Bag of Tricks

This is a great source to teach your students words related to kitchen. If you tutor at your home or at your student's home, it is better take him/her to the kitchen and show him/her everything.Or you can bring some kitchen utilities into the class and show them. I myself tried it with my private student and it was a success.This way they will internalize the material better.

I used this video/audio file to teach my 9 years old niece and her 8 years old friend English prepositions of places. The interesting thing was that I didn't tell them that they were going to learn prepositions . I just played the video clip and went away letting them watch and enjoy it. After watching the video clip several times, I noticed that they were learning prepositions by discussing the video clip and translating prepositions into Armenian language. Hence, I found this video clip to be very useful for teaching prepositions to children in an entertaining way.

EFL teachers can use this link to print different recipes and pictures which can be used especially with intermediate level students. Students will see and learn how to cook things and how to write recipes. They will learn both cooking and the language (the use of imperative: food items). I have tried it myself and baked tasty cookies!

Try the New "Make a Face" Song Along with the increase in International Understanding Education in Japan, there is also a strong desire to preserve traditional Japanese activities. It's for this reason that in the New Year you'll probably find Japanese schools teaching lots of traditional games.

If you want to have fun and learn face parts in English, this game could be helpful. This game is better for kids, and beginner levels.

Here is a good online writing site. I think it si for high beginner or low intermediate level. It gives opportunities for choosing the title, the format (letter, news paper article, etc), and panting wich you will draw.

This is the exact type of activity for speaking I found for my C4A groups. The topic is animals and it gets the students to read a dialogue and then speak. In my case this activity was a success! For beginners this is a very good and effective task.

This is a listening vocabulary exercise - You need to turn on your speakers or put on your headphones.Click the top and match with the bottom. Wait till you hear the audio before you click next match. I tried this game with my student . She says it helped her much in vocabulary learning.

Good for students' vocabulary reinforcement. Interesting and easy to play.Students are supposed to click on a blue tile, then another. If they are opposites, they match and disappear. If they're not opposites, they'll flip back over.

If one has difficulties in teaching feelings it is a good way to practice them. Via shooting activity kids listen to the word and shot the correct picture.

Another useful game that enriches vocabulary for ESL students, who already have some knowledge of English. This game is especially good in experiencing different situations, learning new words that are proper for that context. I think, it's also fun!

Songs are always excellent activities for kids. They become more cheerful, enthusiastic about the lesson. But the most important factor is that songs create stress-free environment. In m practice I have tried to sing songs with my students and it was a success. I advise you to try these activities in your classroom as well.

An interesting game that teaches not only the target language, but also gives a lot of information about the history of the target language calture.

This game serves better for upper elementary learners as they have to possess certain vocabulary in order to read the riddles and match them to the corresponding words. I have piloted this game with my 17-18-year-old students of that level and it worked very well.

It is an interactive online activity for kids. These instructions game for kids will help students understand the importance of writing clear, concise instructions for a range of interesting tasks. Choose from a list of different activities such as making a sandwich, putting up a tent and making a robot. Write step by step instructions in English for how it should be performed from the perspective of someone who has never done it before.

This instructions game for kids will help students understand the importance of writing instructions for a range of interesting tasks. The learners should choose from a list of different activities such as making a sandwich, putting up a tent and making a robot.

A fun game that teaches-Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives and Adverbs! Enjoy it:)

The only thing you need to do is to create an account and start creating or teaching your students how to create glogs. You can engage your students in making their posters on different topics from movies to animals. I asked my brother to make a poster on animals. He was instantly involved in the process :)

This handout contains the right names of the animals in flashcards presented in the following bookmark.

I found this handout useful because the flashcards that I have posted right below this handout will be helpful for identifying the animals' names. Moreover, kids can not only look at the flashcards but also read the spelling of each word. Besides, there will also be some animals that will be unknown even for the teacher (it happened to me very often) and for not wasting the time to look up in the dictionary, teachers can use this handout in case of necessity.

The game will be quite useful for those who want to teach or learn opposites. It is a kind of cartoon and the kids will really enjoy it.

Creative activities to be used in the classsroom

This is a game where the learners have to guess and spell the missing word in present progressive form

This is an interesting activity for kids to repeat letters, extend vocabulary, to pronounce the words correctly. For children who can read this crossword puzzle gives an opportunity to recognize words in written form and practice reading. I have practiced it with my 5 year old son and, though he can not read, he has learnt a lot of new words