Fun English activities for the Summer Holidays

Offline Activities:

1. Show off your skills and become a teacher

Find a recipe of your favourite food in English. Record a video of yourself cooking,
explaining the ingredients and directions (ask parents to help if necessary). Food is a
great way to learn new vocabulary and culture.
Don’t like cooking? Well, if that’s the case, find something else you have mastered and
would like to teach to others (in English!): how to play a video game, how to dance hip
hop or even how to fix a bicycle flat!

2. Keep a journal/diary
Essays can be boring if you’re not interested in the topic. They’re great for academic
development but it’s summer time, so wait for the new school year to focus on your
school work again. Over summer, why not keep a diary? Every day write half a page in
your native language and use the other half of the page to write it out again, this time in
English. This will build up your natural understanding of sentence structures and
importantly, you’ll be enjoying what you write. Fill your diary with pictures, tickets and
mementos so you can look back on it for years to come.

3. Play Scrabble
Scrabble is a classic board game in which players use random lettered tiles to create
words in a crossword fashion. It’s a fantastic way to strengthen your English vocabulary.
Playing Scrabble challenges you to really think in English as you try to come up with
different words with your set of letters. If you have the board game, invite your friends
or family to come and play with you. You can also play Scrabble online through websites
like Facebook, where the game is called Words With Friends.

4. Sing Karaoke
Learn a few English songs and sing along with them. It might be interesting to finally learn
the meaning of the lyrics to some of your favorite English songs.
Both FluentU and Lyrics Training are great online platforms to learn the lyrics to your
favourite English songs.
You can sing at home while you’re cooking, or gather some friends and practice together.
Singing English songs is a great way to practice speaking and intonation, plus you can have
fun singing songs that you already know and enjoy.

5. Become a top critic

Read an amazing book? Discovered a delicious new restaurant? Watched a cool movie?
Travelled to an exciting new city? Why not write a review of your experiences? Include
best bits, worst bits, photos, advice and why you’d recommend it, and help your friends
and family discover these great new places too. Check out these examples to give you
some ideas.

Websites
Below is a huge list of excellent websites that will allow you to practice your English with a
range of activities and interactive games. There are sites to practice reading, writing,
speaking, listening, grammar and vocabulary, and there is something there for every age
group and English ability level! Have a look and find one that suits you.

Writing
https://thinkwritten.com/writing-prompts-for-kids/
http://www.pobble365.com/
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/englangarts.html

Reading
https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/comprehension.html
https://www.storyplace.org/front

Listening
https://bussongs.com/
https://lyricstraining.com/

Speaking
https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/esl/speaking-conversation.html

Grammar and Vocab

http://www.sunniebunniezz.com/index.html
https://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/index.html
https://www.roythezebra.com/
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm

Mixed skills
https://quizlet.com/en-gb (Search for any grammar point or vocabulary topic)
https://wordwall.net/ (Search for any grammar point or vocabulary topic)
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html
https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/resources/monthly.html
https://mrspancake.com/index.php/doodads/show_one_category/category/literacy/
https://www.kidzone.ws/
https://www.toolsforeducators.com/ (make your own activities)
https://www.netmums.com/summer/summer-activities-for-kids
https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com(make your own activities)

Have a fantastic
summer!