A fun one that students absolutely love to replace hangman: Draw a person on the whiteboard who is falling into the ocean with a parachute. In the ocean, about to eat the person, is a shark. The person is wearing a backpack with ropes that go to the parachute. When a wrong letter is guessed, I delete a rope. When the ropes are gone I delete the hands, and if the ropes are deleted then I delete the parachute and drag the person into the sharks mouth. Students absolutely love it and it's a lot more customizable than hangman. You can change the shark for other animals, the students can draw different parts of the setup (they add some really funny touches to it), and you can make a backstory for why they are about to fall into a shark's mouth in the first place. We also like to say that the person parachuting is one of the students and the class is trying to save each student from getting eaten, which adds a really nice personal touch for everyone where they are working together to save themselves and their friends
I draw a volcano 🌋 with some houses near it. Every time they get a wrong answer the lava edged closer. It works well with 2 teams too if you put a house on either side of the volcano. th-cam.com/video/u179bxwIZBk/w-d-xo.html
Some excellent suggestions for zoom meetings! When playing "hangman" with young students, I call the game "guy smiley." Instead of a noose we just build a guy with a happy face when guessing correct letters. Much more appropriate than hangman
We use a flower with five petals and two leaves. Each incorrect letter can either lose a petal/leaf or gain a petal/leaf depending on whether you choose to start with a full flower or just a stem. This represents seasonal change instead of violence.
Really handy. I'm a volunteer with the Hands Up project delivering sessions to children in Palestine. This has given me some ideas for easy games the kids will love :)
"hangman sucks" Subscribed immediately. Great video, you're just a good normal guy. No outlandish movements and constant fake smiling like on VIP kid videos. Just straight to the point, great stuff mate.
Bonjour merci pour ces super conseils et ces idées thanks a lot I will use some if these games with my pupils ....a great way to make English fun....merci
Thanks for the ideas! I don't like 'hangman' either - way too violent - so I do it differently. Rather than draw a bit of a person about to be hanged on each turn, I begin with a drawing and erase a bit each time they guess wrong. My drawings might be a snowman (find the word or phrase before he melts), or a chocolate easter bunny (find the word before he's eaten). My Grade One students love this game and they've become very good at quickly identifying letter combos and sight words.
Hangman is absolutely great for a large group of students, as well as different riddles. I had 60 and more students in one class and all that activities could be a real help for a teacher.
My university classes would start with hangman as people trickled in, though it did devolve into 200 young adults screaming "GOAT, IS IT GOAT?" for every iteration and every lesson...
Sunday is a my first class. And I have zero idea to go with this online stuff. Your video was a subtle stress buster. And i must mention motivating. Thank you.
I made a video when I was just startigng online classes th-cam.com/video/4mN03mo2IXQ/w-d-xo.html You can see how stressed I am by my big pink face and bloodshot eyes
Instead of "Hangman" I draw a picture of a bunny or elephant and as the kids guess "wrong" I erase a piece of the animal or object. You can also do it where as they guess a right answer, you draw an accessory onto the animal like shoes or something. It's been great fun and the most requested game!
Hahaha! Great suggestions thanks. I got my kids to wash their hands and then we played a game to wash other parts of the body. They laughed so hard when I said "wash your eyes." They went on to suggest wash your mouth!
Hangman is definitely not my favorite game, but it's the only game I've gotten to work well over Zoom in my situation--I have large classes and the kids usually don't turn their cameras on.
Hello and thank you so much for sharing these ideas of games with us. I am an English teacher in Brazil and I am looking another ways to teach English online during the Pandemic. Your video is amazing.
i respect the whole "get moving" thing and did it a lot in class pre corona but I feel like online like even as the teacher Im like, okay they probably just wanna sit down and not move
If you work with teenagers, most likely yes, they don't wanna move and some of them don't even wanna write. Younger kids, on the other hand, are all about moving, jumping, dancing and running. Since kids only pay attention for a limit of 8 minutes, it is imperative to keep them moving every other minute, if not, the class gets dull and boring.
We play all draw. I made it up. I will begin to draw something and when someone guesses correctly, I'll stop drawing and the whole class steps in and adds as many things to the scene as possible. For example: I drew a sailboat and when the kids guessed correctly, I had them add waves, fish, sun, clouds, and what ever else they could think of that would be in an ocean scene.
Hi everybody!!! I'll probably start the new school year ... online only. I'm looking for other sites such as bamboozle where you can hear the sound too... and there are tricks spread in the game. I think this is the best part of this site... my kids wanted to play bamboozle all the time (so that was a very, very good suggestion). If you have, please share new ideas. Thank you!!!!!
Just what I needed, thank! Last week before the Christmas holidays coming up and I always try to play some games...not so easy for adults sometimes! But this helps a lot!
