Flash cards are very versatile teaching resource especially for ESL and language teaching. They can be used virtually in any lesson and at every level of teaching ESL. In fact flash cards are indispensable for the beginner and elementary level as at these stages the learners are engaged in developing their vocabulary.

Flash cards are useful for teaching vocabulary in a number of ways: matching words to pictures, drilling vocabulary, concentration games, singular and plurals, nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.

Flash cards are also very useful for sequencing activities, pair work and group work.

Flash cards are very useful for teaching grammar structures as well.

This quote highlights the pedagogy/andragogy of using flash cards. For example “Howard Gardener's multiple intelligence theory reminds teachers that there are many types of learners within any one class. Gardener's research indicates that teachers should aim to appeal to all the different learner types at some point during the course. It is particularly important to appeal to visual learners, as a very high proportion of learners have this type of intelligence. Flashcards can be bright and colourful and make a real impact on visual learners. Many of the activities outlined below will also appeal to kinaesthetic learners.”

It is not difficult to find flash cards, you just have to Google the term and then surf the websites to locate the relevant flash card resources. However not all teacher have the necessary of time that is required to do this so I have collected some of the websites for ease of reference and access. I hope that this resource is useful for colleagues own use in their classrooms as well as using flash cards to produce imaginative worksheets to share on ESL printables for benefit of all.

This document is divided into six sections.Sections 1: these are articles/documents that provided variety of ideas for how to use flash cards in your classroom

Section 2: This section provides links to many excellent and well-known websites where you can download flash cards.

Section 3: To make the document even more useful I have also included the website links in alphabetical order, so you can go straight to the subject you are interested in. This section is not complete and I will update it from time to time.

Section 4: this section is a collection of some of the major and best sites for clip art.

Section 5: clip art sites in alphabetical order.

Section 6: These are some of the substantial collection of flash cards that are stored on my books folder on Mediafire but ones which you may not hace come across. Enjoy!

I will continue to add links to this document so put it into your favourite.

Section 1: How to use flash cards

Suggestion of activities to be used with flash cards for any level.http://www.topenglishteaching.com/directory/material/flashcards/flash_cards/article.htm

using flash cards in language learninghttp://apprendre-anglais.blogspot.com/2006/12/using-flashcards-in-language-learning.html

top 30 fun and education flash card activities. This alone makes it worth a visithttp://www.k-3teacherresourcesmembers.com/Sample_Pages/Sample_Downloads/101_Ways_to_Use_Word_Cards_Top_30.pdf

This is an excellent site creates by one of our esl printable members and has phenomenal access to resources. A must visit.http://myeslcorner.blogspot.com/2008/10/ideas-to-use-flashcards-in-class.html

This site provides free esl flash cards on different topics.http://www.teachchildrenesl.com/flashcards.htm

Clip art cards that can be used with songs and other activities. Excellent for kids.http://genkienglish.net/clipart.htm

http://ww2.ac-poitiers.fr/ia79-pedagogie/IMG/pdf/Use_flashcards.pdf

tips for using flash cardshttp://busyclass.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=9

Section 2: flash cards websites

An excellent site that provides free flash cards in colour in 3 different sizes. Can be used for variety of activities.http://www.eslflashcards.com/

This is a premier site for free flash cards and associated activities.http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards.php

A site that provides flash cards suitable for kids and in various sizes.http://www.esl-kids.com/flashcards/actions.html

The description for the flash card section reads: “Here you can create and print free custom flashcards. There are more than 70 different categories with over 1100 different words that you can choose from. The interface is very easy to use and you can have your flashcards printed in seconds!”http://www.barryfunenglish.com/flashcards.html

Another really useful site with access to hundreds of colour A4 flash cards http://www.esljunction.com/esl-efl-flashcards/esl-tefl-efl-flashcards.html

Jan Brett site is a treasure trove for 100s of activities for children including flash cards. A must visit site and one which needs exploring especially for primary grade teachers.http://www.janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm

