Links to Games for New English Speakers

Here are some links to games for children who are brand new to English...

• Match the animal pictures
  A matching game where names are read out so student can match pictures to words.
• Recognise sounds in poems
  Reads poems a loud and students select the sound they hear and see eg. 'ee' sound
• Play snap to match the vowel sounds
  Match the vowel sounds to beat the timer.
• Recognise animals
  Match words to learn animal names
• Learn the names of sea creatures.
  Paint the sea creatures different colours to learn their names. (New speakers may need a partner to help them at first)
• Guess the animal
  Guess the animal to reveal the picture. Names are read aloud.
• Paint the rainbow
  Learn the colours by painting the picture
• Paint the room
  Learn the colours and names for the items in the room
• Paint the playground
  Learn the vocab for playground items as you paint them
• Paint the shapes
  Learn the names of different shapes as you paint them
• Trolley dash
  Fun game where you need to select items from your shopping list at the supermarket
• Paint the vehicles
  Paint the vehicles to learn the words for different forms of transport
• Clifford the big red dog
  Sentences are read aloud and you can put in one word to finish the sentence.
• How the alphabet got it's order
  Helpful for reinforcing the order of letters of the alphabet
• Left to Right
  A little movie about reading from left to right in English
• The Vowel Sounds Movie
  A little movie about the vowel sounds
• Letter names and sounds
  There are many stories which show you the letter names and the sounds that they make
• Stories to read
  Many stories for kids who are new to English. They are read aloud to you.
• Spell the numbers
  Learn about the digits and how you spell the words for each digit
• Make a monster
  Follow directions to make a monster. You can listen to the names of the clours and body parts.
• Alphabet order
  Put the alphabet in the right order
• Alphabet song
  Listen to the alphabet song
• Alphabet antics
  Select the matching letter from the alphabet but watch out for the snake!
• Starting letter sounds
  Get the caterpillar to eat up the starting letter sound
• Reading - Storyline
  Famous actors reading stories with activties to match
• Jigsaw puzzles
  Just for fun...