Being an ESL teacher is hard work, and coming up with new and interesting ways for your students to learn can be tiring. Sometimes, it’s great to just take out something you can trust to keep them busy and practicing – that will hopefully also give you time to just breathe a little. These worksheets […]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, pretty much any game/activity you can think of can be turned into an ESL learning experience. Here are five examples of just that: Duck Duck Goose with Phonics If you don’t already know how to play duck duck goose, here it is: First, have all your […]
If you read my last article, you may have realized that I am a big fan of Whose Line. I grew up watching Wayne, Colin, Ryan, and Drew play games and show off their amazing creativity. It looked like they were having an awesome time on that show. So, I decided I wanted to bring […]
If you were to ask most young ESL learners what kind of lesson they dislike the most, many of them would reply “reading lessons”. It’s understandable, often I’ll find that the books I’m given are dull and tedious to read. I don’t know how many times I’ve read about the water cycle in an ESL […]
I have/who has is a great game to really drill vocabulary into the minds of your students. It’s also really simple to set up and play. All you need is one of the many card decks I’ve linked at the end of the article. Deal the cards to the students and have them sit in […]
This article will be like an ode to the use of sleep masks/blindfolds during lessons. I am of the opinion that every teacher should have a bunch in their class (more than one because you are going to want to clean them regularly.) They are just such an easy way to spice up a lesson […]
Picture/Adjective Card is a game I created after attempting to make a DIY Dix-It. It ended up feeling more like Apples to Apples. Actually, it plays a lot like my other game, Sentence Filler. Still, it’s a really fun game that my kids enjoy and ask to play quite often. When I first started playing […]
When you follow most ESL books meant for cram schools, you’ll see that the majority of them teach the basic tenses in this order: present, past, future. Which means by the time your students can talk about the future, they should already have a wealth of vocabulary and ESL knowledge to use for one of […]
If you’ve ever played the drinking game, Kings (aka King’s cup) then this one will be an easy game to learn. For those of you who don’t know this drinking game the rules are as follows: Everyone is in a circle with a drink in their hand. A deck of playing cards lies in the […]
Boy, do I have a bunch of downloads for you today! I originally created these cards for the game Signal, but I’ve since realized you can probably use them for other popular card games as well. As you can see, each deck has 52 cards organized into the four suits (plus two “joker” cards). Instead […]