I work as a foreign language teacher at an international school. The resources I provide aim to help children learn foreign languages through games and fun, interactive activities. In addition, I make clip art, borders and colouring pages to add to your worksheets.
I work as a foreign language teacher at an international school. The resources I provide aim to help children learn foreign languages through games and fun, interactive activities. In addition, I make clip art, borders and colouring pages to add to your worksheets.
Use these winter themed puzzles to help your students practise new winter and Christmas vocabulary. Puzzles are a fun way to practise new words and they’re also proven to help with memory and concentration! As if we needed more reasons to love puzzles!
This resource contains a word search puzzle in 2 versions, 2 crossword puzzles in 2 versions, 2 word scrambles and a secret message in 2 difficulty levels.
I’ve included a full color version as well as a printer-friendly black and white version.
PDF set to letter size for easy printing.
These cute and colourful flash cards will help your young learners or ESL students practise their zoo animal vocabulary. They can be used in many different ways. They can be used to teach new words, and you can use the version without the words to quiz your students. The cards can also be used for a spelling bee or pronunciation bee. Another game I played recently was a game I call Runaround. I will put 4 cards in each corner of my classroom and then give my ESL students either a word or a description, depending on their level. The students then have to run to the right corner. They love playing this game in teams, it adds an active and competitive element to their vocabulary lessons.
In this resource, I’ve included a version with and without the words on the cards, both versions are available in full colour and in black and white.
Three certificates to reward and motivate your students are also included.
PDF format for easy printing.
Learning new words becomes easier and more fun with these colourful and engaging flash cards. The flash cards are very versatile and can be used in different activities. These flash cards feature 20 new words for your students.
In this resource, I’ve included a version with and without the words on the cards, both versions are available in full colour and in a printer friendly black and white version.
PDF format in letter size for easy printing.
Some suggestions:
-laminate the flash cards or glue them to cardboard to make them more durable
-use the version with words to teach new vocabulary and use the version without words in a quiz
-the flash cards can be used in a game of charades
-they can also be used for a game called Heads Up
These cute and colorful flash cards will help your German core students or DAF students practise their zoo animal vocabulary. They can be used in many different ways. They can be used to teach new words, and you can use the version without the words to quiz your students. The cards can also be used for a spelling bee or pronunciation bee. A game of Who am I is also a possibility that your students will love.
In this resource, I’ve included a version with and without the words on the cards, both versions are available in full color and in black and white.
Three certificates to reward and motivate your students are also included.
PDF format set to letter size for easy printing.
Taboo is a great game to practise speaking for
beginners and pre-intermediate DAF students or German core students.
Younger learners and students with special
educational needs also love classroom games and
Taboo is always a favorite! With this game, your
students can practise their zoo animal words.
This game is played in teams. One person of each
team gets a card and must describe the word on the
card, without saying it. The rest of the team must
guess the word. For each word the team can guess,
they get a point. The team with the most points,
wins the game. This game features 20 words and
comes in 2 versions: easy and difficult. In the easy
level, only the animal name is forbidden, the difficult
level has additional forbidden words.
Both versions are available in full color and in black
and white.
PDF format for easy printing.
Classroom games are a great way to help your ESL students or young learners practise new vocabulary. Memory games are always a student favorite! In addition to helping them with new words, they’ve also been proven to improve concentration.
This game features 24 new winter and Christmas themed words for your students to practise. It comes in a word to picture and picture to picture version. Both are available in full color and in black and white for a more printer friendly version.
PDF format set to letter size for easy printing.
Classroom games are a fun and interactive way to practise new vocabulary. This game was designed for the ESL students at our international school. This game not only allows your ESL students to practise their winter vocabulary, but also helps them form questions and sentences.
Each of your students will receive a card showing them what they have, and what they need. Let them find the card they need, and complete the game.
It contains 24 winter themed words, and comes in a version with and without the words written on the card.
The words included are: Santa, reindeer, sled, snow, snowball, snowman, scarf, hat, glove, mitten, candle, holly, gingerbread, hot chocolate, wreath, christmas tree, presents, cold, skis, sweater, ice skates, ice, ornament and candy cane.
Both versions are available in full color as well as a printer-friendly black and white version.
PDF format for easy printing.
I’ve created these flash cards to help the beginner ESL students at our international school learn new winter and Christmas vocabulary. These cards have since also been used for students with special educational needs (mainly autism spectrum).
The cute and colourful designs on the cards make learning new vocabulary easy and fun. The flash cards feature 24 new words and come in a version with and without the words on the cards.
I’ve used the version with words to introduce and practise new words, and the version without words to quiz my students.
The flash cards are available in full colour as well as a printer friendly pure black and white version to help you save on printing costs. To make the flash cards more durable, they can be glued to cardboard or laminated.
This resource is saved as a PDF file for easy downloading and printing.
Classroom games are a fun and interactive way to practise new vocabulary. This game not only allows your FLE or French core students to practise their zoo animal words, but also helps them form questions and sentences.
Each of your students will receive a card showing them what they have, and what they need. Let them find the card they need, and complete the game.
It contains 20 zoo animals, and comes in a version with and without the words written on the card.
The animals included are: monkey, lion, giraffe, hippo, bear, parrot, rhino, tiger, elephant, panda, zebra, toucan, crocodile, kangaroo, polar bear, penguin, flamingo, seal, leopard and snake.
Both versions are available in full color as well as a printer-friendly black and white version.
PDF format for easy printing.
Classroom games are a fun and interactive way to
practise new vocabulary. This game not only
allows your DAF or German core students to
practise their zoo animal words, but also helps
them form questions and sentences including the
use of the accusative case.
