Frank has just sent in this great video of his kids doing the shapes song in China: Ironically of course, you can’t actually see Youtube in China! But I’m sure everyone is jealous of Frank’s classroom! And Lucky in Hong Kong just posted this great photo with the Do you have any brothers or sisters?…

One of the great “Should I? Shouldn’t I?”s of teaching is whether to give out prizes or not. Personally I tend not to. Although passports can be a great idea for long term classes. But if you do give out prizes, then something you might want to consider is the addiction element of *randomness*. With…

Whilst I was over in Tanzania I got to work with Janet Townend who is a leading expert on dyslexia, reading and also, as it happens, phonics. After giving it the thumbs up she very kindly looked over the Genki Phonics programme and made a few suggestions and improvements.  There’s nothing major, but quite a…

I’m getting lots of requests for a stationery theme, pens, books, pencils, rulers etc. There is  an “Uno style” card game with this vocab, but of course we all need a song too! So, which phrase do *you* teach with the vocab? I’m thinking maybe … Do you have a book? Yes, yes I do….