Warm-Up Games

Quick speaking warm-ups on topics kids love, with students talking from the first minute

How To Play

1Read a short story on a fun topic
2Open the key words, fun fact, and tongue twister
3Play quick speaking games on the topic
4Finish with a creative speaking task

What Students Practice

Vocabulary

New words from every topic.

Reading

A short story starts every warm-up.

Pronunciation

Tongue twisters get mouths moving.

Speaking

Questions that get everyone talking.

Great for: Online 1:1 Small groups Whole class Homeschool

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Build It Games are interactive ESL speaking games where students build a pizza, a pet, a monster, and more, one choice at a time. With every pick, students answer in a full sentence using patterns like “I want…”, “It has…”, and “I’d like…”, so they practice everyday vocabulary and sentence structure while they play. The games work in online ESL classes on KoalaGo, Zoom, or ClassIn, or on a classroom smart board, and students don’t need their own accounts. Use Build It as a warm-up, a brain break between activities, or an end-of-class reward, then have students describe their finished creation for extra speaking practice. Build It is part of our collection of ESL reward games, and new games are added regularly.