I love technology. I especially love my Ipad. I remember the first year I started using it with my students. We were mesmerized - probably me most of all. The last few weeks of school came around and for some reason, the Ipad wasn't in my bag. So I pulled out an old ratty set of homemade flash cards. We played go fish. We played matching games. We used them for a really silly game of Headbandz. At the end of the week one of my students said, "This was the most fun we've had all year! Please bring your cards again next week." I guess my personal lesson was about moderation in all things. That, and there is nothing than can replace realia, manipulatives and pictures when teaching language.
Without further ado, here are my favorite places to find cards to teach language.
Bogglesworld has a ton of really helpful and free materials. I use the flashcards and the bingo card generators to make flashcards. Also bingo. LOTs of bingo. When you play games with language learners, you are modeling how to speak. Students are repeating the concepts over and over again. They are matching the word with the picture as well as with how the word actually sounds.
Carl's corner is not an ESL site, but has a ton of picture cards that are cute and free. It's run by a retired teacher and the site has more than I know what to do with.
All you need is a printer (color is best but not a dealbreaker), some cardstock (If you use index cards sometimes you can see thru them) and a gluestick and scissors. Now that I am not teaching kids I still make them and give them away. They are the first things to go at every workshop I offer.
Enjoy!
Without further ado, here are my favorite places to find cards to teach language.
Bogglesworld has a ton of really helpful and free materials. I use the flashcards and the bingo card generators to make flashcards. Also bingo. LOTs of bingo. When you play games with language learners, you are modeling how to speak. Students are repeating the concepts over and over again. They are matching the word with the picture as well as with how the word actually sounds.
Carl's corner is not an ESL site, but has a ton of picture cards that are cute and free. It's run by a retired teacher and the site has more than I know what to do with.
All you need is a printer (color is best but not a dealbreaker), some cardstock (If you use index cards sometimes you can see thru them) and a gluestick and scissors. Now that I am not teaching kids I still make them and give them away. They are the first things to go at every workshop I offer.
Enjoy!