Welcome to Stickyball.net!

So you've searched the internet looking for games, or worksheets, or vocab lists, or just something...interesting...to add that little spark to your class and combat the yawns. At stickyball.net, you'll find plenty of EASY, USEFUL IDEAS.

GAMES: Simple games that can be inserted in a class at a moments notice. Little or no preparation required. Best of all...most of the games can be adapted to all levels.

PHONICS: Free downloadable books and individual worksheets. A complete phonics program, starting from the short vowels, all the way through the long vowels and "special sounds."

VOCABULARY: Vocabulary lists for intermediate and advanced students, including several example sentences, as well as worksheets, quizzes, and tests.

GRAMMAR: Various free and printable grammar worksheets, dealing with parts of speech and tenses,

WRITING: Activities and Assignments for the intermediate and advanced writing classes.

JOKES: When yawning becomes a pastime, it's time to bring some jokes into the classroom. These are simple and suitable jokes, and they're pretty funny!

GEPT: That dreaded test in Taiwan, the General English Proficiency Test. We have tips, explanations, and some examples.

LINKS: Looking for an ESL job? Or just need some additional resources and ideas?  Check out the links, which are consistently updated and lead to some of the most useful ESL sites on the internet.