GAMES STEPS WHERE IT FIT IN EEE MODEL?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
WHAT’S MISSING? MATERIALS: None 
STEPS: 
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play STOP! 
 Say one of the target words in a sentence, e.g. It’s
sunny today. 
 Have the children mime in response. 
 Call out ‘STOP!’ for the children to freeze into a
statue. 
 Praise children who manage to freeze, e.g. Good
statue! If a child moves, ask them to sit out for a round,
e.g. Oh dear, you moved! Sit down a bit! 

Extension to lead to engage and exploit situations 

 A child who is out can call out STOP! They can also
help see who moved. 
 Eventually when children are all more confident with
the target language, they can take turns to be the leader
and give instructions (no longer an ___________
game). 
 GAMES STEPS WHERE IT FIT IN EEE MODEL? LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LISTEN AND DO MATERIALS: Flashcards or realia 
STEPS: 
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play listen and do! 
 Hold the visuals so children can’t see. Say one of the
new words in a sentence, e.g.It’s sunny. 
 Have the children mime in response. 
 Show the visual and praise the children, e.g. Yes! It’s
sunny. 

Extension: 
 Put children around the room in small groups, allocate
one of the target words to each group, e.g. This group is
sunny. Place the visual nearby to help them remember. 
 Have the children listen for their word and mime when
they hear it. 
 You can call out several words, e.g. It’s sunny and hot. 
 If the topic is related to the parts of the body, have
children get together in pairs and join themselves at the
part of the body when you call it out, e.g. arm along
arm, tummy along tummy. Careful with mouth and
eyes. Mouth, get children to blow kisses / air kiss
towards each other; Eyes, get children to stare at each
other. 
 GAMES STEPS WHERE IT FIT IN EEE MODEL? LEARNING OBJECTIVES
THE GUESSING GAME MATERIALS: Two of each flashcard (maximum of 16 in
total) 
STEPS: 
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play the guessing
game! 
 Begin by placing a set of flashcards on the floor, board
or wall, face up. 
 Using the other set of flashcards, select one and keep
it hidden. 
 Invite individual children to guess what it is, e.g.
depending on the topic: What is it? What colour is it?
What’s the weather like? Who is it? Depending on
ability, they can use different questions 

a) Sunny? 
b) Is it sunny? 
 If the guess is incorrect, say No, it isn’t. Ask the child to
turn over the named flashcard which is on the floor,
board or wall. This helps small children eliminate and
avoid asking the same thing multiple times. 
 If the guess is correct, say Yes, it is! and the child who
guessed correctly can come to the front and lead the
game. 
 Help them ask the topic question and respond using
Yes, it is, or No, it isn’t. Encourage the class to ask full
questions too, e.g. Is it sunny? 

Extension 
As children get more confident, instead of using the
picture cards use the word cards on the floor, wall or
 board. 

GAMES STEPS WHERE IT FIT IN EEE MODEL? LEARNING OBJECTIVES

THE MIME GAME MATERIALS: Flashcards 
STEPS: 
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play the mime game! 
 Model the game: do a mime and then ask the topic
question, e.g. [Mime it’s rainy], What’s the weather
like? Or [mime a colour] What colour is it? Or [mime a
daddy] Who is it? Or [mime a teddy] What is it? 
 Ask children to put their hands up to show they know
the answer and select a child. If they guess correctly, say
Yes, it is! and ask them to come forward as a volunteer. 
 Show them a flashcard and ask them to mime it for
the class to guess. Help them ask the topic question. 
 Repeat until all or a number of children have
volunteered. 

Extension 
 Instead of showing a flashcard, whisper a topic word /
phrase into the child’s ear. This will be quite challenging
as the child will have to understand what they heard to
be able to mime correctly. 
 If the topic is related to the parts of the body, have
children come up in pairs and join themselves at the
part of the body they want their peers to say, e.g. arm
along arm, tummy along tummy. Careful with mouth
and eyes. Mouth, get children to blow kisses / air kiss
towards each other; Eyes, get children to stare at each
other.
GAMES STEPS WHERE IT FIT IN EEE MODEL? LEARNING OBJECTIVES
STOP MATERIALS: None 
STEPS: 
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play STOP! 
 Say one of the target words in a sentence, e.g.It’s
sunny today. 
 Have the children mime in response. 
 Call out ‘STOP!’ for the children to freeze into a
statue. 
 Praise children who manage to freeze, e.g. Good
statue! If a child moves, ask them to sit out for a
round, e.g. Oh dear, you moved! Sit down a bit! 

Extension to lead to engage and exploit

situations 
 A child who is out can call out STOP! They can
also help see who moved. 
 Eventually when children are all more confident
with the target language, they can take turns to be
the leader and give instructions (no longer an
encounter game).