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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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