Each of your students will receive a card showing
them what they have, and what they need. Let them
find the card they need, and complete the game.
It contains 20 zoo animals, and comes in a version
with and without the words written on the card.
The animals included are: monkey, lion, giraffe,
hippo, bear, parrot, rhino, tiger, elephant, panda,
zebra, toucan, crocodile, kangaroo, polar bear,
penguin, flamingo, seal, leopard and snake.
Both versions are available in full color as well as a
printer-friendly black and white version.
PDF format set to letter size for easy printing.
Have fun!
This resource contains a word search puzzle in 2 versions, 2 crossword puzzles in 2 versions, 2 word scrambles and a secret message in 2 difficulty levels.
Use these zoo animal puzzles to help your DAF or German core students practise new vocabulary. Puzzles are a fun way to practise new words and they’re also proven to help with memory and concentration! As if we needed more reasons to love puzzles!
I’ve included a full color version as well as a printer-friendly black and white version.
PDF format for easy printing.
Use these zoo animal puzzles to help your
ESL students practise new vocabulary.
Puzzles are a fun way to practise new words
and they’re also proven to help with memory
and concentration! As if we needed more
reasons to love puzzles!
This resource contains a word search puzzle
in 2 versions, 2 crossword puzzles in 2
versions, 2 word scrambles and a secret
message in 2 difficulty levels.
I’ve included a full colour version as well as a
printer-friendly black and white version.
PDF format for easy printing
Taboo is a great game to practise speaking for beginners and pre-intermediate ESL students. Younger learners and students with special educational needs also love classroom games and Taboo is always a favorite! With this game, your
students can practise their zoo animal words.
This game is played in teams. One person of each team gets a card and must describe the word on the card, without saying it. The rest of the team must
guess the word. For each word the team can guess, they get a point. The team with the most points, wins the game. This game features 20 words and comes in 2 versions: easy and difficult. In the easy level, only the animal name is forbidden, the difficult level has additional forbidden words.
Both versions are available in full colour and in black and white.
PDF format for easy printing.
Bingo games are always a hit in the classroom. They offer a fun way to practise new vocabulary for your ESL students or younger learners. I played this with my ESL students for small prizes like rubbers, sharpeners or pencils, but you can also let your students play for things like extra break time or extra library time.
I used a wheel of fortune to call out the next item on the bingo cards.
This game features 30 bingo cards, making it suitable for larger groups.
It comes in a full colour and printer friendly black and white version.
PDF format in letter size for easy printing.
Learning new words becomes easier and more fun with these colourful and engaging flash cards. The flash cards are very versatile and can be used in different activities. These flash cards feature 20 new words for your students.
In this resource, I’ve included a version with and without the words on the cards, both versions are available in full colour and in a printer friendly black and white version. PDF format in letter size for easy printing.
Some suggestions:
-laminate the flash cards or glue them to cardboard to make them more durable
-use the version with words to teach new vocabulary and use the version without words in a quiz
-the flash cards can be used in a game of charades
-they can also be used for a game called Heads Up
Flash cards are a great way to introduce new vocabulary to your ESL students, young learnersor students with learning difficulties. This set introduces 20 new clothing words. The flash cards can be used in different ways:
-to introduce new vocabulary
-to quiz your students’ knowledge of clothing
words
-as part of daily routine cards
-in a spelling bee
-in a game of Who am I
The words included are: coat, t-shirt, jumper, dress, shorts, jeans, trousers, skirt, underpants, tights, hat, cap, boots, socks, shoes, sandals, winter hat, scarf, mittens, gloves.
In this resource, I’ve included a version with and without the words on the cards, both versions are available in full colour and in a printerfriendly pure black and white version. PDF format for easy printing
Memory games are a great addition to your ESL
classroom. Not only do the kids love memory
games, these games also help them learn new
vocabulary without them even realizing it!
Moreover, memory games help children develop
their attention to detail, concentration and
visual recognition. As if we needed any more
reasons to love this classic classroom game!
This game is available in 2 versions. In one
version, students must match a picture to a
word, in the other, they must match 2 pictures.
Having these 2 versions allows for
differentiation in the classroom.
Both versions are available in full colour as well
as black and white for a more printer friendly
version. To make this game more durable, you
may want to laminate it or stick it to cardboard.
Taboo is a great game to practise speaking for beginners and pre-intermediate ESL students. Younger learners also love classroom games and Taboo is always a favorite! With this game, your students can practise their Christmas or Winter words.
This game is played in teams. One person of each team gets a card and must describe the word on the card, without saying it. The rest of the team must guess the word. For each word the team can guess, they get a point. The team with the most points, wins the game. This game features 24 words and comes in 2 versions: easy and difficult.
Both versions are available in full color and in black and white.
PDF format for easy printing.
These worksheets are a great way for ESL students to practise their winter or Christmas vocabulary as well as their reading skills. They are also very useful for Year 1 or 2. These worksheets feature 24 new words.
The read and match worksheets come in 3 levels:
-word to picture
-phrase to picture
-text to picture
I have also included 4 reading passages with questions.
This resource is available both in full color and in a printer-friendly black and white version.
PDF format for easy printing.
These worksheets are a great way for DAF or
German core students to practise their zoo animal
vocabulary as well as their reading skills. These
worksheets feature 20 new words.
The read and match worksheets come in 3 levels:
-word to picture
-phrase to picture
-text to picture
Also included: 2 gap filler exercises and 2 texts
with multiple choice questions.
This resource is available both in full color and in a
printer-friendly black and white version.
PDF format set to letter size for easy printing.