Two games for you today, one really simple, one really hard! 🙂 Pick it up! This first one is very simple, and it’s an idea I got from Nigel at the ACET meeting last week – Thank you! 1. One kid puts on a blindfold. (Or a Halloween Mask as long as they can’t see!)…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/who-is-in-the-card-game/
Craig wrote in a little while back …. I finished my class for the summer last week and had a parent approach me and say that her daughter had never had so much fun learning English. She talked with the other parents, and every one of my 13 kids wanted to know if I taught…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/what-the-parents-notice/
vs. If you’re a teacher you want the best for the kids. And you also want the easiest programme to teach. So whenever I do workshops, everyone is often surprised that whilst I say that Genki English is the best speaking programme in the world, I always say that Genki Phonics isn’t the best reading…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/is-genki-phonics-now-better-than-jolly-phonics/
The Fruits Menu and Drinks Menu Games have proved really popular, but you can of course do the same game with any topic. For example, how about this Halloween/Colours/Candies versions? 1. Make sure the kids know the colours ( Pirates with the Coloured Beards is the best way at this time of year!) 2. Put…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/how-much-candies-game/
Smiling, happy pictures of your students are really important to show on your brochure, website or even sign boards. Smiles always make people happy. 🙂 So I’d always recommend getting permission to use photos taken at events, in class etc. in the initial contract that parents sign. Of course if you don’t get permission, things…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/start-your-own-school-tip-15-getting-permission-to-photograph-students-why-parents-refuse/
This is another simple game that combines the prepositions of “Where is the spider?” and the body parts of “Skeleton Soup” 1. In previous lessons teach the “Where is the spider?” and “Skeleton Soup” lessons. (Or make sure the kids know prepositions and body parts.) 2. Before today’s lesson cut out and hide all the…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/skeleton-spiders-scavenger-hunt/
