Brain Break

 

Eva Martínez González

TOPIC:  Vocabulary

LEVEL: 1st and 2nd class

NAME OF THE GAME: Brain Break

OBJECTIVES: à Knowing different parts of the body à Knowing different actions such as clap, stamp, touch, jump …

CONTENTS: à  Knowledge of different parts of the body à Discovery different possibilities of movement of the parts of the body

MATERIALS NEEDED/ APP USED TO CREATE THE GAME: à 1 or 2 dices à Sheets with all the tasks

DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME AND RULES OF THE GAME: à A child has to throw a dice or dices. Then, the number, which is on the dice, is the activity, exercise (this activity is on the sheet and teacher has to check) that children have to do. For example number 3: Children have to clap their hands. à    1. Children have to touch the right ear.                                                              2. Children have to stand on one foot.                                                             3. Children have to clap their hands.                                                            4. Children have to march like a soldier.                                                             5. Children have to move using their right hand and the left leg.                                                            6. Children have to crawl like a baby.                                                            7. Children have to sway their hips.                                                            8. Children have to stamp their feet while they are touching their head.                                                            9. Children have to hug themselves.                                                          10. Children have to move throw the lines with the gluteus.                                                          11. Children have to walk stretching their arms forward.                                                          12. Children have to move around the gym using 4 parts of their body.

PICTURE OF THE GAME:

Dress the doll

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M. Belén Aguado

Boom

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M. Belén Aguado

Noughts and crosses

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Tania Gorgojo

Cootie catcher

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Tania Gorgojo

Sinking island

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Belén Zamanillo

Potato game

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Belén Zamanillo

Fruits

 

TOPIC: Fruits

LEVEL: Very Young learners (3 and 4 years old)

NAME OF THE GAME: finding the fruit

OBJECTIVES: à Know vocabulary related to food and fruits. à Identify fruits by touch.

CONTENTS: à Name of fruits as healthy food. à Use and develop the sense of touch to recognize fruits.

MATERIALS NEEDED/ APP USED TO CREATE THE GAME: à Plastic fruits that are life-size or not too small. à A cloth bag, not transparent. It can be dark color such as black or navy blue.

DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME AND RULES OF THE GAME: à We put several plastic fruits in a large cloth bag, in which the fruits cannot be guessed by their shape with the naked eye. As they are so young, we will show the fruits that we put in the bag so that they have some reference to say the fruit. à In turns, a student will put his hand in the bag and will have to take only one fruit, they have to guess which fruit it is and then when they take it out of the bag, they will be able to check if they have succeeded. The game will get more complicated the more fruits we put in and if we add more food.

PICTURE OF THE GAME:

Yolanda Arranz

Speed up cups!

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Yessica Calle

City

 

The first term I was working on this topic with my 6th graders.

We decided to create a small game in which each student created their favorite city building with a small model, so the class became a mini city.

Then to work on the directions, questions of places and vocabulary, each student prepared a small speech explaining their work and the characteristics of their establishment, then we made a roll play in which the students played the role of tourists lost in the city looking for the airport, hospital ...

It was a very fun activity that they enjoyed very much.

I leave you some pictures of the models.

Cristina San Hipólito

Battleships

 One of the games that I love to use to practice questions with my students is the battleship. 

Here I let you an example and how to play it:

P1: Does your mum drink coffee? P2: No, she doesn’t. –> water!
P1: Do you like onions? P2: Yes, I do –> hit!
P1: Does your mum like onions? P2: Yes, she does –> hit and sunk!

Mª Blanca Navas

ABC Countdown

 This is my favourite game: ABC Countdown. 

Can you thin of the Can you think of one word in English that begins with each letter of the alphabet? Animal, banana, computer... Can you continue until z? Then, we can talk about what's our favourite word in English?

Raúl Carlos Rebolledo

Cluedo

 To work on the parts of the house with my 6th graders I wanted to use a game that is well known to everyone. "CLUEDO"

I have adapted it so that it is much easier to play and at the same time to have fun guessing the murderer, students work on the parts of the house. 

In addition we can change the parts of the house that we want to work on the different boards and thus have more variety, as well as the weapons of the assassins we can use vocabulary related to each part of the house.

They are delighted with this game.

I leave you an example of board that I have found.

Cristina San Hipólito

House and family

 Last year I worked with my 2nd grade students on this vocabulary game about the family.

