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Who is it?............................................................................................................. 3 What am I drawing? ............................................................................................ 4 Wallball ................................................................................................................ 5 Turn & Circle! ..................................................................................................... 6 Total Physical Phonics ........................................................................................ 7 Tic Tac Toe Grammar .......................................................................................... 8 Throw in the cards! ........................................................................................... 10 Teacher Says ...................................................................................................... 11 Step in it! ........................................................................................................... 12 Lightning Jump .............................................................................................. 13 Hot seat! ......................................................................................................... 14 Blowball ......................................................................................................... 15 Circle of Doom ............................................................................................... 16 Flash the flashcards ........................................................................................ 17 Bunny Hopping .............................................................................................. 18 Phonics Hopper .............................................................................................. 19 I’d like sooo many foods game ............... ........................ ................... .................... ................... ................... ................. ....... 20 Super Egg ....................................................................................................... 21 Bubble Blowers .............................................................................................. 22 2 in 3 out ......................................................................................................... 23 Is there…? ...................................................................................................... 24 Between us ..................................................................................................... 25 Shine on me .................................................................................................... 26 What’s missing? ............................................................................................. 27 Skyscraper! ..................................................................................................... 28 Pair Draw ........................................................................................................ 29 That’s a rabbit! ............................................................................................... 30 Apples & Worms ............................................................................................ 31 12 & Bust! ...................................................................................................... 32 Happy Bunnies ............................................................................................... 33 4 Corner out! .................................................................................................. 34 Roll & Jump ................................................................................................... 35 Mosquito ......................................................................................................... 36 Gotta go .......................................................................................................... 37 Whose balloon isit? ........................................................................................ 38 Ready for the next step? The full Teacher’s Set! ............. ...................... ................... ................... ........... 39

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Who is it?............................................................................................................. 3 What am I drawing? ............................................................................................ 4 Wallball ................................................................................................................ 5 Turn & Circle! ..................................................................................................... 6 Total Physical Phonics ........................................................................................ 7 Tic Tac Toe Grammar .......................................................................................... 8 Throw in the cards! ........................................................................................... 10 Teacher Says ...................................................................................................... 11 Step in it! ........................................................................................................... 12 Lightning Jump .............................................................................................. 13 Hot seat! ......................................................................................................... 14 Blowball ......................................................................................................... 15 Circle of Doom ............................................................................................... 16 Flash the flashcards ........................................................................................ 17 Bunny Hopping .............................................................................................. 18 Phonics Hopper .............................................................................................. 19 I’d like sooo many foods game ............... ........................ ................... .................... ................... ................... ................. ....... 20 Super Egg ....................................................................................................... 21 Bubble Blowers .............................................................................................. 22 2 in 3 out ......................................................................................................... 23 Is there…? ...................................................................................................... 24 Between us ..................................................................................................... 25 Shine on me .................................................................................................... 26 What’s missing? ............................................................................................. 27 Skyscraper! ..................................................................................................... 28 Pair Draw ........................................................................................................ 29 That’s a rabbit! ............................................................................................... 30 Apples & Worms ............................................................................................ 31 12 & Bust! ...................................................................................................... 32 Happy Bunnies ............................................................................................... 33 4 Corner out! .................................................................................................. 34 Roll & Jump ................................................................................................... 35 Mosquito ......................................................................................................... 36 Gotta go .......................................................................................................... 37 Whose balloon isit? ........................................................................................ 38 Ready for the next step? The full Teacher’s Set! ............. ...................... ................... ................... ........... 39

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Who is it?

This is a great game to review all the questions you’ve done so far and “Who is it?” 1. One student comes to the front, front, closes their eyes eyes and faces the board.

2. The teacher asks an English English question and points to one of the other students in in the class. 3. This student has to to answer but …. they have to disguise their voice! 4. Everyone asks “Who is it?” and the person at the front has to guess who gave the answer! 5. If they get it right they get a point, can stay at the board and repeat the game from step 2. 6. If they get it wrong they are a re out and someone new ne w comes to the front! The trick is to keep the rhythm going and have the kids answer quickly, and just watch the tension rise as the points go up!

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You can either use this game as a vocab review or to introduce today’s new vocab.

