Classroom Activities 🎓
🗣️ Speaking Activities
Talking Hat 🎩
Bring a fun hat (magician’s hat, cap, paper crown).
Prepare slips with questions, prompts, or pictures.
Only the student wearing the hat can speak and answer.
Puppet Talk 🧸
Use puppets for role-plays, Q & A, or short dialogues. Great for storytelling and guessing games.
Pass the Ball ⚽
Students pass a ball while music plays. When it stops, the holder answers a question (e.g., favorite color, animal name).
Picture Caption Contest 🖼️
Show a funny picture. Students write a caption and read it aloud. The class votes for the funniest.
Flashcard Pictionary ✏️
One student draws the word, the team guesses before time runs out.
Hot Seat 🔥
One student sits with their back to the board. Class gives clues until they guess the word.
👂 Listening Activities
Mystery Bag 🎒
Fill a bag with objects. Teacher gives clues, students guess (e.g., round, yellow → banana).
True or False Listening ✅❌
Teacher reads a story and makes statements. Students answer True/False.
Listen & Draw 🎨
Teacher describes a picture. Students draw and compare results.
Whisper Chain 🔊
A message is whispered down a line of students. The last student says it aloud—often funny!
Story with Missing Words 📚
Teacher pauses while reading a story. Students fill in the missing word.
📖 Reading Activities
River Crossing 🌊
Students cross a “river” of word cards by reading each word correctly.
Story Buzzle 🧩
A story is cut into strips. Students reorder the sentences correctly and read together.
Sentence Train 🚂
Each student holds a word card. Together they form a complete sentence.
Musical Words 🎶
Students move with music. When it stops, they race to touch the correct flashcard.
Word Wall Game 🧱
Students choose a word from the wall and use it in a sentence.
✍️ Writing Activities
My Mini-Book 📖
Students create small books with drawings and one sentence per page. At the end, they read aloud.
Picture Caption Contest 🖼️ (also Speaking)
Write creative captions for pictures, then read them aloud.
🔤 Vocabulary & Grammar Activities
Word Jigsaw 🧩
Match words with their definitions or synonyms in groups.
Word Wall Game 🧱 (also Reading & Speaking)
Pick a word, use it in a sentence, or give its definition.
Sentence Train 🚂 (also Reading)
Rearrange word cards to form meaningful sentences.
Hot Seat 🔥 (also Speaking)
Guess the word based on classmates’ clues.