The students move the cards of the family members through the different spaces of the house and explain where each one is.

We also can work on this game by writing the sentences in their notebook.

For example: My mother is in the kitchen

Cristina San Hipólito

Witch calls color

 This game also works for Halloween because the main character is a witch, but the character can be changed, the main objective is for children to learn and remember the colors in English. It is aimed at children of 3 and 4 years old, and with the help of their classmates they will also know colors better.Before starting, we can show them different object and say the color. 

First, the teacher will be the witch and call out a color. As soon as she says it, they have to touch an object of the color that it is said as quickly as possible. If the witch touches them before they do, they will relieve her in her role. The boy or girl who has done the best can also change into the witch to be the person who says the color. The difficulty will increase when less classic colors are said such as gray or gold.

Yolanda Arranz

Augmented Reality Christmas

Using the Quiver app, children have fun and are attracted to see the final result. This application can be used with various levels, preeschool and primary, because the application allows you to download different coloring sheets. 

After dealing with the subject, in this case Christmas, the children will color a sheet with a Christmas picture that, when colored, with the Quiver application that must be previously downloaded to our mobile phone, a photo will be taken. Children can interact with the image because they can see it on the mobile screen. 

With the 3 and 4 year old children we have been learning vocabulary about Christmas such as: Christmas tree, Santa, snow ... elements that they can now name in augmented reality.

Yolanda Arranz

I am thankful for...

 On Thanksgiving Day I explained my students about the history of this festivity, the tradition in the USA and how people celebrate it.

With 3rd and 4th grade students you can do the following activity. 

The objective is to practice the structure 'I am thankful for...' and to practice speaking in English. Firstly, ask students what they are thankful for, for which things they should give thanks. Speak a bit in the classroom. Then, ask them to draw a turkey with their hand and write in each of their fingers one of the things they are thankful for. They can also decorate it. Students will enjoy it. 

Belén Zamanillo

Roll a Jack-o-lantern

Here I share with you a funny game about Halloween that I used with my Infant classroom (3 to 6 years old) to practice the face vocabulary with pumpkins.

A student rolls a dice and comes to the blackboard to draw the part of the face that he or she is asked to. Then, another kid does the same with the next face part and so on until the Jack O'Lantern is completed. They enjoy drawing a lot on the blackboard. I hope you can give it a try.

Belén Zamanillo

Christmas game

 Another easy and simple game to work on Christmas.

Laura Riesco

Break out educ for Christmas

 Have you ever run a breakoutEDU in class? I have just found this one on Twitter to celebrate Christmas and I love it ((the materials are awesome)

Have a look by clicking on the picture:

 

If you are not familiar with this technique,you will find a detailed explanation in the following site. It seems time consuming at first, but it's very useful to revise contents (and guaranteed fun for everyone!):

https://flippedlearning.org/tools_apps/breakout-edu-10-things-know/

You can create your own materials and save money. Here you'll find some tips:

https://rosaliarte.com/montar-kit-breakout-edu-barato/

I hope you find it useful.

Have a lovely week!

Thanksgiving chess

 

Here I share a very interesting experience to use chess and Thanksgiving in the English class.

A very good example of educational use of games.

https://www.ajedrezalaescuela.eu/thanksgiving-chess-como-llevarlo-a-cabo/

Hope you like it.

Laura Riesco

Chinese whispers

 This game is the same as what we would call in Spanish El telefono escacharrado. I have included it in abilities because the main objective of this game is to recognize the word in English and say it correctly until the last participant.

This game is made with children of 4 and 5 years old, although it can be played with older children who are able to fix the pronunciation and to recognise  English words. 

To play this game, the children are put in a circle sitting or standing, and the teacher will begin by saying a word to the ear of the first child. This word will have to be said  to the next child to the ear and in a low voice, until the last one who will have to say the word that he has understood aloud. It can only be repeated once, twice if they are very young, because this is how it is checked if they are able to recognize the word that has been transmitted and if their pronunciation has been correct. 

We usually use words that we have just been studing in the unit that have been covered or words that we already know from previous units in order  to review and check if they have been fixed or we have to recall some concepts and vocabulary.

Finally, If the phone has broken down, that is, the word said by the last child is not the correct, the order of the participants is changed. With the older ones, the one who has broken the phone is eliminated, but with the younger ones it is interesting that they participate to improve in the next round.

