This website has helped make so many English classes fun for my elementary students!
Like the title says, this site has some great free resources for English teachers in Japan.
It has decks of vocab flashcards that you can use instead of physical cards (my schools flashcards are outdated with half are missing anyway), and simple review games for practicing the vocab. It even has pre-made lists of vocab that match the textbooks my school uses!
It's got other simple stuff that can be useful, like the hot potato game. It just plays music for a random amount of time, great for hot potato warm up games. And the random points game is super nice for doing team quizzes. The kids can pick cards to receive random points for their team, and the site tracks all points so you don't have to frantically do math and write on the blackboard. There's even a slot machine for teams to gamble their points if you want to increase the stakes.
It's free and you don't need an account, but if you make one you can edit the color scheme of the site and make custom decks of flashcards.
Stuff keeps getting added too! They just added a mock clothing store website, and the new typing tower defence game has been getting updates.
I don't know who else uses their laptop for most classes, but if you do this EiTake site might be fun for the students! And save you a lot of material prep time.
Are there any online tools you guys use a lot? I also use Altopedia for lesson plans a lot too!