The flash cards are in PDF format and also available in two sizes and there are lots of them under different categories.http://www.english-4kids.com/flashcards.html

Tons of picture flash cards form this site at your fingertips.http://www.foreignlanguageflashcards.com/language/english-as-a-second-language-esl

6 set of flash cards. Worth a visit.http://teacherslove.blogs.sapo.pt/tag/flashcards

14 categories of flash cards that will add spice to your teaching http://www.learningesl.com/flashcards/

100s of picture flash cards for colouring about animals, birds and insects- must visit for primary teachershttp://www.coloring.ws/animals.html

A goldmine of pictures and flash cards for learning foreign languages including ESL.http://www.myfreeflashcards.com/page/2/

This is another site with lots of quality flash cards but the they can’t be downloaded only viewed online in PDF format. http://www.theenglishe.com/files.php?Cat=22

This is a site well-known to everyone here and has lots of useful flash cards on offer.http://bogglesworldesl.com/cards.htm

This is a cool site with cool pictures on variety of things including a few flash cards.http://www.eslthemes.com/index.htm

Index of flash card folders from adjective to weddingshttp://www.kids-pages.com/folders/flashcards/

Real pictures and flash cards on various themes.http://www.lessonsense.com/tag/flashcards/

Quality flash cards that are related to certain course books but of course can be used for other activities.http://www.expresspublishing.co.uk/flashcards/flashcards.php

Real sizzler of a site full of ESL activities and resources including flash cards.http://www.jmeacham.com/emergent.readers.htm#seasons.weather

This is another site by esl printables member with excellent resources including flash cards.http://www.orianit2.edu-negev.gov.il/chazonasd/sites/homepage/victoria/p3animals.htm

Lots of pictures and flash cards useful for various lesson activities for kids.http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards.htm

Interesting collection of equality flash cards –well worth a visithttp://ourlittlesmarties.com/2009/03/18/diy-flash-card-11/

100s quality photos to illustrate vocabulary – great for advanced learnershttp://www.insidestoryflashcards.com/index.html

Selection of flashpaper flash cards printable but can’t be saved.http://www.flashcardhub.com/

Range of flash cards collections -useful

http://home.comcast.net/~wildjazmin/dad/FlashCards.htm

This is indeed a sizzler with excellent resources for children but also includes flash cards for variety of topicshttp://www.sparklebox.co.uk/misc/other/seneal.html

A brilliant site for children with special needs with lots of flash cards and pictureshttp://www.childrenwithspecialneeds.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=66

Verbs clip art flash cards - usefulhttp://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//FLClipart/Verbs.html

11 topic based clip art flash cards of good quality for young childrenhttp://www.speechteach.co.uk/p_resource/clipart/clipart_intro.htm

These flash cards will certainly liven up your classhttp://www.1-language.com/eslflashcards/

K-3 resources. It’s a fee payinh membership site but the free stuff includes flashcards and a range of other printables for the classroom. Well worth a visit.http://www.k-3teacherresources.com/free_stuff_for_teachers.html

Though they are for another language but the pictures are high quality and can be used for ESLhttp://www.keetoowahcherokee.org/animals.pdf

Though these flash cards and lessons are for French the pictures can easily be copied and the lessons modified for ESL purpose.http://www.learnanytime.co.uk/French/Food%20and%20drink%20(1).htm

Old English vocabulary flash cardshttp://www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/OldEnglishFlashCards1.pdf

A fantastic site with materials galore including flash cards and colouring page – must must visit.http://www.janbrett.com/index.html