1. The teacher very slowly starts drawing part of a picture on the board. 2. The kids shout out what they think it is, in English of course. 3. The first kid to shout out the correct answer gets to come to the front and draw the next one! Very simple, but a fun way to get the kids guessing instead of waiting till everything is perfect!

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Wallball

This game is particularly strong for sports fans! 1. Put a waste paper basket in front of the board. 2.

2. Put the kids in two lines, like in the Lines Game. 3. Ask the front kid from each group a question using the English you’ve learnt so far.

4. The fastest one to answer gets to throw the ball into the basket. 5. But …. they have to bounce it off the board (or wall) first! 6. One point if they get it in. 7. Repeat from step 3 with the next two kids. This is a great game because it balances out the kids who are good at sports with the kids who are good at English. And remember “The Agreement,” win or lose, *everyone* is *always* supportive of everyone else. (You can always deduct points for bad sportsmanship! ) Also make sure you choose a sensible ball, you know that some of the crazier classes are going to need something soft and spongy! ©a r d g r a h a m

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Turn & Circle!

1. Put several (at least 3 of each) copies of today’s minicards all over the board. 2. Two kids come to the front, facing the class. 3. Everyone in the class shouts out today’s question e.g. “What sports do you play?” 4. The teacher chooses one student who answers with one of the answers on the board. 5. The two kids at the front quickly spin around, face the board and circle all the minicards that have this answer! 6. Total up how many each team got, bring two new kids to the front and repeat from step 3. Obviously the more cards, the more fun, and an odd number of each card always adds to the competitiveness!

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Total Physical Phonics 5

1. Put several grapheme (letters e.g. s,a,t,i etc. or letter groups e.g. igh, oa, ee etc.) flashcards that you have studied so far on the table. Ninja Tip: I actually use the phonics posters , they have the key words on there so it really helps! 2. Put the kids in groups of 3 or 4. 3. The teacher says a word they want the kids to sound out. 4. The first group rushes to the pile of flashcards, picks up one or two flashcards each and holds them up to make the word! 5. One point if they get it right. Bonus Ninja Tip: Write small numbers of each flashcard (just like scrabble!) and total up the points for each word! Be careful in step 3 that you only use words they can do e.g. don’t use the “sh” or “ch” phonemes if you’ve only taught “c” and “h” separately so far. Ninja Tip: If you’re unsure, just use the words in the “reading” section of today’s phonics poster, the kids can do all of those! P.S. If you are unsure about phonics, do check out the “Phonics Crash Course”

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Tic Tac Toe Grammar 6

This time we jump up a bit to do some funky grammar practice. First let’s illustrate it with “Can ….” then we can level it up a bit! 1. On the board draw a 3 x3 gird with I, You, He/She on the side, + – ? on the top. Then put several different verb (e.g. here or here or here or “play” or “speak “) flashcards that you want to review in each space e.g.

2. The first team gets to make a sentence using the structures on the board e.g. if they say “You can’t drink” they get to put a cross in the middle square! ( A very sensible first move ) Ninja Tip: Teach the “ It’s not good ” song to teach the “not” or “can’t” forms! 3. Then the next team gets to make a sentence and put a circle there e.g. if they say “Can she sing?” they get to put a circle on the bottom right square! 4. First team to make Tic-Tac-Toe e.g. three crosses or three circles in a row wins! You get the idea? Now, just as we learnt from War Games, Tic Tac Toe always ends in a draw. So ….. now we do it with a 5 x 5 grid!

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And to make it tougher we can add in nouns ( or just about any theme from the curriculum!)

So this time, if you’ve done for example the Do you have any pets? theme, they have to also think about the verb to use e.g. She has a banana. etc. If you want to be even tougher, add in things like What do you want to be? and the kids have to come up with things like “Does he want to be a rockstar?” or How are you? and the kids have to say things like “She isn’t cold” Ninja Tip: If a grammar piece that you haven’t covered yet crops up, e.g. “You don’t want to be an artist” you get the kids to take their best guess and then, right here and now, teach the extra parts they need. This is the *very* best possible time to teach new grammar because the kids have a real need for it, *right now*, to win the game – and this motivation is all it takes!

