10 Interesting & Fun English Speaking Activities for Your Kids
If English is your second language, you want your kids to speak English fluently. But English speaking practice for kids is not effectively possible only through textbooks and whiteboards. You can enrol them in classes exclusively teaching spoken English to kids. Another proven way of making your kids interested in spoken English is by adding a little bit of fun and adventure to English practice.
Try the following 10 enjoyable English speaking activities for kids and watch them look forward to the next practice session:-
1. Password
Password game helps in improving vocabulary. Make one kid stand in front of a group of kids with a placard over his/her head with a word written on it. The group of kids needs to give hints about the word to the kid standing with the placard to guess the word. For instance, if the word is “orange”, the hint can be that it’s the name of a fruit and colour.
2. Disappearing Text
Invite your kid’s friend over to your home. Write a sentence on the whiteboard and erase every word one by one. It will be fun to see who remembers what was initially written on the whiteboard until the end. You can catch pronunciation errors during this game. Disappearing text is one of its kind session for English practice for kids.
3. ESL (English as a Second Language) Board Game
Who doesn’t like board games? There are many ESL board games available on the market. You can choose from the ones which correct the grammatical mistakes to spelling errors. You can also get free printable ESL board games from the internet. Parents and teachers both can use ESL board games as an effective tool for English practice for kids.
4. Chain Spelling
This is one of the most innovative English activities for kids, focusing on sharpening listening skills while perfecting spelling knowledge. Let your kids and their friends stand in a row, and you give them a word. The first kid will say the first letter of its spelling, and the next kid will tell the following letter. One who makes a mistake can sit down. Keep playing this game with different words.
5. Would You Rather
This English speaking activity for kids is amongst the personal favourite of many parents and teachers. You need to ask questions to your kids based on fun and challenging two hypothetical scenarios. You can get as imaginative as “would you rather slide on a rainbow or jump on a cloud.” Be prepared to listen to some out of the box thoughts!
6. Picture it!
Get a whiteboard, marker, some kids and be prepared for a hilarious session of spoken English! Tell a kid to think about a picture of anything. A monster, alien, or superhero would be great picks. Now this kid needs to describe the image to his/her partner. The partner will draw the picture on the whiteboard based on the description.
7. Hide & Direct
Your kids must be well-aware of the directions to participate in this English speaking activity. In the game of hide & direct, one partner will hide an object in the corner of the room, and the other partner will be blindfolded. The kid with the blindfold will search for the hidden object based on the directions like left, right, under, above, etc., given by the partner.
8. Guess who
You need kids in the team of 2 for playing the game of guess who. Make chits with the name of famous personalities. Each pair will pick one chit. One kid will see the name on the chit. The other one will guess the personality by asking yes or no questions. You can keep the names of famous cartoon characters also. This game is ideal for improving vocabulary and spoken English in kids.
9. Yes or No
Yes or no is also played in pairs. One partner will ask a close-ended question to the other partner. But here’s the trick! The other partner is not allowed to answer in Yes or no. Any other sentence or word can be used. For instance, if the question is “do you like drawing” the answer can be “I love to draw” or “I am not a fan of drawing.”
10. Memory
Show 5 small objects to kids for a minute. Now hide the objects from them and see how many things your kids can recall. If you think it’s easy for your kids to remember 5 objects, make the game challenging by adding more items. Memory game is a unique English speaking activity for Kids which works both on their memory power and English speaking ability.
Conclusion
These English speaking activities also teaches the spirit of partnership and teamwork. Your kids and their friends will look forward to upcoming play dates with these fun games and activities at your house.
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