Students will take turns and MUST put down the cards in numerical order. Once the cards are mixed, ask students to take 10 random cards and tell them not to show the cards to the other students. Next, ask students to put all their cards face down in the middle of the group and mix them up.

Give one set of cards to each student and put them into groups of 3/4. For this game, prepare a set of number cards for each student (for this example, we will use a set of 10 cards numbered 1-10). This fun ESL card game can be used to review numbers. For more ESL activity videos, check out our videos page. This kind of game is so simple, but kids absolutely love it! Especially when they guess it correctly. To help them guess the answer they can use ‘Telepathy’ to read the teacher’s mind. In this game, students will be asked, ‘How many (puppies)?’ and then they will see two possible answers. Here is one of Games4esl’s ‘Telepathy Games’ about animals and numbers. 4: Number Guessing GamesĪ great way to practice numbers while also teaching ‘How many?’ and plural nouns is to play a fun numbers guessing game. So, by having a few sets of this game in your classroom you will have a fun and exciting numbers game to use in your class for years to come. All the materials that come with the Zingo game are durable and can be re-used. The first student to fill up his/her zingo card is the winner. The student must then try to match that number card to a number picture on his/her zingo card. Then students will take turns in sliding the ‘zinger’ to reveal a number card.

To play, each student will have a different ‘zingo card’. It is a fast-paced and exciting bingo/matching game.One set can be played by up to 6 players. Zingo is an award-winning game that develops children’s counting, addition, and number recognition skills. If they succeed, then they get a point for their team. If you have a large class, then an alternative way to play this game is to divide the class into teams. If two students stand up at the same time and say the same number, then they lose. Any student can stand up at any time they want. Then, another student must stand up and say the next number (two). Then, tell the students that when the teacher says ‘Go!’, one student from the class must stand up and say the first number (one). For this example, let’s choose the number 5. The number you choose will depend on your class size and how difficult you want the game to be. As well as practicing numbers, this game is great to use as a warm-up activity.

English games for kindergarten