Dancing Fashcards

This is something kids love to do. Plus, it's veeery easy to prepare. Guess what you need to do it... that's right, Paper! Oh, and a pen which can't be that hard for you to find somewhere. :)

Well, here goes. Get some of the vocabulary your students are practicing and write one word on the top right hand corner of a sheet of paper. I recently did this with clothes, so I wrote pants, dress, gloves, shirt and shoes, one word on five different sheets and taped them up in different parts of the room.

You can add more words to my list and even do this with actions like: swimming, sleeping etc.

Next, tell your students you're going to be playing a song which they have to get up and dance to till you stop the music. When the music stops they have to run to one of the papers and draw whatever's written on the sheet. Give them a minute or two to draw and then start the music again.

I usually make sure everyone has had a chance to draw each word. You can keep these up around the room for a while and when you take them down, they can be used as flashcards. Flashcards made by your students.

I like to cover up the words and have them tell me what the drawings are. I use them frequently to review vocabulary or hide for them to find. One student leaves the room, I hide the paper. When the student comes back in, he has to find the flashcard by having the other students tell them if they are hot or cold.

The more we get our students to prepare their own material the more excited and involved they get.

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