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Flashcard Show

Teacher flashes a card quickly — children shout the word as fast as they can.

⏱ 5-10 min⚡ Medium energy👥 Whole class

📚 Vocabulary

• any picture vocabulary

• animals

• colours

• food

• numbers

• shapes

🛠 Materials

• Picture flashcards for current lesson vocabulary

📋 How to Play

Children sit facing the teacher.
Hold a flashcard face down so children cannot see it.
Flash it briefly — 1-2 seconds only — then hide it again.
Children shout out what they saw as fast as possible.
Confirm the answer — "Yes! It is a LION!"
Flash it again slowly so everyone can see and repeat.
Move to the next card.
Speed it up as children get more confident — faster flashes, quicker answers.

💡 Teacher Tips

✓This is the fastest vocabulary drilling game available — use it every lesson.

✓Add drama — make the flash very fast for excitement, very slow for suspense.

✓Let a confident child be the flasher once they know the vocabulary well.

✓Works brilliantly as a 5-minute warm-up before the main lesson activity.

🔄 Variations

→Show only part of the card — children guess the full image.

→Flash two cards — children must say both words in order.

→Silent round — children write or draw instead of shouting.

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