Bag of Tricks

This site provides free materials for kids. There are printable worksheets with their answer sheets for different levels in different topics. There are also games, study tools, quizzes, tutorials, checking spelling sheets and online activites, etc. Moreover, it provides with EBooks for different levels from the beginner to the advanced. The site has also a book store where popular and well designed books for different levels are recomended.

various grammar games

This activity is good for improving spelling.A word appears on the screen after which the learners should try to chatch the falling letters of that very word. I tried this game with my elementary level sister.She liked it greatly.

I've tried it with a 6-year old boy who is a fluent English speakers and he liked it okay. It may work better with older kids because of the topic.

This is a very good site to improve your English especially listening skills. Here one can watch interesting and funny series free of charge.

This link contains three downloadable podcasts. Each podcast include transcripts, worksheets with their answers, diverse vocabulary tasks and also web quests. All the exercises are based mainly in the podcasts' vocabulary and information.

Thank you Armine. I have used these podcasts with my student. She enjoyed them very much because she was able to listen to native speakers and also do some grammatical exercises we have passed. These podcasts are also good for practicing scanning and skimming. So those who want to develop these skills they can use these podcasts. Tully speaking, after these podcast my student has become more attentive to the details and has begun to pay much attention to the detail and gist of the information.

THANK you very much!!! I really made great use of these podcasts, I use them for my student, and we just enjoy them!

Comparing animals - Students practice comparatives & Superlatives using this fantastic crossword puzzle with animals words. The grammar focus in my EEC class was comparatives & superlatives and I tried this activity with my EEC students (low intermediate level) and it was interesting for them. It actually helped them think critically. i suggest you do this activity as an individual task, it will help you understand how well the students internalized the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

This is a really nice set of flashcards which helps teach 'facial expressions' vocabulary. In order to avoid yourself using L1 in your language classroom use this!

One of the best ways to teach vocabulary using visuals and audio. This has worked very well with kids. They responded very positively and wanted to try again and again till they memorized the words.

This flashcards are useful for teaching. I myself (including my peers) had some difficulties in finding them during our practicum and fortunately I could find the link and I am happy to share it with you.

This audio book is a good sample for developing both listening and reading skills. The book also includes pictures which in its case make the story interesting and attractive. IT also can be printed. The text is not so simple so, the students should have good English skills in order to understand the content of the text.

This is a Daily Routines Memory Game that may help teach and learn action verbs for daily routines

An ESL Fun Game for Teachers & Students - Practice & Play one should guess and spell the missing word to escape being hanged..

Use this action verb flashcards in different context.

This game is intended for intermidiate level of EFL students who may practice Present Perfect Tense, play it, forming sentences with the words of each colomn that offers them, pay attention to the correctness of the formed sentence, because if wrong words are picked from the colomns, they won't go ahead and will be stuck. It helps to revise the students' grammar competence and stay in a good shape:) Strongly recommended for higher level of learners!

A lower-intermediate level video activity: a phone conversation first listented with subtitles then without them, which is then followed by a set of different types of questions for comprehension, vocabulary as well as grammar knowledge.

This is a very interesting game which enhances learners vocabulary concerning the furniture and other house decorations. This is designed for law intermediate level students and it helps learners to use the vocabulary in context. My sister played this game during several hours and she learnt a lot of new words.

This game may help practice present progressive and develop students' spelling abilities. They should guess and spell the missing word. Correct spellings will help them escape the hangman. I tried this game with my brother and he really enjoyed it.

A set of games to practice prepositions of time and place. To be tested.

Addeh I tried it but it demands my mail address and password, should it be like that???

Really, intersting, I guess I'll take and practice with my students. Thanks!!!!!