Jamie has sent in this great idea for Junior High or older students: ——————————————————– If you have students that are acting out or bored because they are just too fast, or you just want a fun activity. Try this. 1) Put the students in pairs and give them a blank gridded worksheet. 2) Get them…

If you’re teaching any 1st grade kids this year, here’s a link your teachers might find useful: www.GenkiKokugo.com It’s “国語kokugo” – learning to read and write in Japanese – in a Genki English style! Please pass the link on if you can!

Elizabeth has sent in a link to an excellent article on teaching shy kids.  There are lots of resources, lesson ideas and definitions about teaching kids who are shy – well worth a read! One take away line is that 50% of Americans are said to be shy – now try telling that to your…

As you may have gathered from yesterday’s post, I’m in Australia at the moment.   I’m over here looking at study abroad options for students.   Apart from the language side of things (i.e. it’s one of the quickest ways to get fluent) I really believe that everyone should at some point have the chance to either…

We’ve had the Meddybemps cut out village on here before, but what about free cut out paper models of famous places from around the world?  Have a look at PaperToys.com This is what I’m looking at at the moment!