One of the cool things about my job is that I get to see all sorts of different teachers teaching in all sorts of different ways and in all sorts of different countries. It is quite an experience. This week is my first presentation in Spain so today we were out going round the local…
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Thanks to Martin for the prompting Margit and I have been working on some more Phonics Stories for you. This next one is for use after the current phonics stories and the “igh” lesson and it is still in beta test form i.e. it should be OK but there might be some mistakes still so…
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Halloween games aren’t the usual thing I think about when it’s sunny outside…. So after a few days rest – I seriously was exhausted by all that travel! – I just arrived in Spain for this week’s workshop and it is beautiful. But of course I’m still thinking of you guys and all your requests,…
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UPDATE: The Spain workshop has now finished – thank you to everyone who joined us! I am absolutely shattered! In the last 18 months I’ve been to Shanghai, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bratislava, Singapore, Vienna, Perth, Milan, Tokyo, Bangkok, Kiev, Moscow & London…. Phew. So we’re just two weeks away from the very last European workshop of…
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It’s always amazing to see which games and ideas becomes hits and the ones that don’t. I’d have never picked these as such winners, but Hugo’s Origami Games have become one of the biggest hits of the year! So he’s just made up some more for the Happy Halloween lesson, What do you want…
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Whilst we can all guess what parents want from our lessons, what we *think* they want (or what they *say* they want) is often very different from what they actually really feel they want from you. Hence all the stress and conflicts. So if you can find a way to find out what parents (or…
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