Some ideas for kids Eikaiwa
Young kids
1. Alphabet Soup: Each participant will be given a letter of the alphabet and stand in the
room. The teacher calls out one letter and chases the person, until he tags them. The new
person now calls out a letter.
2. Alphabet Bingo: Participants write down 16 letters of the alphabet and teacher calls
out names of alphabet, participants cover that square.
3. Alphabet Memory: Participants will be split into two groups. Participants match
lower and upper case letters of the alphabet using cards that are face down. Each person
takes turn flipping over 2 cards, trying to get a match.
Older kids
1. Chinese Whispers: Practice listening and pronouncing easy English sentences and
words. Peter tells the last person in each row a sentence or word. The last person
whispers the word to the person in front of him/her, and then that person whispers it to
the next person. The first person runs to the board and writes the word or sentence. 50
points are given to the first team to finish, and up to 50 points are awarded for accuracy.
2. Who am I?: Practice simple conversational questions and answers. Then, participants
write simple sentences (with the aid of a worksheet) on three pieces of paper about
themselves. They do not write their name. The papers are collected and each participant
is given a slip. They must find the person who wrote the sentence, using English. Once
they find the person, the person must sign it in English and the participant gets a second
piece of paper and repeats the process. The person with the most slips of paper wins.
3. Pictionary: Participants will be put into two groups. Each group will be given a piece
of paper and marker. One person from each group will receive an English word. The
person must draw the word and the group members guess. First team to get the word gets
a point.