Quality flash cards in PDF format on variety of topics. Excellent stuff.http://www.eslkidslab.com/flashcards/index.html

section 3: alphabetical order flash cards

action flash card sethttp://www.englishraven.com/flashcardsactions.html

action flash cards powerpoint presentation for present continuoushttp://www.knepprogram.com/knep%20Actions%20Flashcards.ppt

alphabet animal flash cardshttp://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/animal-abc/a.html

excellent quality animal picture flash cardshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/6340123/Animal-Picture-Flashcards

flash cards of real pets - usefulhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/3485194/Real-pets-flashcards

alphabet flash cardshttp://www.calgaryislam.com/imembers/pdf/sisters/SC02.pdf

animal sethttp://www.scribd.com/doc/4085837/Picture-Flashcards-Animals-for-Teaching-English-to-Kids

farm animals flash cardshttp://koreaplus.net/files/AnimalsFarm_Flashcards1_564234.pdf

animal pictures for colouringhttp://www.englishsube.com/uploads/p5/5r/p55rbEZJ_2jYxkh5bKdDKA/English-Animal-Flashcards.pdf

animal clip arthttp://www.michellehenry.fr/flashcards%20animaux.doc

humorous cat paintingshttp://www.wallcoo.net/paint/CatDreams_01/

animal flash cardshttp://cambridge.org/elt/resources/young/flashcards/animals_3.pdf

whales and dolphinshttp://akidsheart.com/flash3/animals/whaleclips.pdf

coral reefhttp://akidsheart.com/flash3/animals/animplants.pdf

bodyhttp://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/henry/corps.htm

body partshttp://www.dmitryvolokhov.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/flash-cards.pdf

body part froghttp://www.eflfrog.com/pdf/body.pdf

body parts and lessons.http://www.eslflow.com/humanbodylessonplans.html

body part flash cards and lesson for adultshttp://www.queenslibrary.org/ext/ALP/PDF_teachers/Session_01-We.pdf

body flash cardshttp://h1.ripway.com/newbb77/Human%20Body.pdf

daily routine pictures and flash cardshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/5481692/-Daily-Routine

food fruits cliparthttp://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphics/graphicsclipartanimations/clipartgraphics/Clipart%20Batch%202/fruits%20clipart.doc

food sethttp://www.scribd.com/doc/4085758/Picture-Flashcards-Food-for-Teaching-English-to-Kids

beautiful picture flash cards about rainforest – useful for work on the environment.http://action.ran.org/images/b/bf/RainforestFlashCards.pdf

civics flash cards - Americahttp://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/M-623_reversed_colors.pdf Christmas flashcards, pictures and resourceshttp://www.michellehenry.fr/christmas.htm#clip

city town flash cards and lessons ideashttp://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/ville.htm#clip

feelings and emotions

http://www.skillsworkshop.org/esol/e1feelings.pdfhttp://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/projects/reap/Documents/Family%20Activity%208.pdf

http://www.englishbox.de/

food flash cardshttp://www.slrc.ir/ESL%20flashcards%20-%20food%20(virtual%20class%20lesson%202).doc

http://www.slrc.ir/ESL%20flashcards%20words%20(virtual%20Class)%20lesson%201.doc

food flash cardshttp://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1171664923304Food%20Cards.pdf

fruit flash cards and othershttp://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphics/graphicsclipartanimations/clipartgraphics/Clipart%20Batch%202/fruits%20clipart.doc

fruits, berries, vegetables and mushrooms flash cards good quality. 10 pageshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/6408760/Fruit-Berries-Vegetables-and-Mushroom-Flashcardsfruit English/French flash cardshttp://www.petitsfilous.co.uk/downloads/flashcards.pdf

fruit flash cardshttp://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/greenwich/accounts/subjects/ictteam/Resources/QCA%20Lesson%20Plans/1d%20labelling%20and%20classifying/Support%20Files/fruits.ppt

quality fruit images/flash cards for learning vocabularyhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/11158686/6-Fruit-Images-for-Teaching-Vocabulary

flash cards house sethttp://www.scribd.com/doc/4086197/Picture-Flashcards-The-House-for-Teaching-English-to-Kids

health flash cardshttp://www.skillsworkshop.org/esol/e1myhealth.pdf

hospital flash cards – has lots of other related flash cardshttp://www.hospitalenglish.com/flashcards/files/medication_flash.pdf