Straight into it, no bullshit, here's 10 games. No stupid intro or music or anything love it, thank you so much
A fun one that students absolutely love to replace hangman: Draw a person on the whiteboard who is falling into the ocean with a parachute. In the ocean, about to eat the person, is a shark. The person is wearing a backpack with ropes that go to the parachute. When a wrong letter is guessed, I delete a rope. When the ropes are gone I delete the hands, and if the ropes are deleted then I delete the parachute and drag the person into the sharks mouth. Students absolutely love it and it's a lot more customizable than hangman. You can change the shark for other animals, the students can draw different parts of the setup (they add some really funny touches to it), and you can make a backstory for why they are about to fall into a shark's mouth in the first place. We also like to say that the person parachuting is one of the students and the class is trying to save each student from getting eaten, which adds a really nice personal touch for everyone where they are working together to save themselves and their friends
I draw a volcano 🌋 with some houses near it. Every time they get a wrong answer the lava edged closer. It works well with 2 teams too if you put a house on either side of the volcano.
th-cam.com/video/u179bxwIZBk/w-d-xo.html
Some excellent suggestions for zoom meetings! When playing "hangman" with young students, I call the game "guy smiley." Instead of a noose we just build a guy with a happy face when guessing correct letters. Much more appropriate than hangman
We use a flower with five petals and two leaves. Each incorrect letter can either lose a petal/leaf or gain a petal/leaf depending on whether you choose to start with a full flower or just a stem. This represents seasonal change instead of violence.
@@nikkicarson1579 the same here! I use guys on parachutes and if the letter/ answer is wrong his strap is cut= erased.
Still killing someone, but somehow a bit funnier. I like it.
I play "don't sink the ship." Draw a big boat and make 10 spaces on it for wrong letters. After 10 incorrect letters the ship sinks.
Really handy. I'm a volunteer with the Hands Up project delivering sessions to children in Palestine. This has given me some ideas for easy games the kids will love :)
Lots of love and light for you 💖💖💖
This is great because most videos drag things out for 20 minutes. Really succinct, fantastic thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
"hangman sucks"
Subscribed immediately. Great video, you're just a good normal guy. No outlandish movements and constant fake smiling like on VIP kid videos. Just straight to the point, great stuff mate.
Thanks. I don't really enjoy being on camera so I just want to get the points across quickly and go away.
I did too!
I like how precisely you present everything!
Thanks!
Thanks a lot. I'm a Math teacher and preparing an online class for the whole semester. Regards from Indonesia 🇲🇨🙏
"Touch your eye... Don't touch you're eye." Haha, love it.
simon says
Thank you for getting straight to the point!
Great ideas! And straight to the point! Thanks!
Thank you so much! The switch to online isn't as intimidating anymore with these ideas.
It’s definitely more tiring at times - class management is different online, but I got the hang of it fairly quickly.
I love that you think Hangman sucks. Great list!
Bonjour merci pour ces super conseils et ces idées thanks a lot I will use some if these games with my pupils ....a great way to make English fun....merci
Thank you!!¨I needed some great ideas, keep my student engaged!!
You are so welcome!
I love this video is simple with not a long introduction and with an excellent warm-up activities
Thanks. Mostly I dont like being on a camera, but I hate videos that don't get to the point quickly
This comes in handy, pretty helpful. THX!!!
New ESL teacher in the making, and thank god you shared Baamboozle... saved my life with my class tonight!
hangman is awesome! if the sentences are long enough they will easily be able to get it, and i find it keeps their attention pretty well.
Thanks for sharing and I need some games for young learners.
The best online resource that I've found for ESL games.
Thanks a lot for sharing!!!!!
THANK YOU!!! Your video is quite straightforward!
i wish I could give you more than just one like! Great video, thanks!
straight to the point like it thanks
Thanks!
Thanks for the ideas! I don't like 'hangman' either - way too violent - so I do it differently. Rather than draw a bit of a person about to be hanged on each turn, I begin with a drawing and erase a bit each time they guess wrong. My drawings might be a snowman (find the word or phrase before he melts), or a chocolate easter bunny (find the word before he's eaten). My Grade One students love this game and they've become very good at quickly identifying letter combos and sight words.
th-cam.com/video/u179bxwIZBk/w-d-xo.html Here is another idea for game points (not just hangman). This one is good if you have 2 teams.
Hangman is absolutely great for a large group of students, as well as different riddles. I had 60 and more students in one class and all that activities could be a real help for a teacher.
My university classes would start with hangman as people trickled in, though it did devolve into 200 young adults screaming "GOAT, IS IT GOAT?" for every iteration and every lesson...
Sunday is a my first class. And I have zero idea to go with this online stuff. Your video was a subtle stress buster. And i must mention motivating. Thank you.
I made a video when I was just startigng online classes th-cam.com/video/4mN03mo2IXQ/w-d-xo.html
You can see how stressed I am by my big pink face and bloodshot eyes
awesome ideas! Thank you!
FABULOUS VIDEO. Thanks for this!!
Glad it was helpful!
Well, next week I'll be starting our free trial EFL class. This is helpful. Greatly appreciated.
Yes! I’ve played some of the games you suggest here, and they really make a big difference! Thank you!
Instead of "Hangman" I draw a picture of a bunny or elephant and as the kids guess "wrong" I erase a piece of the animal or object. You can also do it where as they guess a right answer, you draw an accessory onto the animal like shoes or something. It's been great fun and the most requested game!
I got my version called sharkman. I draw a pic of a man with steps leading down to a big shark. The kids love it.
