Online Resources for Learning English in Israel for Elementary Students
If you are looking for online resources for learning English in Israel for elementary students, there are plenty of websites to choose from. But finding a game online is easy. Finding the right activity for the child’s English level and what they are currently learning can be much harder.
That is one of the reasons I created the online games and activities at In English with Debbie.
As an English teacher in Israel, I wanted online resources that I could actually use in my lessons — activities that were fun for children but also had a clear learning purpose.
Today, the In English with Debbie website includes over 500 interactive ESL games and activities, covering everything from first letters and beginner vocabulary through grammar, reading, speaking and Band vocabulary.
Let's practice - 3 pictures to practice the present simple 
A picture of Pete the Cat on a skateboard 
A picture of a sun and a flower and the alphabet 
Online game with die, animals as counters and an alphabet board game.
Why use online English games?
Children learn best when they are actively involved.
An online game gives them a reason to read the word, choose an answer, remember vocabulary, build a sentence, or think about a grammar rule.
And because it feels like a game, they are usually happy to practise something more than once.
That repetition is important.
Students often need to meet a new word or grammar point many times before they can use it confidently. Online games make that repeated practice much less like another worksheet.
They can also be used in lots of different ways:
together with a teacher in a face-to-face lesson
during a Zoom or online English lesson
as a quick warm-up or lesson review
for individual practice
as homework
for revision before a test
at home with a parent
Online English games organized by level
One of the things I feel is most important is level.
A fun game is not very useful if the English is far too difficult, or far too easy.
That is why many of my online games are connected to the same levels I use in my workbooks and teaching materials.
Speak Easy Tots
For very young beginners who are taking their first steps in English.
Activities focus on early vocabulary, listening, recognition and becoming comfortable hearing and using English.
Speak Easy
For young learners beginning to build their basic English vocabulary and understand simple language.
The games give students another opportunity to practise the words and language they are learning without simply repeating workbook exercises.
A to Z for You and Me
These activities are ideal for children learning and reviewing the English alphabet, letters, sounds and beginner vocabulary.
The A to Z for You and Me collection currently includes over 25 interactive online games.
Easy Read
For children beginning to read English. This is one of the more popular levels.
Online activities can support letter sounds, word recognition, phonics, early reading and vocabulary while helping children develop confidence as readers.
Level 1
Once students have basic reading skills, they can start working with a much wider range of vocabulary and simple English texts.
My Level 1 materials cover more than 30 everyday vocabulary categories, and the online Level 1 collection includes over 50 interactive games.
Students can practise vocabulary, reading, grammar and sentence skills in a much more playful way.
Level 1A
As students progress, the language becomes richer.
They begin working with longer texts, comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and short pieces of writing.
Online games are a great way to reinforce these skills between more structured activities.
Level 2
At this stage, students are able to work with a wider range of English.
Games can be used to review grammar, vocabulary, reading and sentence structure and give students repeated exposure to language they are expected to understand and use.
Level 2B
Students continue developing their grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary and writing while becoming more independent English users.
Interactive practice is particularly useful here because students can revise a skill without feeling that they are simply doing another exercise.
Level 3
For older elementary and middle-school learners, the games become more challenging.
My Level 3 online set includes over 25 interactive games reviewing vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing.
These can be played during a lesson or given to students for additional practice at home.
More than just the level games
I also have online resources that teachers can dip into according to what they are teaching.
You will find games and activities for:
ABC and phonics: Letter recognition, sounds, early reading and spelling.
Vocabulary: Everyday vocabulary as well as more advanced Band vocabulary.
Grammar: Interactive practice for grammar taught from elementary school onwards.
Reading: Activities that help children move from decoding words towards understanding texts.
Speaking and Get Talking activities: English should not only be something children answer on a page. My Get Talking resources are designed to encourage students to actually use English, answer questions and communicate.
Workbook-linked games: Many of the online resources connect directly with my leveled workbooks, so teachers can teach a topic and then immediately reinforce it through play.
Online games work well in face-to-face lessons too
“Online resource” doesn't have to mean “online lesson”.
I use digital games when I am sitting in the same room as my students too.
We may spend part of the lesson with cards, a workbook, conversation or a boxed game and then use an online activity for five or ten minutes to review what we have learned.
That change of activity can completely refresh the lesson.
For teachers, it also means you don't need to prepare a different worksheet every time you want to revise something.
Open the game and play.
Useful for teachers AND parents
Teachers can use the games as part of a planned lesson, but parents can also use them at home.
You don't have to teach an entire English lesson.
Ten minutes of the right kind of English practice can be extremely valuable.
Choose something at the child's level and let them play, read, answer and try again.
The aim isn't to race through levels.
It is to help children feel:
“I understand this.”“I can do this.”“English is something I can enjoy.”
That confidence makes a huge difference.
Online English resources created for students learning English in Israel
I
believe there is value in using materials created by someone who teaches ESL students here in Israel and understands what our students are learning, where they often struggle and how much difference enjoyable repetition can make.
That is what I have tried to build at In English with Debbie.
From beginner ABC activities to Level 3, grammar, vocabulary, reading and speaking games, teachers and parents can choose resources that suit the child rather than simply searching the internet for another English game.
If you're looking for online English games for kids in Israel, elementary ESL resources, or interactive English activities for Israeli students, take a look through the online levels and choose the one that best matches your student.
Learn it. Practise it. Play it. Use it.
That is when English starts to stick.
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