Author Archives: Richard Graham

Help Please: Starting your own school, what’s your number 1 question?

The Top Tips to Start your own schoolΒ posts have been getting quite a following recently. I’m ready to do a few more, but I’d really like your help in deciding which things to talk about next. So .. What’s the biggest question you’d like to ask me about starting your own school? Let me know…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/help-please-starting-your-own-school-whats-your-number-1-question/

The “Grandmother Technique” of Teaching

Sugata Mitra has just done another TED talk that’s definiltey worth while seeing. Whilst I don’t think he’s quite got the solutions yet (before Genki English the schools we were working on together in Hyderabad originally had kids watching Tom & Jerry rather than learning! πŸ™‚ ), his description here of the school system is…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/the-grandmother-technique-of-teaching/

Top Teaching Ideas for Easter!

I hope you’re planning on spending Easter somewhere nice. The topic of today’s post, what are your top teaching ideas for Easter? Here are mine: 1. Β Easter Egg Hunt Song & LessonΒ Β –Β particularlyΒ the picture book is a big hit! 2. Chocolate Monster Game – my favourite! 3. Easter Spot the Difference game. Mido’s Super Egg gameΒ and…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/top-teaching-ideas-for-easter/

New Phonics Stories Covers

Thanks everyone for the amazing Coaching Call – I just put up a wrap up post here! ———————————————————————————- OK, now back to today’s story …. πŸ™‚ I’ve just put up some front covers for the new Phonics Stories. Β They look pretty good eh? But …. do you want me to also include these covers in…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-phonics-stories-covers-your-coaching-call-starts-very-soon/

Harlem Shake Cha Cha Cha Pizza

Harlem Shake Cha Cha Cha Pizza If you don’t know how to do the Cha Cha Cha then Craig came up with this great idea to bring Mido’s Cha Cha Cha Pizza game bang up to date with the Harlem Shake! Β (And if you don’t know what the Harlem Shake is, you probably need to…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/harlem-shake-cha-cha-cha-pizza-coaching-call-this-wednesday/

Software Update: Where are you from? More Countries!

I always make a new version of Where are you from? whenever I have a big project (e.g. Africa, India, Thailand) They’re also great as an extra bonus for the kids when you’ve done the regular version. So I’ve just made you a software updateΒ here on the VIP forum with all the new flags and…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/software-update-where-are-you-from-more-countries/