Author Archives: Richard Graham

Listen to your eyes, not your brain i.e. learn how to draw

We all want our kids to remember us forever. Β And one way to really make an impression is to teach them a skill that’s useful and at the same time magical. Β  You know one of the things you’d never thought you’d learn, but it’s quite easy once you know how. Elizabeth has sent in…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/listen-to-your-eyes-not-your-brain-i-e-learn-how-to-draw/

Some very motivating videos

Carol has just sent in this website of amazing videos of very inspirational people. The videos also have transcripts so could be really good for high school or older students. Enjoy! http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/index.html P.S. Β I’m busy working on some new stuff, just bear with me! (There’s tons of great stuff here though!)

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/some-very-motivating-videos/

New Game: Phoneme Feet!

Here’s another game from Mido, this time for spelling/phonics. It’s an alternative to the “Phoneme Fingers” that I introduce in the full phonics videos (2nd video on this page) It works especially well for kids in Korea or Japan who have aΒ tendencyΒ to add extra sounds to the end of words! 1. Β Put the kids in…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-phoneme-feet/

“Falling Petals” Posters

I’ve got something very special for you today. It’s a calendar for my learning Japanese site. But …. because of the special format I’ve presented it in if you print it out and shake it hard enough the petals actually fall from the page! You have to shake it fairly hard and it has to…

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Help please: What’s your favourite craft lesson?

Hello, Thanks for all the feedback on the stationery songs! I think one of the reason they flopped so badly is that there was no story. There was no “Why are we learning this?” reason behind it all. You really need that in a lesson. (This is the reason the Let’s make a monster and…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/help-please-whats-your-favourite-craft-lesson/

New Game: Bunny Hopping

Here’s another game from Mido. Again you can use it for any topic you happen to be teaching e.g. Days of the Week, Do you have any pets? etc. 1. Put some flashcards in a row in the middle of the floor. 2. Call 2 students to stand on either side of the row. 3….

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-bunny-hopping/