Author Archives: Richard Graham

Phonics Gestures!

Update: Β Videos of all the gestures here! I’ve had quite a few people writing in for the full set of gestures to the new Genki Phonics course. I’m still working on refining a few of them, but here’s the list at the moment. s superhero a (bite an) apple t tea p penguin i in…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/phonics-gestures/

Better Bingo Game!

Traditional bingo is crazily popular, but doesn’t provide much English other than a touch of listening. With the Genki English version the kids get tons of English speaking practice but still love it because they get to play bingo at the end! Here’s the video we took at the workshop the other day …. Part…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/better-bingo-game/

Shapes Games, A4 Cards & MiniCards & Winner is ….

Wow, there’s been a pretty huge response to the new “Shapes Song“. Β  A lot of the games you sent in used cards, so I’ve done up A4 cards and minicards for you, along with all the games you’ve sent in on one page! Enjoy! If you’ve got any more games for shapes then I’d…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/more-shapes-games-a4-cards-minicards/

Shapes Song!

Ah, I think I might haveΒ accidentallyΒ made this into one of the easiest subjects to teach: WARNING: DO NOT PRESS PLAY (unless you want this song in your head all day!) (If you are on email and can’t see the video, click here!) VIP Members can download the mp3 below (right click and select “save as”):…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/shapes-song/

Genki English Book Club: Three Cups of Tea

Since I got Amazon’s Kindle on my iPhone I’ve been reading tons and tons of books at the gym and waiting for trains. Β So I figured it might be good to share some of them on a Genki English Book Club! Three Cups of Tea is climber Greg Mortenson’s story as he tries, and succeeds,…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-english-book-club-three-cups-of-tea/

7 Times Tables Song

Now that I can see again (got some glasses!) I can finally start to get caught up on work! Β So here’s the latest Times Tables Song for the 7 Times Tables! You can find the other times tables songs on the GenkiMath.com website! ( The keen eared amongst you may have noticed the music is…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/7-times-tables-song/