Aimed at elementary school students.
ABC Snakes And Ladders
Alphabet Snakes and Ladders helps students recognize the letters of the Alphabet, review colors, and learn the vocabulary that goes with each letter.
Brush ABC
Fast paced recognition game to learn the alphabet.
Birthday Lineup
Students line up along a wall. Using English they order themselves from the student with the earliest birthday to the student with the latest birthday.
Do Freeze
Students walk around and suddenly 'freeze' when the music stops.
Small Talk
A dialogue modeled by the ALT and HRT or JTE and then mimicked by the students
World Race
Students practice speaking English and countries' name while they move around the world.
Ready For Speech
Make public speaking and introductions fun.
Memory Round
Students listen to the subjects their classmates like to study and memorise.
Castles
Students compete in rows to destroy magnetic castles and capture flags in a quiz style game.
Time Hunters
Students travel around game board collecting times on their cards for various daily routine verbs.
Guess The Number
Students have to try to guess a number from within a set range. The less guesses, the more the points.
Totally Awesome Subjects and Days Game
This uses a 5 x 5 game to practice days and subjects
Animal Jeopardy
Students practice saying various animals by choosing can't-be-seen cards from a Jeopardy-formatted chalkboard.
Portrait (Funny Drawing Activity)
This activity can be used as a practice for "How many ~?" lesson. Students have a good laugh at their final outputs. Activity can be done by pair or small groups.
My Sign Book
Students introduce themselves and collect signs from other members of the class
STORY TIME
Three powerpoint stories for very young classes
Shape Uno
Students play the famous UNO card game while practicing saying the names of ten shapes in English.
Blindfold Direction
A blindfolded student is guided by his peers to his chosen destination.
Cross it Out
A quick activity useful for practicing simple questions and answers. I usually use it for 'What's this?'
Drawing Challenge
A short activity for practicing simple be verb sentences
Paper Airplane Introductions
Students read a self-introduction from one of their classmates, then the class guesses which student it's from.
Magic Numbers
This card trick will leave your students breathless but it only works if they know how to spell numbers 1-10.
Catch
Students practice imperatives by catching or not catching a tennis ball.
Number Train
This listening activity is for helping students catch the difference between "teen" and "ty" at the end of numbers.
Fast Touch
Students race to be the fastest to touch the body part explained by the ALT.
Canada Quizzes
Three choice quizzes I use when first start at schools. Might be useful for other ALTs from Canada.
Shapely Animals
Students draw animals using the shapes they are taught. This is a very easy and basic activity which teaches students to recognize shapes in animals.
Alphabet Mistakes
Guess what letters are not correct and fix them.
Pairs Janken Snake
This game helps students practice vocabulary or English sentences. It is a general game that can be used for ES or JHS lessons.
Bananaman
Students go round asking their friends "Do you like bananas?" in order to find 8 hidden bananamen.
I Spy
Children play a simplified version of "I Spy" while reviewing colours.
After C
This is a simple alphabet order game where students must say what is before/after the letter you say.
Parfait Buffet
Students get into groups and compete to make the most or best parfaits.
A-E-I-O-U Bingo Song
While singing along to the Bingo song, students sing the English vowels and practice giving their self-introductions.
Fruity Collection
Students walk around and exchange their picture cards with other students, with the goal of collecting many fruits that they like and giving away fruits that they don't like.
Alphabet Order War
Students stategically play alphabet cards in hopes to gain the most cards.
How Much Shopping
Students ask "How much is~?" to find out the prices of the items in this info gap activity.
Animals Go Whacko
Students learn animal names, movements, and sounds through this educational and fun tag game. This is a slight variation of the 'Safe Zone' game.
Eto
Students race to recall alphabet letters randomly written on the chalkboard.
Body Alphabet
Students form letters of the alphabet using their bodies.
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