The new 3D version of Star Wars is out this weekend ( Jar Jar Binks is as annoying as ever but the 3D is great!) so it’s time for the game that my kids voted the best we ever did …. Star Wars Lightsabre Battle Game! It’s a really cool game for learning Left &…
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So today was the big day to to see if this really does all work in Mafia schools! Well, we know it does as it worked last year, but I hadn’t seen it myself yet, and most importantly neither had any of today’s teachers – some of who were still skeptical that it would work! And they…
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Well the Africa remedies certainly work as I now – sort of – have my voice back! Which was pretty cool as I was following on from the US Embassy trainers today. This whole project is a pilot and hopefully we can spread it out to other areas in Tanzania or hopefully further into East Africa…
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This is a great game from Reeva to go with the ever popular How much? lesson: 1. Cut out some picture cards of things the kids already know (Eg. simple ones like cat, dog etc). 2. Write down a price on the back of each picture card. The kids musn’t see the prices but must…
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The cool thing about travelling is learning the different ways people do things. And one of the really cool things in Africa is the concept of “elders” older (usually) guys who have real gravitas in the community, speak in almost Yoda like wisdom and softness. So today I learnt it’s actually quite common to lose…
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As education in most countries is still very much old fashion grammar, rote learning and “chalk & talk” whenever I do workshops abroad I always seem to have lots of people wanting to see what I do. In Thailand it was the Education Minister and today it was the District Commissioner and also the gentleman…
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