39 ESL Vocabulary Activities: For Kids (7+)

By Jackie Bolen

It is possible to teach English vocabulary to kids in an interesting, engaging and fun way!

 

Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor or an instructor without a textbook, you need more vocabulary activities, games, and teaching ideas for your classes.

 

If you're tired of wading through the junk on the Internet to find the one activity or game you can actually use, then Jackie and Jennifer are here to help. During their 20 years of teaching English, they've developed countless games and activities for their students. Now, they're sharing their favourite ideas for teaching English vocabulary with ESL teachers throughout the world.

 

In 39 ESL Vocabulary Activities for Kids (7+), you'll get over three-dozen ideas to use in your own classroom. The highly-detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. These clearly and concisely explained vocabulary activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students.

 

If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, Jackie and Jennifer's book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love!

 

Buy 39 ESL Vocabulary Activities: For Kids (7+) to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes! Make your classes even more awesome!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jackie Bolen
• Release date: Aug 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393584629

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Table of Contents

About the Author: Jackie Bolen...............................................................................................4

About the Author: Jennifer Booker Smith............................................................................5

Games and Activities for All Levels.......................................................................................7

Basketball Vocabulary Challenge......................................................................................7

Boggle........................................................................................................................................8

Concentration..........................................................................................................................9

Correction Relay...................................................................................................................10

Disappearing Words............................................................................................................11

Flyswatter .............................................................................................................................12

Human Logic Puzzle............................................................................................................13

Musical Flashcards..............................................................................................................15

Name 5 Things......................................................................................................................17

Odd One Out..........................................................................................................................18

Puzzles.....................................................................................................................................18

Q&A..........................................................................................................................................19

QR Code Hunt.......................................................................................................................20

Review Race...........................................................................................................................21

Rock, Scissors, Paper: Tell it Walking...........................................................................22

Scoot........................................................................................................................................23

Scrabble..................................................................................................................................24

Stack Attack...........................................................................................................................26

Synonym/Antonym Brainstorm Race..............................................................................27

Vocabulary Square...............................................................................................................28

Vocabulary Pictionary.........................................................................................................29

Word Association..................................................................................................................30

Word of the Day ...................................................................................................................31

Words in Words....................................................................................................................32

You're an Artist!....................................................................................................................33

Games and Activities for Lower-Level Students.............................................................34

Disappearing Text................................................................................................................34

Hidden Object Pictures......................................................................................................35

Last Person Standing..........................................................................................................36

Make a Sentence..................................................................................................................37

Memory Circle Game..........................................................................................................38

Steal the Eraser....................................................................................................................39

The Alphabet Game.............................................................................................................41

Vocabulary Word Hunt.......................................................................................................42

Word-Definition Match ......................................................................................................42

Games and Activities for Higher-Level Students............................................................44

Dictogloss...............................................................................................................................44

-er Dictionary Activity.........................................................................................................45

Is that Sentence Correct?..................................................................................................47

Speaking Bingo.....................................................................................................................48

Vocabulary Apples to Apples............................................................................................50

The Case for an Integrated Vocabulary Program...........................................................53

Copyright 2020 by Jackie Bolen + Jennifer Booker Smith

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About the Author: Jackie Bolen

I've been teaching English in South Korea for a decade to every level and type of student and I've taught every age from kindergarten kids to adults. Most of my time has centered around teaching at two universities: five years at a science and engineering school out in the rice paddies of Chungcheongnam-Do, and four years at a major university in Busan where I now teach high level classes for students majoring in English. In my spare time, you can usually find me outside surfing, biking, hiking or on the hunt for the most delicious kimchi I can find.

In case you were wondering what my academic qualifications are, I hold a Master of Arts in Psychology. During my time in Korea I've successfully completed both the Cambridge CELTA and DELTA certification programs. With the combination of almost ten years teaching ESL/EFL learners of all ages and levels, and the more formal teaching qualifications I've obtained, I have a solid foundation on which to offer teaching advice. I truly hope that you find this book useful and would love it if you sent me an email with any questions or feedback that you might have ([e-mail]).

More From Jackie Bolen

If you like ESL Warm-Ups for Adults, please leave a review wherever you bought this book and don't forget to check out my other books at the same time:

The Wealthy English Teacher is a book in which you can learn all about finances for ESL teachers abroad.

If you're interested in getting the most awesome job in South Korea—which is working at a university—please check out How to Get a University Job in South Korea.

If you teach speaking or conversation classes, you'll find two books useful First there is 39 No-Prep/Low-Prep ESL Speaking Activities: For Teenagers and Adults but there's also the version for children: 39 No-Prep/Low-Prep ESL Speaking Activities: For Kids (7+).

Jackie Bolen Around the Internet

ESL Speaking (www.eslspeaking.org)

Jackie Bolen (www.jackiebolen.com)

Twitter: @bolen_jackie

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About the Author: Jennifer Booker Smith

I have a Master of Education in TESOL and have spent fifteen years teaching students of all ages in Korea, from two-year-old preschoolers barely out of diapers to businessmen and even a semester as a teacher trainer at an education university. However, my greatest love is the middle primary grades—I left a fairly cushy teacher trainer position to return to the elementary classroom. In that age group, I've taught all ability levels from false beginner to near-native returnees.

During my time in the classroom, I've created countless board and card games and other resources. In this book, you'll find some of the vocabulary activities that I have used successfully (I’ve tried plenty