I’ve got a new song for you! This one joins the phonics “o” song and “i” song, this time to get in some phonics “u” words before you start the Genki Phonics course. It’s also really easy to TPR (act) out, and so simple to do. Plus of course there’s a funky twist at the…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-song-phonics-u-u-u-umbrella/
At this time of year half my emails are full of praise and wonderful stories (thank you!) and the other half are full of tales of unresponsive older kids, inattentive younger kids and every discipline problem in between. Invariably one group is using Genki English and one isn’t (I’ll let you decide which!) But whichever group you…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/discipline/
UPDATE: Added new pictures for “sh”, “ch” and “ng” stories! (click here if you are on email and can’t see the video!) Thanks for all your fantastic help last week! In December I’m heading back to Africa to teach 1,600 kids how to read. Last time, in January, we had fantastic feedback ( “At the…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/help-please-genki-phonics-2-proof-reading-osaka-workshop-nov-18th/
I’ve just updated the amazing Christmas Teacher’s Printable eBook for you with all the latest, hottest Christmas lessons. (Just about the only things that aren’t in there are the Christmas shapes A4 cards and the Gingerbread Man Picture book. Because they are landscape, not portrait A4.) But there’s everything else from flashcards to stickers, from crosswords to minicards…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/monster-xmas-printables-ebook-now-over-120-pages/
“Mezamashi Terebi” ( a big national Japanese TV show) are hopefully going to do a bit on the Genki English Thai project sometime this week. Keep an eye out! We’ve also seen schools teaching Genki English in Tanzania, China, & India, so today you can see a little of what it’s like in Japan. First…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/videos-of-schools-in-japan/
Emi wasn’t wanting to do Twister on the floor, so at last month’s ACET meeting (their next one is Sunday, Nov. 18th if you’re in Kyushu and want to get a load of new ideas yourself!) she introduced this great version of doing Twister on the board. Emi was planning on using it for the Hi…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/shapes-colours-game-board-twister/
