Mido Farid is back with a whole new weekly series of games.  And we start off with this very cool game: Ghostbusters! 1.  Everyone sits at their desks, making sure there is room to run between the desks.  (i.e. clear up any bags from the floor!) 2.  Give everyone a flashcard to hold up.  Either…

Euis wrote in to ask: Hello, How do we decide the lessons for each grades? Which lessons for first graders, second, third etc. Hi Euis, Even if students have “studied” English before,  as Genki English is so different you always need to start new students (whatever their age) from the beginning of the curriculum.   …

Whilst I’m always wanting you to think bigger (and it’s amazing what you can achieve in  just 6 months,  or even just 6 weeks)  it’s always important to remember that time is still important.   Patience. As a case in point, here’s a very cute picture from my 7 year old (native speaker) niece. So the next…

Filipino teachers are fantastic.  (And the food is very masarap!) Thanks to everyone who came to this weekend’s workshop in Tokyo, you were fantastic! It was so good to see such a huge turnout of so many amazingly genki teachers. Here’s a little of what we did …. Disco Warm up – to get everyone genki…

It’s all been a bit serious last week,  so let’s start off the new term with something quick & silly to review some verbs & animals! 1. Pre-teach some silly action words in the warm up e.g.  hop, skip, jump, bow, wiggle, stretch  or even cartwheel if you are feeling adventurous! 2. Put today’s animal…