Brush or wash

 

Brush or wash..: The main objetive of this game is to work daily routines and remember related vocabulary. This is a difficult task with 4- and 5-year-olds, but pictures or flash cards can be kept in class so that the children get used to them and remember the vocabulary.

We can make the drawings or have 4 flashcards in which two of them the main action is with the verb wash and another two in which the verb or action is brush.

In one drawing or flash card the action it will be Wash your hands, in another it will be Wash your face and in another two with the brush action it will be Brush your teeth and brush your hair. After working on the actions of the drawings for several days and repeating the action that each drawing represents as in a mirror, this game is played which consists of distributing the four flash cards among the students, they must stand in front of the others but cover the drawing to their classmates. 

Then one by one he asks a colleague who they want, of those who are standing, Do you have brush your teeth?If the answer is no, the next student is who can ask to the same partner or change to another. 

The game ends when all the flashcards or actions have been told because it is necessary to remember those that have already been said and have been eliminated to remember those that are still in the game.

I attach an example although we will use the action: Brush your hair to make it easier for children to learn this vocabulary at first.

Yolanda Arranz

Roll the dice: Daily routines

 To work the daily routines, the hours and the present simple, create this small board.

Students must roll a die twice and depending on the two numbers they have to create a present simple sentence with the routine, the subject and the time they have been given.

In addition, with the students of higher grades, we can vary and ask for sentences in negative, interrogative and affirmative.

I hope you like it

Cristina San Hipólito

Food online

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Jose María Payo

Alphabet game

 I share with you a video I created during the quarantine with a game to work on any vocabulary topic through the alphabet.

It is a well known game but the main idea is that students can create it themselves and play it at home to review vocabulary.
I hope you like it!

Cristina San Hipólito

Shopping list

 How do you play?

The game is super simple. You must divide your class into groups. Normally, when I have small groups, I make teams of 3 to 4 people. Each group should have a shopping list that you will find in the PDF (each group should have a different shopping list). You will have to print the food and cut it out. What I usually do is separate the food by color and put it in different boxes. 

Once you have the boxes ready, you should take them out of class. The main objective is that the students are in class with the shopping list and that one of the group goes to look for an ingredient that is missing. When you find it, you will have to high-five the next one so that this other one can come out to find another ingredient for the list, and so on. The first group to collect all the ingredients on the list will win.

Eduardo Verde

I go shopping

 "I go shopping"

It's about carrying out a small market in class. 

The students work in pairs, one of the couple writes 5 things on the shopping list and gives it to his partner who must go to "do the shopping in the supermarket of class"

When you return with the purchase made between the two of you, you must say the words and see that everything has been bought.

Then we exchange roles.

After a few days of playing, we can remove several wordcards and they have to remember the names and write them down.

The role of the teacher in this case, is to supervise the shopping lists, that it is well written.

Cristina San Hipólito

Farm animals interactive game

 

M. Ángeles Delgado

Animals online game

 

https://www.mes-games.com/animals1.php

Jose María Payo

Memory Game. Zoo Land Animals

 Memory Game. Zoo Land Animals:

How to play:

Click on a tile to reveal the hidden word. Click on another card to make a pair. Once the correct pair is made, the student has to write their name on a piece of paper and say it out loud for the whole class.

The game will end when all the tiles are complete.
This game is good for developing memory and vocabulary in ages 4-5.

Eduardo Verde

Bingo with animals

 Bingo with animals.

 It is a very easy activity for children, and it can help us to practice the vocabulary they know. We can prepare it based on various themes. In this case with the animals that we are learning how they can be from the jungle and from the farm. We carry out this activity with children of 3, 4 and 5 years old, the older they are, the more different animals we include in our bingo. The main objective is to memorize the names of the animals that we have already seen in class, in addition to improve auditory and visual attention, increasing concentration capacity and waiting times and facilitating a cooperative environment, when carrying out the group activity.

The materials needed are cards with images, stickers or cards to mark the drawings, audio player, tracks of each sound, we can also use YouTube.
How is the game: One or two cards (cards) are distributed to each child. The pictures in the cards are: Jungle animals and farm or domestic animals. At random, we will play the sound tracks and as they sound, the children will have to recognize them and search their cardboard to see if they have that animal, in this case placing a token or sticker on the drawing.The goal for them is to complete a line and then the entire card. One variable is to do it in two groups with several cards each. As a prize they can take a sticker or be the protagonist of the day.

Yolanda Arranz