A 5-Minute English Game You Can Play With Your Kids Tonight
Looking for a fun way to help your child practise English vocabulary — without turning it into “homework”? Try anagrams. It’s one of my favourite classroom games because it needs zero preparation, works for almost any age, and turns vocabulary review into a race your kids will actually enjoy. How to play You can play…
Mistake
It was a dull spring Wednesday. The heart of the week, which is so hard to endure when one is constantly deprived of holidays. David stepped onto the floor tentatively. He was not yet ready to abandon his soft warm bed entirely so he grabbed the edge with all his might. Maybe, it would last,…
Anagrams
Anagrams is a game, which is definitely one of my personal favourites. Anagrams are a really fun way to review vocabulary at the beginning / end of the lesson or the week, which doesn’t require ANY preparation. The only thing a teacher needs to do is to mix up the letters of each word they…
Predict, Read, Remember: A Simple Reading Lesson Routine
Before diving into a new article or coursebook text with a student, I like to use this quick, game-like routine. It gets learners predicting vocabulary, reading actively, and testing their memory — all before we even start discussing the content in depth. It works well with teens and adults from around B1 level up, and…
Relative clauses
Use the following board game with your students to check their understanding of Relative clauses. There are two types of exercises: fill the gaps with the correct pronoun (which, who, where, etc.) join two sentences using the correct relative clause (Some students, who love studying, do online courses). As a follow-up, you may ask your…
Soft Citrus Cake
Cake Wheat flour – 200 g Brown sugar – 70 g Butter – 100 g Eggs – 3 Orange (about 200g ) – 1 Baking powder -5 g Syrup Lemon juice – 30 ml Water – 30 ml Sugar – 40 g Honey – 1 tbs Mix eggs and sugar with a mixer for about…
Porous chocolate cake
Ingredients: butter – 100 g dark chocolate – 200 g cocoa powder – 1 table spoon sugar – 50 g milk – 200 ml flour – 200 g corn starch (maizena) – 1 table spoon baking powder /baking soda – 1 tea spoon ( + a few drops of lemon juice) In a small pan,…
Easy dinner:)
Ingredients: salmon steaks soy sauce olive oil garlic salt spinach leaves bread sweet potato potato curry pepper Roasted potatoes: Place sliced potatoes and sweet potatoes on a tray, add salt, soy sauce, olive oil, curry, minced garlic, and a few table spoons of water. Roast at 200º for about 40 minutes. Then, grill for another…
Who are you?
Assign each student a secret identity (or allow them to choose one). These might have to do with a particular topic, e.g. jobs, or just be famous people of their choice. One at a time, the students enter a ‘party’ and start chatting to each other (in pairs / groups). The goal is to determine…
A picture’s worth a 1000 words
photo by Arpan Banerjee Every picture tells a story — and this simple warmer gets your students telling theirs. It’s a great way to spark creativity, build vocabulary on the fly, and get even shy students talking, since there’s no “wrong” answer when you’re just imagining. Works well with all levels, from young learners to…