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Throw in the cards! 7

Here is Mido’s latest game to review whatever you are studying this week! 1. Split a pack of playing cards into the four suits, spades, clubs, hearts & diamonds. 2. Put a basket at the front of the class. 3. Put the kids in four groups, name each one after each suit. 4. Give each kid in each group 2 or 3 cards from their suit. (Ninja Tip: For large classes use 2 or even 3 packs of cards) 4. Ask the kids the question you are studying today e.g. just ask ”When is your birthday?” for a straight question theme, or point to a flashcard and get the kids to say the phrase/question e.g. May I borrow your …..? for the other themes.

5. The fastest kid to answer gets to try and throw one of their cards into the basket. 6. Repeat from step 4 until everyone’s cards have gone. 7. Total up how many of each suit are in the basket to find the winner! Ninja Tip: Because we know the “bad” kids sit at the back , try giving the “good” kids a reward by making everyone throw their card sat down in their seat!

The really good thing about this game is that everyone has a go, so although the genki kids will answer first, the shy kids will all get to have a turn too. Plus the kids who are maybe weaker at English get a chance to win with the randomness of flying cards! And remember “The Agreement” everyone always supports everyone else, win or lose!

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Teacher Says

A very simple game this week, and it works great in making the kids laugh and getting them on their toes!

1. The teacher says one of the today’s words/phrases as a command e.g. I’m a …., I can throw or I like giraffes and at the same time does the gesture for a *different* word/phrase from today’s lesson! 2. If the kids repeat or do what the teacher *says* they are out and sit down! 3. But if they do the gesture of and then say out loud what the teacher is *gesturing* they win and get to keep stood up for the next round! Ninja Tip: If you have a theme with a question and several answers e.g.What do you do? or What’s your favourite subject? get the kids to shout out this question before each round. Ninja Tip 2: Although younger kids will always want to win and continue to the next round, if you happen to be teaching zombified students in junior high school do it the other way round, where they only get to sit down if they win (i.e. say what the teacher does, not what they say) but must stay stood up if they just repeat what the teacher says! Simple, but very cool.

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Step in it!

Disclaimer! Please don’t do this game in nice classes, it’s a way to try and win round *that* particular class, you’ll know the one we mean when you read the game! 8) 1. Draw a steamy mound of poo poo in the middle of board. (Now you know which class you need to use this game with!) 2. Draw 10 steps from it on either side.

3. Put the kids into two groups, each group has a cut out character at one side of the board. 4. Ask the kids a review question. 5. If they get the question right, they get to move their opponent’s team one step closer to the poo poo! 6. Or they can move their own character one step away from the poo poo if it’s getting a bit smelly! 7. First team to land in the poo poo is the loser! Now you just know at least one class where they are going to love this, and hey, I guess if it gets them into learning English when they otherwise wouldn’t it’s always worth a try!!!

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Lightning Jump 10

1. Put the kids into 2 groups.

2. Give each group a set (or sets for larger groups) of minicards from today’s lesson, they divide them up between themselves with at least one card each. 3. Everyone in the class shouts out today’s question. The teacher says “sorry?” so they have to say it louder! 4. The teacher does a dramatic pause and then ……. chooses one answer from today’s lesson (put the “words 2 from the software on the board to remind you what they are) and shouts it out. ″

5. The kids who have this card have to jump up, lighting fast, hold up their card and repeat what the teacher said! 6. Fastest kid gets a point for their team! Keep the pace nice and fast and this turns into a fantastic game!

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1. Put two chairs at the front of class. 2. Split the class into two groups.

3. One person from each group comes to the front and sits on a chair. 4. The teacher has a pile of flashcards, they show the top card to the rest of the class, but so the kids in the chairs can’t see. 5. Everyone has to keep quiet when the teacher shows the class the card! 6. Then everyone shouts out today’s question e.g. What’s your favourite flavour? 7. The teacher then spins around and shows the flashcard to the students in the chairs. 8. The first student to jump and and shout out the answer on the card correctly gets a point for their team! 9. Repeat from step 3. The fun part is here is the keeping quiet in step 5, almost every time someone will shout out the word! So you just move to the next flashcard! If you don’t have much control over your class, have each kid answer 2 or 3 questions so not too much time is lost changing the kids who are sat down. (And of course spend more time on the Warm Up next time so they do what you say really quickly!

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Blowball

This might be a fun game for the end of term but only if you have a very clean classroom. 1. Put the kids in two groups. 2. One group lines up on one side of the class, the other lines up on the other side. 3. Each team has a dedicated “blower” and a ping pong ball on the start line at the front of the class.

