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 a tendency to add extra sounds to the end of words! 1. Put the kids in…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-phoneme-feet/
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…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/falling-petals-posters/
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/
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/
Thank you for all the great feedback last time What about this (very rough demo) for the stationery song? UPDATE: This song is now finished and you can find it on vol. 13! I was going to add in “What’s this? / What are these?” but it got too complicated with the “this/that” and “these/those”…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/stationery-song-updates-very-rough-demos/
I originally wrote this for my teacher training course emails, but I figured you guys might like it too! – Richard ======================================================================= Hello, Wow, it seems like the How are you? Song was a *big* hit. I’m so happy you liked it. Today I thought I’d introduce a few “secret” tricks for teaching using songs….
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/tricks-tips-for-teaching-songs/
