Tag Archives: primary

Meet Moshi Monsters – the Primary Class Virtual Pets

Moshi Monsters is a virtual pet game and popular safe social network for young kids similar to Club Penguin. The game lets a child adopt a Moshi pet, which they have to look after, feed and play games with. Similar in concept to a Tamagotchi, but on the Web, it can be used in the [...]

Dot To Dot

Level: Lower Level Primary Location: Connected classroom Skills focus: Speaking. Game: Dot-to-dot This is a nice little warmer that practices numbers and vocabulary. Preparation Choose one of the dot to dots pictures and have it up on the board before your learners come into the class.  It’s a good idea to remember what the picture title is but [...]

Escape the (Plush) Room

Level: Primary Location: Computer room Language Focus: Receptive – There is/ are, prepositions of place.  Productive – Short answers (Yes, I can/have etc) Game: Escape the Plush room Situation My class was pretty proficient with most of language structures I used within the live listening dictation I scripted for this activity (including prepositions of place, [...]

I ‘Adam & Eve’ it!

Level: Primary Language: Narrative devices Skills Focus: Reading or Listening Location: Computer room or Connected classroom Game: Adam & Eve This is a simple point and click game with a simple story and basic repetitive language elements. Preparation Either: Download a copy of Adam & Eve or use and Online electronic version of the Adam & Eve [...]

Happy Family dress up

Level: Beginners Location: Computer room Language Focus: Physical description: clothes/ body. Skills Practice: Reading Game: Happy Family Dress up Preparation 1.  Play a game yourself and write out a description of the family like this: The boy has got black hair and dark skin. He’s wearing an orange striped top with short sleeves and a [...]

Picture Dictation for an Online Game

Level: Pre-intermediate Location: Classroom Skills focus: Relay picture dictation Language focus: There is / are . . . , colours, bedroom furniture, prepositions of place. Game: Tucoga’s room Preparation Download and print a copy of the Game Picture Dictation. Put it on the wall in a fairly central position or make four copies and put [...]

Halloween dress up game

Level: Primary Location: Computer room Language Focus: Has got/ is wearing/ colours/ clothes/ parts of the body Game: Halloween dressing up game Preparation 1.  Go to the site yourself and create a character.  Take a screenshot of your character and print off a copy. 2.  Write the character description out .  e.g. He is a [...]

Spookymatch

Level: Beginners Location: Connected classroom Skills Focus: Speaking Target Language: Ordinals Game: Spookymatch Preparation Present the language for “First”, “Second”, “Third” and “fourth” as well as “up” and “down”. This will help learners identify a row. Present the language for either “along” or “from the left/ right”.  This will help learners identify a column. Present [...]

Halloween spot the difference

Level: Beginners/ Primary Location: Connected Classroom Topic: Halloween Skills Focus: Speaking Game: The Halloween game Preparation Learners write the numbers 1 – 10 in their notebooks. Present the image above to the class.  It works better if you just present one but the activity still works if you go directly to the site and have both. Brainstorm [...]

Dressing Up Game

Level: Beginner’s Language: Have got . . . / is wearing . . .     Clothes and colours Skills Focus: Writing Location: Computer room Summer is coming and Digital play is taking a break for the summer.  We’ll be back in September with a lot of new activities, articles and lessons.  Our last bog [...]