4 . Put a finish line at the back of the class. 5. Ask the whole class a question. 6. The fastest person to answer tells their “blower” to blow once on their ping pong ball to make it move nearer the goal! 7. Repeat from step 5 8. First team to cross the finish line is the winner. As a bonus you could even try this in the gym. Ninja Tip: If anyone “accidentally” touches one of the ping pong balls, their ball goes back to the start! ©a r d g r a h a m

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Circle of Doom

This is a great way of picking a volunteer, in a similar way to London Bridge, but of course “Circle of Doooooom” (said in a deep cinematic way!) sounds way cooler! 1. Put the kids in a big circle. 2. Under one of the kids put a “Circle of Doom” i.e. a hula hoop or draw a circle with chalk. 3. Whilst singing today’s song ( e.g. Do you have any brothers or sisters?, school subjects etc. ) the kids walk round stepping in and out of the circle of doom. 4. At some point you stop the music.

5. Whoever is in the circle of doom is the volunteer to ask/answer a question, come up with a whole series of questions about today’s English or whatever task you want them to do!

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Flash the flashcards 14

Some of the games we have are quite elaborate (Try the Spiderman or Star Wars games!) But sometimes just the simple things can make all the difference. Especially part way through a long set of material or if the class needs a quick boost! 1. Teach today’s lesson as usual. (Make sure it is one with flashcards)

2. After finishing the song, shuffle the flashcards and hold them behind your back so the students can’t see them. 3. Get the kids to ask today’s question. 4. And then move the card out horizontally and flash the picture in front of you (do it fast so the students can’t clearly see what is on it) 5. You can divide the class into three teams. 6. The first student to shout the phrase from the card correctly gets a point for their team. 7. Do the same again. 8. The team with more points wins.

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Bunny Hopping 15

You can use this game for any topic you happen to be teaching e.g. Days of the Week , Do you have any pets? etc.

1. Put some flashcards in a row in the middle of the floor.

2. Call 2 students to stand on either side of the row. 3. Students shout out today’s question. You say “sorry?” a few times to get them to say it louder, then finally you shout out one answer. 4. The kids have to hop along until they stand next to it and shout it out! 5. Start slowly and gradually make it faster. Or for a bigger version (for a big review or party perhaps?) spread the flashcards all over the classroom and the kids have to hop to them! It’s fun, my kids love it.

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Phonics Hopper 16

Last time we had Bunny Hopping for phrases/vocab, and here’s another, this time for spelling/phonics. 1. Place laminated posters/cards with all the graphemes (letters or groups of letters) you’ve taught on the floor e.g.

2. The teacher shouts out a word that the kids know the graphemes for. 3. The kids hop to each grapheme to spell out the word! (Note: Make sure you only put down graphemes that you’ve taught in class so far!) It’s a great physical variety to add to the phonics/spelling lessons on the second video on the phonics page. For the flashcards just use the phonics posters. It saves you having to print out another set of cards and you’d have to laminate them anyway! (Plus having the pictures also helps with the cow/snow pronunciation trickery!)

P.S. You can also do a desktop version of this by setting your printer to print several posters one one sheet of paper and cutting them out as mini cards! P.P.S. You can use the words at the end of the phonics worksheets to make sure there’s no embarrassment if you say a word the kids can’t do yet!

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I’d like sooo many foods game 17

This is another really simple no-prep game that works a treat . And it works especially well with the new Food Updates! 1. Write up today’s structure on the board e.g. I’d like some … 2. The first kid says the structure plus one item e.g. I’d like some cheese, please. 3. The next kid adds something else to the list e.g. I like some cheese and rice, please. 4. Keep going round the class – at least twice so everyone has to remember everything! Can they get round the whole class twice without forgetting anything? You can of course use it for other themes, such as Where do you live? I live near the …. and the …. , Where are you from? I’m from …. and …. and …. How are you? I’m …. and I’m …. and I’m …. I’m a superhero. I can …. and … and …. etc. etc. Or you can go for the regular version with the new food cards!

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Super Egg

Here’s a cool counting game, perfect for Easter!

