when you write a word on the board and elicit vocabulary (for example: “childhood”) or show pictures to the same effect – try going one by one, asking them to say all the words they can think of, rather than eliciting from the group as a whole, which seems fun but goes by very fast.
— Togzhan?
well… school, games, friends…
— Aziza?
toys… sleep
— Aikunim?
I want to say ice cream, grandma, school…
— Oxana?
hmm… poo?
etc