Yay for the games. Thank you for your ideas.
You are so welcome!
too good thanks can play this game's in class
Thank You!!!!!! You saved My life!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you. You are a life saver because our school has fun activity week and I needed some ideas because the learners are all online.
Happy to help!
Thank you for sharing games
Very very inspring video! Also helpful with actual classroom! Thanks!
omg ive been searching this for years thank you so much
Hahaha! Great suggestions thanks.
I got my kids to wash their hands and then we played a game to wash other parts of the body. They laughed so hard when I said "wash your eyes." They went on to suggest wash your mouth!
Totally work. Thanks so much!
You saved my life! Thanks!
What a great video. Thanks. It really helps me in my sunday school class.
Thank you so much.
I love you man. You went straight to the point. 👍👍👍
Thank you very much for these creative games ideas!
Oh my Goodness! thank you 🙏🏻 May God bless you
thank you so much for these ideas!
You're so welcome!
Thank you so much! Excellent ideas!
Thanks for those game ideas
WOW, super clear, simple and all activities are super fun!
Thank you! As a second language teacher, these suggestions are reasonable and helpful.
Hangman is definitely not my favorite game, but it's the only game I've gotten to work well over Zoom in my situation--I have large classes and the kids usually don't turn their cameras on.
this is helping me! thank you so much Mister!
I will definitely be using some of these with my students come spring thanks alot!
You just saved me! Thank you for this!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!!!! I really appreciated, you made a hugh difference. you are so creative!
Thank u.u ve gvn some nice ideas.I vl b doing one tomorrow.Compliments From Sri Lanka.
Most welcome 😊
I have been doing a lot of these games with my little students... Thanks for sharing!
Very helpful, thank you very much!
Great suggestions but smile more!!
Thanks a lotttttt!!!! I'm eager 2 get + ideas about games. Warm hug from Argentina
Hello and thank you so much for sharing these ideas of games with us. I am an English teacher in Brazil and I am looking another ways to teach English online during the Pandemic. Your video is amazing.
I loved it! finally some ideas that actually work!
Excellent ideas
Amazing>>>couldn't be better than this
PERFECT !!
thanks ^^
i respect the whole "get moving" thing and did it a lot in class pre corona but I feel like online like even as the teacher Im like, okay they probably just wanna sit down and not move
If you work with teenagers, most likely yes, they don't wanna move and some of them don't even wanna write. Younger kids, on the other hand, are all about moving, jumping, dancing and running. Since kids only pay attention for a limit of 8 minutes, it is imperative to keep them moving every other minute, if not, the class gets dull and boring.
Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot for the ideas! I think my class is gonna be fun with these games.
thanks
It's very fantastic
thanks muchos. great ideas
You are so welcome!
We play all draw. I made it up. I will begin to draw something and when someone guesses correctly, I'll stop drawing and the whole class steps in and adds as many things to the scene as possible. For example: I drew a sailboat and when the kids guessed correctly, I had them add waves, fish, sun, clouds, and what ever else they could think of that would be in an ocean scene.
That’s a great idea! Good for introducing a topic.
@@Easyeslgames1978 Just be sure if it's little kids to turn on the name annotation button in case you get scribblers. You can call them out! Lol
It is very much useful.
OMG thank you so much for the suggestions you shared! Now, my students will enjoy more the classes Lol
Hi everybody!!! I'll probably start the new school year ... online only. I'm looking for other sites such as bamboozle where you can hear the sound too... and there are tricks spread in the game. I think this is the best part of this site... my kids wanted to play bamboozle all the time (so that was a very, very good suggestion). If you have, please share new ideas. Thank you!!!!!
Thank you for these ideas!
I play a hangman a lot, they really love it. But instead of a hangman I draw a smiley face, so no cruelty
Your video was pretty helpful. Thank you very much!
Excellent suggestions!! Thank you ;)
Thank you! these activities will help me
Cool! Thanks!!
Thank you ... by watching this you gave me idea how to improuve my zoom session with the K1 students 🙏
Manyy thanks!!!!
thank you sooooooo much!!!
Hi..I'm Iwan from Indonesia. Thanks for your impressive ideas.
Love the game suggestions, will definitely try this. thanks
Many thanks 🤩🤩🤩 this is fun
Thank you! Bamboozle is fantastic!!
We agree!
Wow! That's a great video and thank you for sharing Baamboozle. It's just real gold!🏆👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Baamboozle was THE REVELATION. Thank you teacher!!!!!
Yeah Baamboozle is a lifesaver. I'm trying not to overuse it
Thank you the best!!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much sir for sharing this knowledge to us... God bless😊
It's my pleasure
very nice ideas for teaching English. Will be using some of these myself. Appreciate the sharing!
Thank you! Good luck with the classes!
very helpful. thanks teacher
Just what I needed, thank! Last week before the Christmas holidays coming up and I always try to play some games...not so easy for adults sometimes! But this helps a lot!
I don't speak very well English, I teach French but I love these videos, very helpful!
Glad you like them!
thanks a lot for your recommendations
Cool video! We just played "hide and seek" with 24 students!
Thanks!! I loved all the activities!