1. On the board draw two big eggs and divide them into 6 segments numbered 1 through 6. 2. Divide the class into two teams. 3. Ask the students a question using/based on today’s English (e.g. Is it in the …. ) 4. First team to answer correctly rolls a die & lightly shades in that section of the team’s egg e.g. 1,2,3,4,5 or 6. 5. Keep playing but if a team member rolls a number that is already shaded then nothing happens! 6. The first team to get its super egg fully shaded in wins.

P.S. Don’t forget Mido’s first full ebook of games, non-members grab your Download Pack now if you want to download it!

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Bubble Blowers 19

For some simple numbers practice, all you need are some bubbles! Stand in front of the class where all the students can see you. Blow bubbles and the students count with you.

Then blow bubbles and challenge the studnents to pop as many as you say before they dissolve. (You can choose one or two students at a time for this and encourage the rest of class to keep score) You can also ask the students to blow or pop a specific number of bubbles or also you can practice superlatives, who can blow the biggest, smallest, longest bubble?

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2 in 3 out

1. Draw a circle on the floor and ask the students to stand outside. 2. Then you shout out “2 in, 3 out” or “2 jump in the circle” or “1 in 4 out” etc. 3. The kids have to do what you say! Very easy, but then you can also add in maths e.g. “2+4 in, 6–1 out” or even phonics “dog in, frog out” (i.e. 3 in, 4 out!) It's fun and good for listening, but also get the kids to shout things out themselves!

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Is there…?

1. Put today’s flashcards on the board. 2. The teacher turns their back to the board. 3. One student takes away one card. 4. Now all the class asks the teacher “Is there… ?” plus one of today’s words e.g. “Is there an elephant?” or “Is there an apple?” 5. The teacher answers either “Yes, there is.” or “No, there isn’t “ 6. If the teacher gets it right, one point to the teacher, if they get it wrong one point to the kids! Lots of fun.

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3. The quickest pair to answer correctly comes to the front and rolls a die. 4. If they roll a 1) they have to hold the balloon between them using only their heads for 2) their shoulders, 3 for back, 4 for stomach, 5 for legs, 6 for hands!

5. Ask the same or another question and the next pair can come to the front, roll the dice and get a balloon! 6. If a pair don’t like the body part they have been given, if they are quick and answer the question before everyone else they can roll again!

7. When everyone has answered your questions and has a balloon, race to see which pair can get from one side of the class to the other – without dropping their balloon of course! Great for parties and also outside in the summer! ©a r d g r a h a m

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Shine on me

1. Put the kids in two groups. 2. Draw a human a human figure (for practicing “My … hurts”) or put today’s flashcards on the board. 3. Call one student from each group to come to the front. 4. Give both students a flashlight. 5. Ask the two students to turn their backs to the board. 6. They then shout out today’s question e.g. “What did you do?” or “Are you OK?” 7. The teacher chooses one of the other students who then shouts out one of the answers from the board. 8. The first of the flashlight students to correctly turn around and shine their flashlight on the correct answer is the winner and gets a point! 9. The fastest student gets to try again and the slower student gets replaced by someone else on their team! 10. Repeat from step 6. P.S. Great game for Halloween themes!

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1. Put today's flashcards on the board 2. Divide the class into two teams. 3. Ask the first student from each team to come to the front and look at the flashcards carefully. 4. Then ask them to turn their backs to the board. 5. Take away one or two cards. 6. The student who can guess which Flashcard is taken down gets a point for their team. 7. Keep playing till everyone has had a go! 8. The team with more points wins. Also check out the software version of vol. 13’s Stationery lesson for a digital version of this game!

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Skyscraper!

This is a fun counting game you can use to review everything you’ve done so far. 1. Draw two skyscrapers on the board with random numbers in the squares. 2.

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Ask a review question.

4. If a kid gets it right they come to the front and throw a die. 5. If the number on the die is on the next floor up of the skyscraper they can move up to that floor. For example to get into the skyscraper the left team would have to throw a 2, a 5 or a 1, the right team would have to throw a 3, a 2 or a 6. 6. First team to reach the top of their skyscraper is the winner! Of course feel free to add more floors for a longer game!

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Pair Draw

1. Put the kids in two groups. 2. One kid from each group comes to the front. 3. Secretly show them a mini card each. 4. They have to draw this picture on the board. 5. The quickest team to guess their artist’s picture gets the point. 6. Two new kids come to the front and repeat from step 3.

