It’s that crazy time of year where everyone starts to get ready for the new school year – where I am at the moment and some of the students are already back! As always I’m here to make this year super easy for you (it’s my 25th year of supporting teachers full time!) and to…

This is a great game to practice countries,  numbers & how many ….?  1. Put the latest Olympic medals table on the board. 2. Review the Genki English lessons for colors, countries,  numbers & how many ….?  3. Ask the students “How many …… (+Choose a medal colour) medals does (choose a country) have?” 4. The…

English Teaching Basics: The Food Chain Game! This is a really quick speaking game you can use with any topic, but we’ll give it a try with the “Genki Food” lesson! 1. Put the kids in a circle. 2. Ask the first kid “What would you like?” 3. Then answer with “I’d like some …….

A fantastic class game for the Olympics to practice “What sports do you play?”  Learn the “What sports do you play?” lesson as usual using the Genki English song/software.  Then …. Print out pictures of medal winning athletes that the kids know. Put them on the board with their faces facing the board so no…

I hope you are having a wonderful July! This time of year is always special for me because it marks the anniversary of leaving my full time teaching job and going full time with Genki English!  😳 It has been quite the roller coster, travelling through Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, some amazing successes…

If you’re looking to make English idioms ( those popular sentences that just don’t make sense!) a little easier for your more advanced students, I just added more cartoon idiom “Ear Worms” ( wait, is that an idiom too??? )  to the Genki English Youtube Playlist:   Students can also find the playlist on Tik…