Fun Ideas for games that don’t require any downloads.
Here I am once again with another downloadable card game. This time we have some cards to practice conjunctions. I call this game Conjunction Junction, named after the classic Schoolhouse Rock song. The game consists of many clause cards and conjunction cards. The basic way to play this game is to hand out the clause […]
Drinking games are designed to be easy enough for even your most inebriated friend to play. So when you change the game for your ESL class, it should be simple enough for even the weakest of students to enjoy. That’s why these games are among my favorites to play over and over again. Many of […]
Have you ever heard of the game Hullabaloo? It’s from the same makers of Cranium and it’s a lot of fun for very young children. The game consists of differently colored/shaped pads placed on the floor that the children are told to move to according to audio instructions. So they would hear things like “Spin […]
Do you remember the game, Guess Who? It’s a really fun game where each person is given a lot of named faces. They each pick one face to think of and then take turns asking yes/no questions about the other person’s chosen face. After awhile of narrowing the potential faces down, one player will finally […]
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 […]
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 […]
One of the stand out party games of my college years is Cards Against Humanity. It stands out for being ridiculously full of pop culture references, dirty jokes, and silly puns – and it’s so easy to play at all levels of inebriation. I must have played that game at over 50 different parties/social gatherings. […]
Hangman has to be among the top ten word games to play with your English class. It’s so easy to set up and simple to play. It works great as a way to tease the target language you will teach later on – or as a way to review things the students have already learned. […]