Hi guys, I’m in Japan this weekend and it just happens to be 花見 time! 花見 (Hanami) is where everyone goes out to have a picnic and look (見る miru ）at the flowers (花 hana) Of course the main flower is the bud of the　桜　- sakura – cherry blossom tree. Unfortunately today was horrible weather…

Here’s a nice worksheet for Easter for you. It’s a basic “spot the difference” quiz – with a twist! As you’ll see the differences are quite obvious (well most of them are!), the twist is that they allow the kids to use the language from the song to explain where the differences are e.g. just change…

Quite a few people have asked to help with worksheets, so let’s try something new!  Here are the master graphics files for the most of the Genki English  themes.  They are copyrighted so you can’t upload them or sell them anywhere, but please feel free to use them to make your own worksheets as long…

Flossy has put up some videos using real foods and drinks to make project like lessons using the Genki English songs.  Here’s the first video for the I’m thirsty lesson. During a recent lesson the class decided we would have another project. So the children wanted to have a drinks project. Everyone bought in a…

Hi Guys, Still filming around schools in New Zealand, here are some in Auckland that might give you some ideas. First we have Travel Careers and Tourism which runs Flight Attendant and Tourism courses.  One of the cool things here is that they decorate the classroom according to the topic they are teaching! . And…

Genki English teacher supreme Val has been hard at work and has produced a Spanish version of the Genki English Lesson Plans book. If you’re teaching in South America, or Spain itself, then it will be a huge help when lesson planning with teachers who can’t speak English.  Just print out both versions and off…