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ESL games for kids

These are the games teachers open most often when the lesson is in English and the students are little. Each one loads in a tap, works on a projector, a laptop or a shared screen, and all but the drawing game take any of our 55 vocabulary packs — so the same game becomes a new lesson every week.

Nothing here needs an account, a download or an evening of cutting. Pick a game, pick a topic, and the words are already inside.

Games in this collection

Interactive Game

Garden of Pairs

Every card is a seed packet in a walled garden. Turn one and it blooms; find its twin and the pair stays in flower, with a butterfly to prove it.

  • Ages 3–11

Interactive Game

Seaside Bingo

A boardwalk bingo parlour at dusk: the wire cage tumbles its wooden balls, the drawn word rolls down to the rack, and you stamp your card till the sign lights up.

  • Ages 4–11

Interactive Game

Deck of Wonders

A magician's deck in a curtained study: brass filigree backs, a true 3D flip, and a horn that says the word out loud. Keep what you know; the rest returns.

  • Ages 3–11

Interactive Game

Letter Forge

The letters come out of the fire scrambled. Strike them onto the anvil in order, and the word quenches in a hiss of steam.

  • Ages 5–11

Interactive Game

Dawn Sky Festival

Every letter hangs beneath its own hot-air balloon at sunrise. Guess the word before six balloons drift away, and the whole fleet lifts it into the sky.

  • Ages 5–11

Interactive Game

Painter's Attic

A secret word arrives on a painter's palette and you draw it on a real easel canvas — brush sounds, paint-blob colours and a skylight for a timer.

  • Ages 5–11

Interactive Game

Coral Deep

A word is spoken and the fish swim past carrying pictures. Tap the one that matches, and a pearl drops into the shell.

  • Ages 3–11

Interactive Game

Sorting Orchard

Four fruits on a branch and one that does not belong — or baskets to sort them into. The rule is always said out loud at the end.

  • Ages 4–11

Printable packs

Print & go

Animals

  • 26 words

Food

  • 20 words

Colours

  • 12 words

Numbers

  • 11 words

Family

  • 16 words

Actions

  • 16 words

Send as homework

Five joyful minutes at home: the child listens, taps the right picture and collects stars.

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Questions teachers ask

What age are these ESL games for?

Roughly 3 to 11. The picture games (flip cards, memory, bingo, draw it) work from three; the letter games (word scramble, balloon words) need a child who already recognises letters, usually five or six and up.

Do I need to prepare anything before the lesson?

No. Open the game, choose a topic from the dropdown, and the words, pictures and audio are loaded. If you want paper too, every topic also has printable flashcards, a poster, bingo sheets and a worksheet.

Can I use them with a whole class, not just one student?

Yes. Bingo, the name wheel, the team maker and the scoreboard are built for groups; memory, flip cards and draw it work just as well projected for the whole room as they do one-to-one.

Is it really free?

Yes — every game, every printable and every article. There is no account, no trial and no advertising. It was built by a teacher who got tired of paywalls in the middle of a lesson.

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