What a Pretty Girl! - Speaking and Writing Practice For the Youngest Students

I love using online games during my lesssons. It takes some time to find a proper one, but it's worth it. Here is the game I use with my 2-nd formers to give them some practice in describing people's appearance. It is ideal for their level as the vocabulary used there is just what they need right now.

Pupils click on the words one by one, choose the style they want and describe it.

 She has/has got green eyes.
or    Her eyes are green.

You can also practise other grammar aspects:

These are eyes. They are green.
This is a nose. It is small.

You can ask your pupil questions and they give short answers.

Here is a worksheet you can use as a follow-up activity (hometask).

My Room - speaking and writing for the youngest students

Children (especially girls) love playing decorating games, so I use Baby Room Maker and Pink Princess Room to help them learn how to describe a room and have fun at the same time. First, I decorate a room and describe it myself - the child listens/repeats. Then the pupil tries to decorate the room and describe it with my help. You can take several different rooms so it doesn't become boring too fast. As a hometask,  I ask the pupil to make a room (online) at home and describe it in written form (we practise that in class, too). At the next lesson s/he reads the description to me and I make a room following it. The pupil says if it's the same then. I use such online games not only to practise vocabulary (furniture and prepositions), but also the pronouns it/they + is/are and the usage of there is/are as well as articles (a/an/the).

                    
You'll find many more decorating games here. Have fun!

Here is a worksheet to practise writing.

Sleepy Santa - Hidden Object Online Game

Christmas is on its way! Hurray! I love this time of year and if you do, too, here is a nice online game for you (I've just found it on net).It's called Sleepy Santa. Santa is sleeping and doesn't know that Christmas is near. You should enter his dreams and find objects that don't belong there - so you show him that it's only a dream, not reality! Suitable for elementary and upper elementary students. And, of course, for everyone else :-) Have fun!