Author Archives: Richard Graham

Help Please: Grammar Question For Little Red Riding Hood Song!

  For vol. 14 I want to include a simplified version of Little Red Riding Hood. Β  (Just like we did with the Gingerbread Man and The 3 Bears.) It is looking pretty awesome so far, Β but …. we’re stuck with a grammar question. It would be great if you could help. πŸ™‚ So the…

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It’s Valentine’s Day & Some Games to Play

If you want to use Valentine’s Day to spruce up your lessons this month …. Left & Right Dates First of all do the Β “Left and right” themeΒ  then …. 1. Pin up pictures of famous celebrities on the board. 2. One student is blindfolded at the back of the class. 3. The rest of…

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1 to 8 How old are you? Cards

If you’ve recently purchased the Teacher’s Set, Β you’ll have noticed the “1+” version of the song. This was a request from a lot of teachers who wanted to use the song with their youngest students. And I’ve just made up the A4 cards and Minicards to go with them, Β you can find them on the…

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Quick Shapes (and Transport) ESL Tip!

Felicia just wrote in to comment on the Shapes Lesson: Last time I taught shapes to young kids we made vehicles out of shapes:))! Great idea! Do you have any cool ideas of things to make from shapes? Do let us know in the comments!  

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Make Your Own Snakes & Ladders

It seems you’re all being a bit creative this month, which is fantastic to see! Andrea wrote in asking if she could have a Snakes & Ladders template to make her own version with more countries for Where are you from? So here you go!   Ninja Tip: Β They also make great activities for the…

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Random Order ESL Listening Quizzes

Danica wrote in to ask: IΒ΄d like to ask you for help with the Listening Quiz – Do you like animals. Would it be possible to make it a little bit harder by changingΒ the order of the pictures on the worksheet, so that the order of the pictures on the sheet would not correspond with…

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