Aimed at elementary school students.
Draw the Object
Students practice drawing pictures based upon the preposition given.
Discovery Chance
Students (in 2-person teams) take their chances to discover their opponents’ hidden spots while they’re using the appropriate target language of the day.
The Speed Game
Students count as fast as possible in this relay race.
Ingurishu
In this match up activity, students try to match katakanized English with their real English spellings/words.
What is this? What is that? Guess the Sound
Play random sounds and have students in groups guess what they are.
Halloween Quizzes and Zombie Attack
My Quizzes and A Writing Game
What Time Is It, Mr Wolf?
This game is exactly like the 'Red light, green light' game. Students practice asking the time and listening to the ALT count while trying to make it across the room.
Next Number?
After saying their own number, students decide on, and call out the next number.
Five-by-Five
Teams receive points based upon their ability to answer questions on a 5-by-5 grid.
Power Point for Presentations
A template for kids to use power point in their presentations.
Jump
The ALT says a number and the students must jump that many times.
Dr Doctor
Students play a doctor/patient game, naming the body part where they are hurt, and bandaging it with toilet paper. Works well with teaching about body parts and feelings.
What's In My Pockets?
This game isn't rocket science. Students try to guess the objects in your pockets.
Cut Out Caterpillar
This is a task based activity which practices the days of the week. It involves the students making a picture of a caterpillar by colouring, cutting and gluing the pieces.
J-Style Fast Food
Students practice eating at a Japanese-style fast food restaurant.
What Janken
Students rotate partners, play janken, interview each other and embrace their artistic skills.
Number Slaps
Students practice saying numbers 1 to 13 in a card game.
English Conversation Board Game
A bright and colorful board game focused on getting students to converse in English.
Number Bingo (Hi, friends 1)
Students review numbers 1-20 by writing them on the Bingo worksheet and listening to the teacher call them out.
Jerseys
Students design their own soccer shirt using different colors. Then, they ask their friends what colors.
What Do You Want Trump
Students try to make pairs with a standard deck of cards by answering the question "What do you want?"
Juicy Sabotage
Get the kids to create their own juice combinations in a race to serve it first.
What Do You Like - Guess Who
Students practice asking and answering "What ___ do you like?" while testing how well they know their classmates in this "guess who" acitivity.
Horizontally Challenged
Students race their teams’ animals horizontally across the chalkboard by answering questions asked by you. However, the added excitement comes from the mysterious bonus and pitfall cards.
Neighborhood Race
Blindfolded kids are guided by their teammates through a map to find a place. This game uses the directions: right, left, up, down, back and stop.
Doctor Dodgeball
Students play Japanese dodgeball in a civil manner by destroying each other with polite words.
Bridge
Students try to race across the Vocab Bridge to the opponent’s side. This game is also known as "Snake Line" or "Janken Line".
Simon Says
A game in which students perform actions according to the teacher's commands, but only if the command is followed by the phrase, "Simon says."
Go Fish
Students walk around playing Janken and asking for target vocabulary cards.
Sentence Making Relay
Students try to make passive sentences from sheets over paper located on the walls of the classroom.
Spontaneous Interviews
Students aim to complete the interview task using the grammar point.
Characters Calling
This activity is to help students get familiar with speaking on the phone and inviting their friends out.
MRI Quiz
A cool creepy looking quiz for practicing 'What's this?'
Alphabet Shopping
This is a shopping game using uppercase letters, the aim of which is to have children familiarise themselves with the letters in a non-patterned way.
Slap My Hand
Students practice saying the months or days while trying to stay in the game.
Week Time Race
Each student in turn says one day of the week in order. The class races to beat their time.
Printable playing cards
If you don't want to spend money on a bunch of card decks, print these out instead!
Sum Of 21
Students practice counting from 1-20 with a deck of cards.
Who am I? Quiz
A three-hint-quiz type of game where students have to guess the character being described. Perfect activity for We Can! 2 Unit 3 "He is Famous. She is great."
Zombies
Students become zombies to practice "I like ___.", "I like ___ too" and/or "I don't like ___.
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