Here are some spring and summer themed activities to help fill the long days. See also Outdoor Activities for a Sunny Day.
Sounds of Summer
On our online-focused sister site learnhip.com we have the perfect audio quiz for you. Can you recognise these familiar summer sounds. It’s a great way to elicit and activate topical vocabulary.
Holidays Conversation Lesson
A holiday lesson plan with vocabulary and conversation questions related to going on holiday.
Summer Scatter Sheets
There are some summer-related Scatter Sheets in our free ebook: In the garden & The countryside.
Half Crosswords
There are also some summer-related Collaborative Crosswords a printable pairwork activity: At the Beach, Camping and Hiking, İn the Garden.
Scavenger Hunt
If you’re lucky enough to be able to leave the classroom, a scavenger hunt is a fun outdoor activity. There’s lots of ways for this to expand into interesting conversations.
Mixed-up Idioms
Can your students unscramble these idioms about plants, trees and flowers.
Summer Charades
This is a miming game for those distinctively summer activites, It’s a good way to practise the present continuous tense too. Cut up the activity cards and put them face down on the table. Students take it in turns to turn over a card and act out the activity while the other students guess what they’re doing.
I’m going on holiday and I’m packing…
This is a fun “guess the rule” activity.
Think of a secret rule that decides what can be packed in a suitcase. For example:
- The word must have six letters
- It must start with a vowel
- It must be an uncountable noun (like milk, information, air)
Then start the game like this:
Teacher: “I’m packing my suitcase and I’m taking milk.”
Student A: “I’m packing my suitcase and I’m taking eggs.”
Teacher: “No, you can’t take eggs.”
Student B: “Can I take orange juice?”
Teacher: “Yes, you can take orange juice.”
Continue until a student correctly guesses the rule. (The items don’t need to make sense for a real suitcase — things like happiness or homework are fine if they fit the rule.)
When the round ends, ask students (alone or in pairs) to create their own rules and lead the game with the class.
Find Someone Who – back to school version
For the first class after the summer holidays this Find Someone Who activity is a great way for the students to catch up and relate their summer adventures.