I hope the flu’s not effecting your lessons too much – I know quite a few classes have been suspended. But whilst it’s around we might as well take the chance to use it to teach some useful English. And of course the most useful English is “Get well soon!” The song and animation are…

I’ve sent my Mac back ; ( But that means I’m back to work making more materials for you all! Today it’s a Christmas theme with crosswords and wordsearches for What would you like for Christmas? and Genki Christmas themes! Enjoy! VIP members can just click on the pictures above to download them, and if you’re not…

One popular game for teaching English in Japan is カルタ or “Karuta” In the traditional version the teacher just says a word and the kids hit the correct card. It’s a lot of fun but isn’t very good for teaching English. So in this video I go through some very simple ESL ideas to make…

If you’d like to see what I am working on with the India & China projects have a look at this amazing presentation by Professor James Tooley. He’s  the guru of our  private schools for the poor, and who I’m very proud to say introduces me as his friend. Grab a cup of tea and…

This is a cool game to play with CD9’s “I’m a superhero! I can …” or CD5’s “Can you play the ….?” theme. 1. Give each kid one of the mini cards (e.g. here or here) 2. Everyone remembers their card, then hides it! 3. You ask the kids how long it will take to do the…