Games and activities for young learners

BKC-IH Moscow by Olga Goncharova

1. Authentic2. Fun3. Memory4. Motivation5. Personalisation6. Positive7. Practice8. Recycling9. Reward10. Routine www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker

Why play games in lessons?(quiz answers)

Stirrers

TPRMiming gamesBall gamesRole-playsRunning games

Coolers

Puzzles Crafts Board games Flashcard games Colouring/matching/

writing Songs/rhymes/chants

Answers: 1. c 7. c2. a 8. c3. c4. b5. b6. c

Quick Christmas Quiz

Touch the ________. Turn over the _____. Is it a _____? Take the _____. Please can I have the __________? True/False. Multiple choice. Teacher reads definitions, students

pick the right card. “Fruit (Christmas) salad” What’s missing? What it is? (guess) What is it ?(reveal the card gradually) Vocabulary scramble

Flashcards

I’m a little snowman, short and fat.Here’s my carrot-nose, here’s my hat.

When the sun comes out, I cannot play.Down, down, down, I melt away.(to the tune “I’m a little teapot.)

I’m a little snowman

Dear Santa,Thanks for ________________.I like it very much because it’s ________ and ________.I often ___________ with it.Tonight I’m going to _____________.I hope you are ____________ but not ___________.Love from ____________

Letter to Santa

www.film-english.comActivity: Watching a short film, completing the lyrics of a song, speaking and writingLanguage: Narrative tenses, prepositions, vocabulary related to Christmas

The Journey

Merry Christmas! and

Happy New Year!