ESL Music Games
Let's Dance

ESL Dance Routine Activity - Listening, Vocabulary and Grammar: Total Physical Response (TPR), Creating and Following Instructions - Pair Work
Here is a fun dance routine activity to help students practice parts of the body, action verbs and imperatives. Next, create a large space in the classroom...
Musical Flashcards

ESL Music Game - Vocabulary: Identifying Vocabulary
This fun ESL music game is similar to 'Musical Chairs'. It's ideal for practicing or reviewing vocabulary with young learners. Spread out a set of flashcards in a circle on the floor. You should have one flashcard less than the number of students in the...
Musical Madness

ESL Parts of the Body Game - Vocabulary: Identifying, Following Instructions - Pair Work
Here is an amusing ESL game that combines music with learning parts of the body. Divide the students into pairs (Student A and B). Ask the A students to stand close together in a circle and hold hands...
Word Grab

ESL Music Game - Vocabulary and Listening: Matching, Identifying - Group Work
Here is a lively ESL music game to play with your students. Prepare a popular song that your students would like. Choose 10 to 18 words from the song that you want to practice. Write the words down on pieces of paper and stick them to...
Word Snake

ESL Music Game - Vocabulary and Spelling: Providing Vocabulary
This is a simple ESL music game to help students practice or review categories of words. Have the students stand in a circle. Give the students a category, e.g. animals. Play some music and the students pass the ball to each other. When...