insect pictures and vocabulary cards

https://apologia.securesites.net/pdfs/notebook/Zoology_one_Flashcard.pdf?zenAdminID=3cf93174c142e6bdb576c86c5f593099&zenAdminID=3cf93174c142e6bdb576c86c5f593099&zenAdminID=adcea34396abb141712924887ace9147

music flash cardshttp://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/music/FlashCards.pdf

number flash cardshttp://printable-flash-cards.com/

opposites adjectiveshttp://h1.ripway.com/newbb77/Sentence%20Structure%20-%20Part%202%20-%20Opposites%20(A5).pdf

opposite flash cards for learners advanced vocabularyhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/6392795/Opposite-Word-Flashcards

past and present picture of inventionshttp://www.access2academics.com/Past%20&%20Present%20Pictures.pdf

people fl flash cards good for describing people lessonshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/9842268/People-LW-Flashcards

people american famous flash cardshttp://staffweb.esc12.net/~dgreen/documents/8thflash-people.doc

phonics flashcards and worksheets – very useful indeed.http://www.stickyball.net/phonics.html

sea seasidehttp://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/mer.htm#flash

Set of flash cards - schoolhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/4086187/Picture-Flashcards-School-for-Teaching-English-to-Kids

shape flash cards in colourhttp://www.tlsbooks.com/shapeflashcardscolor.pdf

transport colouring pictureshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/7619946/Transport-Coloring-Pages

transport set

http://www.scribd.com/doc/4086183/Picture-Flashcards-Transport-for-Teaching-English-to-Kids

cars flash cardshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/8290558/Cars-Flashcards

weather pictures and lessonhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/5481590/-Weather

