Flashcards are generally the first thing I get out in a lesson. We use them to present language, drill and review and test it.
The students might see those flashcards multiple times so it's important to keep it fresh. Here is a list of flashcard techniques which I go back to whenever I feel what I'm doing is getting a bit stale.
- Say the flashcard
- Guess the card (show one student a card, other students must guess which card they saw. The winner gets to see the next card)
- Quick/slow reveal
- Disappearing cards (turn them over one at a time and keep repeating the whole sequence until the class remember it by heart and all the flashcards are turned over)
- Let a student be the teacher
- Kim's game (take one out and then lay them out again)
- Jump when you see the....
- Yes or No? Jump for yes and twist with hands on hips for no.
- Through the keyhole (make a keyhole in a piece of A4 card for children to look through.
- Pass the flashcard round the circle (extra difficult - send two in different directions)
- Make a circle with flashcards and use the dice to make a board game. Kids count round and say the flashcard they land on.
- Stick the flashcards to a giant cube/dice and let the kids roll.
- Run and touch (put the kids in lines and flashcards on the wall)
- Leap frog from mes-english with rock paper scissors.
- Postman (The post goes from scissors to pen) The children sit in a circle and the caller stand in the middle and calls and tries to steal a space.
- Memory
- Place flashcards around the room and shut your eyes. Kids must stand under a flashcard. The name of the flashcard you call is out/the winner.
- Mime the flashcard
- Treasure hunt - hide the flashcards around the room (for smaller classes)
- Tabboo - describe the flashcard
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