Author Archives: Richard Graham

How to get your kids addicted to class: Fire & Ice Avatars!

“So many of your resources resonate brilliance. This is another to add to the list.” “FantasticΒ Β I’m about to print them all:)” “These are GREAT!” These are just some of the comments about the Β Christmas AvatarsΒ which were pretty popular to say the least! So as promised Alyssa has been hard at work on a new set…

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Just for those of you in Japan …..

UPDATE: Β This offer has now finished, thank you to everyone who took part!   Β Β  I’ll have more for all of you who are overseas very soon, Β but just for today I’ve got an announcement for teachers in Japan. It’s just a quick message to let you know that we’re having a stock clearance and…

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Mega Maze Game

Hugo has just sent in his very cool Mega Maze game for practising Left & Right (or North & South) and reviewing previous themes. Here’s Koharu Playing our game β€œMega Maze” and practicing the words she had learnt (Left, Right, Forward and Back). Koharu had to say the correct word before moving the mouse in…

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How to motivate your kids: Small Victories!

  Feel like your kids are stuck or plateauing? Β  This might help …. πŸ™‚   One key of success is to build momentum. If you keep stopping. Then starting. Then stopping. Then starting. It’s hard to keep your eye on the goal. The cure? To have one really small victory. Which then boosts you…

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The Top Ten Verbs in English & How do you teach them?

We’ve talked before about the top 25 *words* in English – and how important it is to have them in your curriculum. But what do you think the top 10 *verbs* are? Things like “said” or “had” or “is”? Well, maybe for written words, yes. But as we all know the written language is very…

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New “Giant” & “High” Level Workbooks

Inbetween his preparations for the next Winter Olympics (seriously!) and of course Β his regular teaching, Hugo has done two more workbook covers for you, Β this time for the Giant and High Levels! Ninja Tip: Β You can find all the workbooks so far on this page. Now what happened to all our excuses for not having…

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