I just had lunch and a chat with Margit about tomorrow’s workshop and she asked a load of really good questions.  I think there’ll be a full month’s worth of blog posts with them! One simple question was about which “g” sound to teach when doing phonics: the “g” for “gorilla” or the “g” for “giraffe”….

In a bid to try and make the site easier for you to use I’ve collated some of the best worksheets and quizzes from last year into individual ebooks. I think the most popular one with you guys will be the Black & White MiniCards eBook which (I hope!) is now up to date with…

There was a request over on the members group for the template to make your own 8 sided die or dice. Here it is! The pre-designed dice (with graphics already in) VIPs can find on many of the songs pages e.g. click through from to the song you want from this page. They’re great for adding…

Welcome to the new school year!  At this time of year I get a lot of teachers asking about ideas for their first lessons.  Here are the three articles I usually recommend if you’re brand new to teaching: First lesson of the year, if you speak the lingo First Lesson when you don’t speak the…

Flossy in Austria has sent in this great numbers video – complete with dinosaurs! The original version of the song is in the Download Pack. I want to incorporate more dinosaurs into Genki English, the kids love them!  But what new language do you think would work best with dinosaurs as characters?

Last week I was looking for a great game to use with CD9‘s “Excuse me, are you…?” It’s a really cool theme and a perfect follow up to the free “How are you?” theme.  But I didn’t have the game to get the kids speaking the English fluently. Gaz suggested the Genki English version of…