Author Archives: Richard Graham

Time Sensitive: Upgrade your old Genki English *CDs* just till Thursday though!

UPDATE: ย This offer has now finished. ย Thanks to everyone who took part, it’s great to have you all upgraded! ๐Ÿ™‚ ย Now we can get back to making some funky cool new things for you, keep an eye on the blog! UPDATE: Quite a few people were a bit confused with the rules here, so I’ve…

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Monster list of Christmas Ideas!

Rather than me picking my favourites (I’ll do that later!) I figured I’d just give you the monster list of all the Christmas ideas we’ve had over the years. ย Pick your favourite and do let us know about it in the comments! ๐Ÿ™‚ We’ll start with the songs … Gingerbread Man Christmas Shapes Let’s decorate…

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2014 Homework Calendars – Make Homework into a Game!

UPDATE: ย Here are the 2015 ones! To go with the homework programme,ย and as a request from the VIP forum, here are your 2014 homework calendars. As last year, they are very easy to use and end up making homework into a game! 1. Set which lesson you’d like the kids to study before the next…

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Things I learnt from TEDx!

Wow, that was a full on day at TEDx! ย Here are a few things I learnt…. 1. If you get the chance, go to TEDx! TEDx is amazing online, but in person it is such a huge experience. ย There are so many talks, great TED videos, amazing music and above all totally smart amazing people….

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TEDx Talk Tomorrow!

Just travelling down to the beautiful island of Okinawa where it’s my TEDx talk tomorrow! Pretty exciting. And also a little nervous. When I do regular workshops it’s all questions and answers, and I change everything according to the audience feedback. Here though, as I’ve decided to do it in English, they will have simultaneous…

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The No.1 reason to start your own school. (It’s not what you think.)

With all the tips and hints I give out about starting your own schoolย there does tend to be a natural emphasis on the business side of things (along with discipline & curriculum.) And sometimes we miss out on the one single biggest reason for starting your own school. Yes, you can get rich from doing…

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