Merriam-Webster's Word Central has the Games section with  Alpha-bot, Robo-Bee, BIGbot, Jumble Kids games - nicely designed and funny, these games will help students improve their vocabulary skills in an easy and active way. The games are a good thing to make vocabulary practice the students' favourite.

I'm joining Fabulous Find Friday to share with you a word generator from Game Gal that you can use for quick game time fillers, indoor PE, or rainy day activities.I plan to bookmark this to have quick access to fun games like Charades or Pictionary. It does the ''thinking'' of the word for you. So cool!I can also see how you could use this for ...

Are You Ready For Some Swat?!?! We play a game in my class called ''Swat! Vocabulary Game'' where we all have individual fly swatters & we swat the words on index cards on our desk. Then I learned how to play Team Swat, we play boys against girls & I project the vocabulary words onto the white board with my Elmo ...

I have recently found this great way to assess understanding of concepts and math vocabulary. Split the class up into groups of 4-6. Each group gets a set of small cards which each have on them one maths related word. The first thing they have to do is write on each card, under the math related word which is at the top, three words that people ...

Pop, Pop, Pop!! Our Kindergarten teacher shared a super game/activity kit from Lakeshore Learning with me this week.  I tried the Pop and Match beginning sounds and ending sounds kits with my Kindergarteners and first grade students.  They absolutely loved these game kits.  I found the kits to be a great way to talk about basic vocabulary words ...

As I said in my previous post, I really love using games with my English Language Learners!  This week we tried a new game called Skip-Bo Junior.  Wow!  My kids had a blast with the game and much laughter was heard in the room.  My older students (upper elementary) especially got into the game.  You would have thought we were in Las Vegas or ...

Nickie Simmons! A HUGE  THANK YOU to all who entered! Even if you did not win the premium version, you should still try out the FREE version.  I have to admit I LOVE the Premium version, but the FREE version is still very, very, cool! Stay tuned for my honest review of the 3 weeks [...]

Once in a while I read something and I find myself thinking, ''Now, why didn't I think of that?''. Well, Richard Gresswell had such an idea. He started a blog, called it ELTBITES, and challenged us: ''Describe an activity that requires no more than the teacher, students, and possibly making use of the board, pens, and paper. Describe the activity ...

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Incorporating vocabulary is essential in every classroom from English to science.  Making the vocabulary fun and engaging is even more dificult, some teachers just hand out a vocabulary list and have the students memorize them. (SNORE!)  A few of my favorite ways to incorporate vocabulary into the classroom is by playing games.  I created a ...