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That’s a rabbit!

1. Before the lesson draw a big picture on the board. 2. Cover it with the flashcards that you want to review. 3. Ask the kids a question that can be answered with one of the flashcards on the board. 4. If the kids shout out a correct answer you take that card off the board, revealing part of the image below! 5. The kid who answered the question the quickest gets to guess what they think the image is. 6. Quickest team to guess correctly is the winner!

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1. Draw the grid above on the board with either a worm or apple on each square. 2. Then cover up all the squares with the flashcards that you want to review today. 3. Put the kids in two teams and give each team 5 apples. 4. You say a question that can be answered by one of the flashcards. 5. The first person to answer correctly gets to come and take the flashcard off the board. 6. If there is an apple underneath it, they get another apple for their team. 7. But if it is a worm, they lose an apple! 8. Keep going till all the cards are gone and see which team has the most apples!

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12 & Bust!

1. Put the kids in two teams 2. Ask the kids a review question or show them a flashcard and get them to make today’s sentence with it. 3. The quickest person to answer comes to the front. 4. They roll a die. 5. You write this number on the board. 6. If they want they can roll the die again.

7. You add this number to the previous number. 8. They can keep repeating from step 6 as many times as they like. But …. 9. If they go above 12 they are bust! 10. If they stop before twelve they get to keep this number of point for their team 11.Repeat from step 2.

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Happy Bunnies

1. Before class draw the grid on the board, half the squares with happy bunnies, half with sad bunnies. 2. Cover the grid with the flashcards that you want to review. 3. Put the kids in two equal groups, one group at one side of the class, one at the other side of the class. 4. Ask the first kid a question that can be answered with the flashcards. 5. When they get it right they can take that card from the board. 6. If there is a happy bunny underneath they can choose a person from the opposite side to join their team. 7. But if it’s a sad bunny they have to go and join the other team! 8. Repeat from step 4. 9. The team with the most people at the end is the winner!

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4 Corner out!

1. Put today’s flashcards on the walls around the room. 2. The kids shout out today’s question e.g. “What’s your favourite vegetable?” 3. The teacher shouts out one answer. 4. All the kids have to run to this card and repeat the answer. 5. And the last kid to reach the card is out! This kid will answer the question in the next round. 6. Repeat from step 2 until there is one winner!

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Roll & Jump

1. Divide the class into two teams. 2. Ask the students to sit in a circle. 3. Assign everyone a number from 1 to 6 (you should have at least 2 students for each number.) 4. Put today’s flashcards or minicards on the floor in front of the kids. 5. The kids shout out today’s question. 6. You answer, then roll the die. The kids who have this number have to run and get the card! 7. The team with the most cards at the end is the winner!

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Mosquito

This is another scoring game that is great for Summer!

1. Before class prepare the grid above with some Xs, some arrows and some numbers. 2. Cover each square with the flashcards of the English you want to review today. 3. Put the kids into 2 teams and each team starts with 50 mosquitos (one mosquito represents 10 in real life!) 4. Ask the kids a question that can be answered with one of the flashcards. 5. The quickest kid to shout out the correct answer gets to take that card off the board. If there is a If it’s

all the left team’s mosquitos go to the right team! , all the right teams mosquitos go to the left team.

If it’s a , all your mosquitos disappear! If it’s a number you add that many mosquitos to your opponent’s team! (Remember one picture is worth ten mosquitos!) The team with the least number of mosquitos at the end of the game is the winner!

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Gotta go

This is another game you can use to practice any English, but only for “that” class – don’t use it with nice classes! ☺

1. Tell the kids that Grandma made a bad curry for dinner! 2. Draw the picture above on the board. 3. Ask the kids any English questions you want to practice today. 4. The first team to answer correctly gets to move their character one step closer to the bathroom! 5. First team to the toilet wins. Don’t forget to pick up the toilet paper on the last step!

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Give each student a balloon. Everyone draws a picture on their own balloon. The teacher says “Ready, Steady, Go!” Everyone throws their balloon to the front of the class! Ask the kids whose balloon it is, they have to answer in English of course. Then ask what the picture is. If you want to keep points, each team gets a point for each piece of English. At the end of the game, go through the balloons again just asking “Whose is this?”

Ninja Tip: You can also do the same thing with pictures on paper airplanes!

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