Huge thank you to everyone who came to the workshops in Nagoya & Tokyo this weekend – you were amazing! Here’s a brief round up of what we did, although of course all the “secret” bonus ninja tips and tricks we won’t be sharing on the blog! 🙂 Warm up with When, when, when? Quick recap…

This summer every primary school teacher in Japan will have training on how to teach English. This is usually what it looks like:   So if you get asked to help, first of all, don’t worry, they’ll love you compared with the regular training sessions! 🙂 Secondly I’ve written up all my best ideas and…

Great to hear from Gaz, he’s just sent in some funky new versions of the Baby Monkey How are you? Mini Cards!   + Black and White ones are here. And of course the Lesson Plan with all the funky games and videos is here! P.S.  Long term viewers will know to keep an eye…

  UPDATE:  Past tense “went/played” and skateboard version uploaded!   Would love to get your thoughts! ======================================================   I’d normally keep this for the big launch, but….. I’d like to ask your thoughts on the new “class game” in the new Summer Sports software. So I’ve put up minicards, recommend class games and practically the full…

Many of us are well into summer now, so here are the top Genki English lessons & games to keep you cool! 1. Under the Sea – sharks are always popular this time of year!  (Plus more games for it here) 2. Baby Monkey’s Summer Clothes – check out the funky new outfits!  (And here’s…

Here’s Mido’s game of the week, this might be a fun game for the end of term but only if you have a very clean classroom. 🙂 1.  Put the kids in two groups. 2. One group lines up on one side of the class, the other lines up on the other side. 3. Each…