Reading, writing/spelling games

1. Running Dictation: Skills:  Reading, writing ; Requirements: pen and paper and text excerpts. How to play.
2. Running Dictation for Large classes and Young Learners' Classes- This is excellent for beginners to elementary levels. Also adapted for large classes
3. I spy something…  Skills- Vocabulary, speaking, reading and listening  How to play
4. Memory or Concentration game : Great game for many language skills practice .Skills: Ideal for teaching words that have a close relationship. How to play- Sample
5. Spelling relay: Skills: Spelling and reading of words. How to play.
6. Word searching games: Reading and spelling game. How to play
7. Mallet Mallet for spelling. How to play. This is a variation of Mallet Mallet described above. But this time students take turns spelling a word.
8. Chopstick relay : This is a variation of Spelling relay but this time using chopsticks and alphabet cards.
9. Spelling Bee: Teacher says a word and student spells. Any mistake not allowed.

 

Tips: To make games really work for your classes always try to identify the language skills you want to practice or teach. Games for game sake will soon make you look like a time waster. We have divided these games below according to the four language skills: listening, speaking, writing and reading. Note that some games practice more than one language skill. Most often listening and speaking go well together, while reading and writing make good combinations. We have also put some games under sub-categories like: pronunciation games, grammar games etc.

Aim: Teach letters of the alphabet

Aim: Teach basic greetings – Hello, Hi, Goodbye.

Aim: To teach kids how to say their names.

Aim: Teach kids how to say their age and  learn numbers 1 to 5.

Aim: Teach kids how to count from 1 to 10.

Aim: Teach kids how to describe things through colours.

Aim: Teach colours vocabulary

Aim: Teach colours through a colours songs

Aim: Teach kids names of fruits and how to express likes.

Aim: Teach kids parts of the body.

Aim: Teach kids how to express ability using simple action verbs.

Aim: Teach students how to express preference by using vocabulary related to farm animals.

Aim: Teach words and expressions used when describing family.

Aim: To teach words and expressions related to classroom items.

Aim: Teach action verbs

Aim: Teach various shapes and adjectives to describe size.

Aim: Teach  singular and plurals of nouns and demonstrative pronouns.

Aim: Teach numbers 10 to 100 and pronunciation differences between long and short vowels.

Aim: Teach  words and expressions related to toys and to ask where things are.

Aim: Teach days of the week and some things we do weekly.

Aim: Teach students how to ask about the weather and describe it.

Aim: Teach students about the things we eat and express want

Aim: Teach  names of pets and give a brief description of pets using personality adjectives.

Aim: Teach students how to tell the time and also how to talk about daily routines.

Aim: Teach students how to tell the time using quarter to/past/ Half past etc.

Aim: Teach students months of the year and how to tell dates using months and ordinal numbers.

Aim: To teach kids how to describe jobs using action verbs.

Aim: Students will learn how to describe actions in progress using the present progressive.

Aim: Teach students different means of transport and talk about going around.

Aim: To learn to describe what someone is wearing.

Aim: Teach kids prepositions of place, alongside rooms and things at home.

Aim: Teach kids vegetable vocabulary and how to go shopping for veggies.

Aim: Teach students extra vegetable vocabulary.

Aim: Teach kids how to talk about clothes relative to the weather.

Aim: To teach students how to describe zoo animals by what they eat and look like.