Below you will find some tips and ideas on how to use our interactive dictionaries and flashcardss in the classroom. Scroll down to explore!
There are 36 topic-based online dictionaries designed for kids learning English. Each one introduces twelve vocabulary words through pictures, text and sounds, and comes with a set of interactive flashcards to learn and practise new vocabulary by doing simple exercises.
Great for building vocabulary, these activities can be used as warmers and fillers, or as a fun starting point for further work. Also, you can download some corresponding worksheets to learn offline.
Find out more about how to work with our picture dictionaries and interactive flashcards to learn and practise English vocabulary online:
To browse all of our picture dictionaries sorted alphabetically by topic, use this resource guide. For worksheets that go well with our picture dictionaries and online flashcards, visit the printable resources section.
Our picture dictionaries - fun, interactive and easy to use - are groups of twelve words related to common subject areas reflecting kids' interests. With the help of them your students can learn spelling and pronunciation of 432 English words, and see what they mean. You can also print related worksheets.
There are twelve pictures at the top of the activity board. Click on the picture of the word you want to learn.
Now listen, read and repeat. There is also a short definition of the word (useful for older kids).
Below each picture dictionary you will find a set of interactive flashcards (pictures and words only) for easy visual learning and practising. Each flashcard set contains the same words as the corresponding picture dictionary.
First, you can see pictures of the words. They are arranged alphabetically. Scroll down to see them all.
Click on the pictures to see their English names. Then click on the words to see their pictures again.
Use these flashcards to practise new vocabulary by doing simple exercises. For example:
• Try to guess the English words!
• What's this?
• Find the words beginning with...
• I can see something that begins with the letter...
• How do you spell...
There are several ways to use our flashcards, and you are welcome to add your own ideas. Here are some suggestions to inspire you.
Say words in the mother tongue. Kids have to find and read aloud the English words.
Say things related in meaning to the words on the flashcards, for example opposites or definitions.
Ask kids to write as many words on the first letter of the topic as they can in five minutes.
Have kids make sentences including one, two or as many of the flashcard words as possible.
