ESL Counting Games
Fizz Buzz

ESL Counting Game - Vocabulary and Listening: Revising Numbers, Identifying
Here is an enjoyable ESL counting game for practicing numbers 1 to 100. Sit the students in a circle. Students then count in turn going around the circle, starting with number one. Every time the number reaches a multiple of five, a student says 'Fizz'...
Frog Bob

ESL Counting Game - Vocabulary: Saying Numbers
Here is a highly entertaining ESL counting game to help young learners practice basic numbers. Get the students to squat like frogs in a circle. Students then count from 1 to one number less than the amount of students in the circle. For example, if...
Number Categories

ESL Counting Game - Vocabulary: Revising Numbers and Vocabulary, Memorisation
This fun counting game is useful for revising numbers and categories of words. Have the students stand in a circle. Students count in turn going around the circle, starting with number 1 and ending with 20. The student who says 20 then chooses...
Tinglish

ESL Counting Game - Vocabulary: Revising Numbers, Translating
Here is an engaging counting game that is a lot of fun to play. Have the students sit or stand in a circle. Students then play a counting game using English and their native language alternatively, e.g. English and Thai. The first student starts by...
7 Up

ESL Counting Game - Vocabulary: Saying Numbers
Here is an amusing counting game for young learners. Have the students stand in a circle. Students then count in turn from 1 to 7 going around the circle. The first student says the number 1 and then indicates which student should say the next number...