of unequal number so that on progressive rounds the students are playing with different people. This way you don’t have to worry about pairing slower students with quicker ones.

Spin the Bottle: Sit students in a circle with a bottle in the middle.В Teacher spins the bottle.В When it stops spinning the S it is pointing to is shown a flashcard and asked to say what it is.В If the answer is correct then that S can spin the bottle.В This is a good vocab review activity.

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Tic Tac Toe: Place 9 flashcards (representing words, phrases, questions, etc) face down and numbered (or letters of alphabet) on a large taped grid on the floor.В StudentsВ call out number or letter to see flashcard. S or team with correct response claims that space with an X or O.В (submitted by Michelle K).

Touch: Place flashcards around the room and have students run around the classroom touching the flashcards that teacher orders them to do (e.g. «Touch the car» «Touch the bicycle» «Touch the bus»).

Tornado: Supplies: flashcards (pictures or questions on one side, numbers on the other), ‘Tornado Cards’ (flashcards with numbers on one side and a tornado picture on the other).В Stick the numbered cards on the board with either pictures or questions on the back (depending on the age group) facing the board. Also include 6 Tornado cards and mix them in with the picture cards. Students then choose a number card. If they answer the question correctly then their team can draw a line to draw a house. If they choose a tornado card then they blow down their opposing teams part drawing of a house. The first team to draw a house wins.В (submitted by Sally Lloyd).

Up and Down: You need 2 sets of flashcards for this game.В Give each of your students a flashcard from one set.В Teacher keeps the other set.В Arrange the students so that they are all sitting down.В Teacher holds up one flashcard and the S with the same flashcard stands up and says the word and then sits down again.В Play the game at a fast pace so that students are standing up and sitting down rapidly.В Variation:В Give each S 2 or 3 flashcards.

Uncover: В After the vocabulary has been thoroughly taught sit and slowly expose a flashcard until someone can guess what it is. Reward everyone as they will tend to guess at the same time. (Submitted by: Gregory Stein)

Vanishing Flashcards Game: place a number of flashcards in front of the students.В Give them a few moments to memorize the pictures and then tell them to close their eyes.В Take away one of the flashcards and then tell the students to open their eyes again.В The first S to guess the missing flashcard can win that flashcard (for 1 point) and take away a flashcard in the next round.

Vocabulary Tunnel: Make a tunnel for students to crawl through. Teacher stands at one end and holds up a flashcard for the first S to say.В After the S says the correct word, s/he can go through the tunnel.В Then hold up a flashcard for the next S.В (submitted by Kim Horne).

Window Game: You can only do this if your classroom has a window that you can stand outside of and look into the classroom (don’t try this on the 10th floor!).В Model first: stand the students in front of the window and go out of the room.В Wave to them through the window and silently mouth some words (so it seems like they can’t hear you through the glass).В Look at a flashcard and then mouth the word a few times.В Go back in and the S who first tells you the word you were saying can have a turn.В В

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Zoo Game: This is a fun activity for young learners on the topic of animal noises.В After teaching the animals and their noises sit each S in a different part of the classroom and assign them as different animals (to make it clearer you can give each S a flashcard of the animal they are representing).В Walk around the room and talk to each S, who can only reply as an animal.В E.g. Teacher: «Hello Yumi», S1:»Moo! (cow).В Teacher: «What’s your name?» S2: «Roar!» (lion).В Teacher: «How are you, Kenta?» S3: «Bow-wow!» (dog).

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