section 4: Clip art websites

Clip art

http://www.clipartclipart.net/gifart_topics/topic_Science_Fiction/

http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/space/aliens/

http://www.clipartheaven.com/search/alien.html

http://www.designedtoat.com/space.htm

http://www.clipartguide.com/_search_terms/alien.html

http://www.1netcentral.com/clipart.html

http://www.barbspics.com/feel/i_emotion/i_Curious.html

http://www.grandmasgraphics.com/

http://www.clipartlab.com/scenery.php

http://www.best-of-web.com/search_term_pages/scenery.html

http://www.swensonfunnies.com/index.htm

http://www.allfantasyart.com/photomanipulation.shtml

http://www.stablegirl.com/fantasy-wh.html

http://www.hasslefreeclipart.com/cart_fantasy/page1.html

http://www.clipsahoy.com/people/fantasy.htm

http://www.graphicgarden.com/

http://www.cutecolors.com/

http://www.clipartheaven.com/

http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/babies.shtml

http://www.countryclipart.com/baby.htm

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/index.htm

http://209.197.74.29/search_term_pages/asian.html

http://www.clipartguide.com/_search_terms/asian.html

http://classroomclipart.com/

http://www.theclipartsite.com/free-clipart-index.php

http://parenting.leehansen.com/downloads/clipart/border/index.htm

http://www.clipartandcrafts.com/clipart/borders/index.htm

http://www.squidoo.com/clipartborders

http://www.scrapbookscrapbook.com/graduation.html

http://www.thelittlepillow.com/download_Dec2006.htm

 http://members.tripod.com/bradylake/clipart.html

http://www.graphicgarden.com/

 http://www.cutecolors.com/

http://www.clipartheaven.com/

http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/babies.shtml

 http://www.countryclipart.com/baby.htm

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/index.htm

http://209.197.74.29/search_term_pages/asian.html

 http://www.clipartguide.com/_search_terms/asian.html

http://classroomclipart.com/

http://www.fg-a.com/freeclipart.shtml

http://www.clipartof.com/gallery/clipart/funny.html

http://www.mille-soeren.dk/07_Clipart_JPG_GIF/01_div/side01_en.htm

http://www.keltawebconcepts.com.au/clipart.htm

http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/fairies.shtml

http://clip-art.kaboose.com/fairies-clip-art.html

http://members.tripod.com/RebaGal6/clipart.html

http://www.free-clipart-archive.com/

http://www.coolarchive.com/clipart.php

http://www.frogsvilleusa.com/clipart/index.html

http://www.clipartclipart.net/gifart_topics/topic_Science_Fiction/

http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/space/aliens/

http://www.clipartheaven.com/search/alien.html

http://www.designedtoat.com/space.htm

http://www.clipartguide.com/_search_terms/alien.html

http://www.1netcentral.com/clipart.html

http://www.barbspics.com/feel/i_emotion/i_Curious.html

http://www.grandmasgraphics.com/

http://www.clipartlab.com/scenery.php

http://www.best-of-web.com/search_term_pages/scenery.html

http://www.swensonfunnies.com/index.htm

http://www.allfantasyart.com/photomanipulation.shtml

http://www.stablegirl.com/fantasy-wh.html

http://www.hasslefreeclipart.com/cart_fantasy/page1.html

http://clipart.peirceinternet.com/sports.html

http://www.clipsahoy.com/people/fantasy.htm

http://www.al-islam.org/gallery/kids/Clipart/people/people.html

http://www.fg-a.com/freeclipart.shtml

wonderful clip art on various topicshttp://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm

interesting graphics for teachershttp://members.tripod.com/~jane2bob/index.html

Free seasonal fun and holiday printables including paper crafts, clip art graphics, iron ons, bookmarks, labels, stickers, decorative scrapbook art, checklists and labels for home and school crafts - non-commercial use only.http://parenting.leehansen.com/Printables/

colouring pages and lots of other stuff.http://www.coloring.ws/

worksheets and other lesson ideashttp://teaching-frenzy.blogspot.com/2009/02/food-worksheet.html

http://www.geocities.com/mrsjacksonsclass/fathersday.htm

section 5: clip art sites in more or less alphabetical order.

colouring pageshttp://www.kidsuki.com/search.php?q=spongebob&p=3

clip art linked to US school topics – very comprehensive collectionhttp://www.school-clip-art.com/

clip art outline maps of world regionshttp://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/clipart/index.html

1950s cartoon clip art plus many other topics.http://www.timetunnel.com/pdf/Cartoon-Clip-Art.pdfhttp://www.timetunnel.com/pdf/

huge variety of clip art for kidshttp://akidsheart.com/misc/clip.htm

dog clip arthttp://www.imagejungle.com/collections/PDFofDogclipartcollection1e.pdfhttp://www.imagejungle.com/

kittens pictures/photoshttp://kittens.sytes.org/

animals clip arthttp://www.fotosearch.com/pdfs/SUE101.pdf

teddy bear clip art and lots of other topicshttp://www.kidsturncentral.com/clipart/herobears.htm

huge collectionhttp://hcmc.uvic.ca/clipart/

It is divided into the following sections: Abstract, Academic, Agriculture, Animals, Arts, Astrology, Backgrounds, Black & White, Buildings, Business, Cartoons, Character Collections, Colorful, Communications, Concepts, Decorative Elements, Emotions, Fantasy, Flags, Food, Government, Healthcare, Household, Industry, Leisure, Maps, Nature, Occupations, Pastel, People, Personal Appearance, Plants, Realistic, Religion, Sciences, Seasons, Signs, Sites, Special Occasions, Sports, Symbols, Technology, Tools, Transportation, Travel, Weather and Web Elements.http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us

clip art sites and resourceshttp://www.michellehenry.fr/clipart.htm

furniture clip art siteshttp://www.furnitureclipart.com/links.html

technology clip arthttp://www.ripley.k12.oh.us/CmpClipart/pcClipart.htmhttp://www.freeanimatedclipart.com/technologyclipart.htmhttp://www.wilsoninfo.com/computerclipart.shtmlhttp://www.iclipart.com/search.php?keys=Computer&andor=AND&cat=All&tl=clipart&id=106_10_3_17http://www.picturesof.net/search_term_pages/computer.html

funny clip arthttp://www.clipartguide.com/_search_terms/joke.htmlhttp://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/animals/dogs/http://www.best-of-web.com/search_term_pages/funny.htmlhttp://www.picturesof.net/search_term_pages/funny.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/~butt79/weird/weird.htm

