Total Recall (memory game)
Number of students: 4 -10
Time: 10 min
Age: primary school
Resources: any two objects
This easy no prep elementary ESL game can be used as a warmer for students of any age. It enables general vocabulary revision and improves short-term memory. This online memory game can also be played offline with objects in the classroom.
In this elementary online game there are 4 stages.
1. Ask your students to look around and find two objects they can name in English. They can go to bathroom, kitchen, bedroom. But set timer to 1 minute not to waste time. You should also prepare two objects like, for example, a sock and a coffee mug.
2. Hold these objects in front of the camera and say: «I’ve got a coffee mug and a sock. And you, Tom?» Students will present their objects one by one. Make sure they hold their objects high enough for everybody to see them during all this stage.
3. Say: «1, 2, 3, put one object on your knee» and put one object down on your lap. Students should do the same. Ask: «What is gone?» And turn on the stopwatch. Students should recall all the objects that are no longer in view. If they have difficulti
