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Winter activities

Winter is the term when nobody goes outside and everyone is a little tired. It wants calmer games, shorter rounds and topics children can feel: the coat they are wearing, the weather they walked through, the holiday they are counting down to.

Clothes is the quiet star of this season — it is on every child's body, so the lesson has props before you plan anything.

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

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

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

Sleeping Fox

A fox sleeps in the clearing and the microphone keeps watch. Stay quiet and he sleeps on; get loud and he wakes with a start.

  • Ages 3–11

Printable packs

Print & go

Clothes

  • 12 words

Weather & sky

  • 16 words

Sweet treats

  • 16 words

Send as homework

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

Winter holidaysClothesWeather & sky

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Winter holidays — English games for kids

Winter holidays: 16 English words with pictures, 5 ready games and 4 printables for kids — flashcards, a poster, bingo and a worksheet. Free, no accounts.

  • 5 min

Questions teachers ask

What do I do when they cannot go out to run?

Move in place: an action-verb round at the desk, freeze when the timer stops, stretch to the ceiling. Two minutes of it buys back the ten minutes that were about to be lost.

How do I teach clothes without bringing a suitcase?

Use what is in the room. Everyone is wearing four of the words already — point, name, and let the children find each item on a classmate before you show a single card.

Which games suit a low-energy winter afternoon?

Memory and flip cards — slow, calm, and they still say every word out loud. Save bingo for the mornings, when there is enough energy to shout.

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