EFL + ESL Kindergarten English Game: Duck Duck Goose (There’s more to it than you think)

by David | Games

Duck Duck Goose, is a popular game in the EFL VYL kindergarten English classroom, but there’s a lot more you can do with it than perhaps you first thought. Before teaching, I’d actually never heard of Duck Duck Goose, however, it quickly became one of my...

Slam!

by David | Games

Slam! is an easy to prepare and fun EFL kindergarten game for speaking practice. You either cut up a sheet of mini-flash cards, or keep the sheet intact and supply one to each group of 3 students who are sitting in a circle. One student acts as ‘teacher’...

Spiderman

by David | Games, Kindergarten, Literacy, Starter, Tips

One of the applications of differentiated learning is to make your lessons more engaging by understanding your learners, and personalising lesson content to their needs and interests. I’ve been lucky to be teaching a small group of Starter students for a while...

Online games bank for EFL/ESL kids and very young learners

by David | Games, Kindergarten

Here’s a link to an online games bank to give you some ideas you can use in your VYL or young learner class. I’ve found there’s no shortage of games ideas for children at this age, but some games and activities are definitely better than others. In...

Phonics Uno

by David | Alphabet, Games, Phonics, Tools

Today, I want to share with you a set of phonics ‘uno’ cards I made a while back. Late last year, I made a deck of phonics uno cards to test out with my Starter class. Unfortunately, my Mac hard drive crashed, and I hadn’t backed up the source file....

A phonics filler game for use with an IWB

by David | Alphabet, Games, Phonics

Here’s one of my favourite IWB phonics games to play with children to fill a few moments before class, during the break, or even for the fast finishers. Its called Monster Mansion Match by ABCYa, and its a game where you have to match letter names to letter...