Combining a game directly into a song is a really fun way to involve both music and an adrenaline rush. Here’s an excellent idea from reader Brad M: I gave this variation of the weather Clap! Clap! Game a try today and the students loved it! Great for review…seems to work especially well for reviewing…

The simplest things are always best, and here’s a genius idea from one of our Swedish readers. Instead of using “Mingle” in the mingle game, which isn’t the most useful piece of English in the world, simply change the chant to: Walking walking walking walking (The kids are walking around) Jumping jumping jumping jumping (The…

I’m just about to catch a plane back to Asia, but here’s a quick word to tell you you can now get the price of Genki English materials in your local currency. The new ones that have just been added are: INR – India Rupee DKK – Denmark Krone HKD – Hong Kong Dollar NZD…

One thing I want to work more on this year is using the Genki English games, philosophies etc. and applying them to other subjects. Very often just one idea can totally change how a student perceives a subject, and one particular area I want to help with is the UN’s Decade of Education for Sustainable…

Last week we had a request for ideas for teaching school subjects. Regular forum contributor Yumiko has sent in a couple of suggestions. 1. Scatter picture cards of various subjects around the room. 2. The teacher calls out a day of the week. 3. The kids have to pick up the subjects that they have…

After spending most of the past few weeks, and this morning, recording in the studio, I spent the afternoon in Starbucks chopping up audio files and making the new Genki Korean games. The thing that struck me the most when I came to play them was just how hard or easy the games can be,…