San Diego Zoo Kids is an amazingly beautiful interactive site for kids. They can watch videos, play games, access animal webcams, learn about zoo jobs, and even get instructions for a craft or two. If your class is studying animals I highly recommend this site.  I have added this to my Amazing Animals for Kids Binder.

Click on the image to begin the game. Match the meanings of the idioms to the dots on their left, and match the vocabulary to the images. Note that for your scores to be recorded, you would need to register (it's free, no strings attached, no spam) at Purpose Games, where the game is hosted. These are the idioms tested in this game: talk turkey We ...

This time, I feel generous, and I'll explain the meaning of the idioms first. If you think you know them, you can skip the explanation and go straight to the game. Match the meanings of the idioms to the dots on the left, and match the vocabulary to the images. Note that for your scores to be recorded, you would need to register (it's free, no ...

As usual, check the exact meaning of the idioms if you aren't sure as, sometimes, I have to condense the clue for it to fit in the box. Match the meanings of the idioms to the dots on the left, and match the vocabulary to the images. Note that for your scores to be recorded, you would need to register (it's free, no strings attached, no spam) at ...

Be sure to check out the rest in this series: Part 1 (Transport) Part 2 (Animals Ants - Birds) Part 3 (Animals Bees - Cats) Part 4 (Animals Dogs) Part 5 (Animals Elephant - Flea) Part 6 (Animals Fly - Hawk) Part 7 (Animals - Horses) Part 8 (Animals - Horses Part 2) Part 9 (Animals Kittens - Lions)

This game, Part 9 of this series, has a mix of idioms, meanings of idioms, and images of animals. The first three sentences are the meanings of idioms. Match the idioms in the clue box to these. The last three are idioms with the missing animal. Match their meaning to the dot on the gaps, and match the animal to the images. Even if you don't ...

As in Part 7, this one is on horses, too, and the idioms are given as the clues. Unfortunately, a couple of them are long ones, so you will see only a part of them. However, being so kind, I'm listing the full idioms below ;-) put the cart before the horseget on your high horsehold your horsesfrom the horse's mouthI could eat a horseYou can ...

Here's part 7 of this series on idioms. This time, the meanings are given, and you have to match the idioms to them. As I've mentioned several times before, the clue box allows a maximum of 34 characters (I think), so I have to adapt to this restriction one way or another. For this game, however, I decided to let the idioms simply truncate, so ...

The sixth in this series of games on idioms. Please appreciate that I have to keep the clues short due to space restriction. Feedback appreciated! Be sure to check out the rest in this series: Part 1 (Transport) Part 2 (Animals Ants - Birds) Part 3 (Animals Bees - Cats) Part 4 (Animals Dogs) Part 5 (Animals Elephant - Flea)

Perhaps some of you might have noticed that I haven't included the meanings of the idioms, but rather, go straight into the game stage. I think it's a better way of learning, and since I haven't heard any complaints so far, I'm carrying on the same path. Please note that, in any case, you are advised to look up the full meaning of the idioms as ...