The Kids ESL Games page is for teachers of young learners who are struggling to find activities to show children how to study ESL and TEFL lessons. Most of these language arts games are original (meaning designed by me), are meant to be flexible and every game here has been play tested with thousands of students a week, over many years, as well as been critiqued by university language professors and elementary-school teachers from all over Japan and internationally.
Each game includes information on appropriate group size, age, skills used, tips on best use, and areas of possible problems. Again, this information comes from intensive play testing. These fun games are repetitive, but not boring, and most importantly, they get kids talking. Now on to the games…
ESL Card Games
Get the most out of your ESL flash cards with this growing collection of Flash Card Games.
Want even more Flash Card Games? Click here for page 2 of my growing library of flash card games.
The Trick or Treat Halloween Game combines the fun of card battles, Rock Scissors Paper, with the classic children’s game, candlesticks.
ESL Board Games
Learn about geography by playing the Where in the World is Mr. English Game. The rules are similar to Battleships but players practice country names in English. (Ages 6 and up)
Pirates of the Planet ESL Game, combines world trivia (famous food, drinks, sports, places, animals and people), with a bit of strategy and cash prizes to make a very fun classroom activity for older EFL students. (ages 9 and up.)
The Monster Catcher Game. Students explore dungeons looking for monster while at the same time having a conversation on giving directions in English. And with its many variations, it’s like 5 games in one. (Ages 6 and up)
New The Dice Game teaches elementary-school-aged children about counting numbers from 1-20. This game is also both a classroom game and a board game so give it a try even if you have large groups of students. (Ages 6 and up)
New Here’s another game for that teaches children how to give directions–Through the Bombs!
October 4th, 2009 | 
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