Do you remember our Flashcards Fanclub??http://www.eslprintables.com/forum/topic.asp?id=59

Making digital flash cards with PowerPoint tutorialhttp://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/tutorials/pptflashcards.pdf

http://www.vsdbs.virginia.gov/StudentPages/Stefani/Stefani'sClipArtReview.doc

Section 6 : the substantial collection of flash cards and clip art stored in my Mediafire books folder which you may not have come across

Inside out flash cardshttp://www.mediafire.com/?nggkiuwytnm

Picture flash cardshttp://www.mediafire.com/?2obom4zvomz

High frequency words – flash cards and word wallhttp://www.mediafire.com/?j0anzimtqno

Animal flash cardshttp://www.mediafire.com/?tglnzizyugn

Autumn flash cardshttp://www.mediafire.com/?l3w2izwl3zm

Chapter 1-9 flash cardshttp://www.mediafire.com/?nyoqzjjt5cvhttp://www.mediafire.com/?mmkxzzyiyijhttp://www.mediafire.com/?y0dzjhazmemhttp://www.mediafire.com/?zmbek5zlozthttp://www.mediafire.com/?yjdoctujnjbhttp://www.mediafire.com/?nttydyc3mbghttp://www.mediafire.com/?mrdd5dztznjhttp://www.mediafire.com/?n2dmrhnmi1hhttp://www.mediafire.com/?mkzyiztg0o5http://www.mediafire.com/?zkzm1rnymh1

Clipart animal clothes flashcardshttp://www.mediafire.com/?wojv0myjy1e

Clothing flashcardshttp://www.mediafire.com/?22z0ymmzmfnhttp://www.mediafire.com/?dzwjzmwhdoz

ESL teachers flash cards packhttp://www.mediafire.com/?mmwjmyjd5ki

Flash cards for excellent bookhttp://www.mediafire.com/?odznjzmggww

Flashcards many topicshttp://www.mediafire.com/?nmtyhzmwy21

Flashcards zip folderhttp://www.mediafire.com/?wygzniemnbq

Flashcards incredible English 1http://www.mediafire.com/?qhnjdztkmni

Flashcards minihttp://www.mediafire.com/?1ntjnyakdf2

Flashcards Welcome 1 bookhttp://www.mediafire.com/?oej4zzdy3fn

Flashcards mega collectionhttp://www.mediafire.com/?njqgyktjdwahttp://www.mediafire.com/?mzq0mkmnzoohttp://www.mediafire.com/?gz0y4kntaw1

Picture cards grade k-5http://www.mediafire.com/?n0jwzdizgnm

Flashcards food and drink word searcheshttp://www.mediafire.com/?zgynbkwmnwn

Clipart countryhttp://www.mediafire.com/?nmdllmeiyzo

Clipart zip folderhttp://www.mediafire.com/?njhonzlkln2http://www.mediafire.com/?nojnkj5tznnhttp://www.mediafire.com/?nojnkj5tznn

Clipart autumnhttp://www.mediafire.com/?dzj2lflilmh

Clipart basic actionshttp://www.mediafire.com/?ijfedzh2wgj

Clipart clothinghttp://www.mediafire.com/?mqzdtnzoiyy

Clipart animalshttp://www.mediafire.com/?gz4yingbemihttp://www.mediafire.com/?lz5uquwoj1k

Clipart Carson Dellosahttp://www.mediafire.com/?nzoee1zmmzzhttp://www.mediafire.com/?mcmtmcj4mithttp://www.mediafire.com/?ymamdyzjmcx

Clipart ekilerhttp://www.mediafire.com/?xymdmwwdddm

1000 pictures for teachinghttp://www.mediafire.com/?5vz5dmoni3c

English picture dictionary BAJADOhttp://www.mediafire.com/?ftzyz01tm5j

English French bilingual dictionaryhttp://www.mediafire.com/?5tzt0d2tmwy