Here’s a really simple and fun Christmas game! 1. Play some Christmas music as the kids dance around the classroom. 2.  Stop the music. 3. The kids have to shout out the question you want to practice,  “What would you like for Christmas?” is a great one or “What can you see?” or “What do…

Good morning! It’s Memorization Monday today.  So I just brought back, just for today, what seems like my most popular Masterclass on Memorization.  I go through all the techniques I went through as a student (that’s basically the main focus for a Grammar school education in the UK!) and lots of techniques that you can…

If you celebrate Christmas it can be a really easy way to raise the fun factor and of hence attention of the kids.   I just moved my top “Quick Christmas Games” to the main Christmas page along with all the Christmas lesson plans.   Enjoy! Be genki, Richard P.S.  If you want more classroom…

Hello, The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is called “Giving Tuesday.” The idea is that after the gratitude of Thanksgiving and the crazy commercialism of the day after,  then we have a day to give back. At Genki English we do this throughout the year,  in the past supporting many projects throughout the world from workshops in…

  Too many kids in the world are still suffering through really boring lessons. And look how many graduate from English classes without being able to say a word! A decade ago students started turning to Youtube to help, which has led to empty university lecture theaters and billions of views for kids channels. In…

I hope you had a fantastic Genki Black Friday! The Black Friday offer on the Students’ Set is still on for a couple of days.  If you want more, the Genki English Teacher’s Set is a bargain year round! Or if you want more students for your teaching business then check out the Genki Business…