Holiday Sudoku and ESL Christmas games

I shot this video after school on my own time, with student volunteers who helped me out before going home.

I briefly go over 3 easy games you can play and adapt to a holiday or Christmas theme.

I use the points-under-the-flashcards game ALL the time – especially with large or combined classes- it’s an easy way to get my shogakusei paying attention and rooting for their team.

The magnet/sticker game sometimes works best if you have smaller or alternate stickers to give to the “losers” or all the kids who didn’t get a chance to pick a card. Sometimes I ask a simple question, like “2+2=?” in English to pick the student who gets to pick a card for a try at a sticker, so they have to “earn” it a little, but sometimes I just pick a random number or let the HRT pick.

Holiday Sudoku is found here:

They have a harder one with the word “wreath” that I will use next week, since the “snow” one was way too easy for my Jr High kids. But they enjoyed it.

Thanks for watching, commenting and rating.

-Jason

PS – My Xmas flashcards were mostly from GenkiEnglish.net

Have fun!