by David | Games, Kindergarten
Battlefield is a simple and fun game for children to practice vocabulary, numbers, and even grammar. In passing, I note that I’m not a fan of the number of EFL/ESL Kindergarten games that have violent names or themes. But for some reason, that’s how things...
by David | Games, Kindergarten, Starter
Shapes are one of my favourite sets of vocabulary to teach young and very young learners. There are so many fun ways you can work with shapes, whether that’s with Play Doh, making shapes with the student’s bodies, with fingers in the air, or one of many...
by David | Games, Templates, Tools
Kids love using realia. Recently, I was in Taipei and found some ‘realistic’ fake money (as much as it can legally be). I wanted to buy it, however, I was unsure of the legality of traveling with fake money into another country. (I know, you see fake money...
by David | Games, Starter, Templates
In some of my recent Starter classes I’ve been experimenting with using the ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ PowerPoint template. Mostly, I’ve been using it to review vocabulary, however, you could use it for grammar, spelling, or other...
by David | Games, Learning
When you begin teaching EFL or ESL to children, you quickly learn that there are many thousands of games you can play in class. Even at the kindergarten level, I’ve read descriptions of more than 1,000 different games, and tried more than 200 games in my...
