Stephanie wrote in asking how I got the live weather reports on the “What’s / How’s the weather in …?” game. The live widget I used is from weather.com and it’s called “Weather on your website”. If you don’t have your own site and want to choose different countries, ask the computer teacher, they might…

I got this feedback form in my email this morning: “This program is really amazing, I have to say thank you so much to give me or show me how to help my kids to learn english so fast ……they love me and their parents said that their kids love English too. Love, Yarlin” Thank…

It’s amazing how much stuff is on the Genki English site. Today, totally by accident, I came across this page of 50 Tips to Get Motivated and Genki. It was written for when you can’t seem to get anything done and want a bit of an energy boost. I’d completely forgotten about it, but it’s…

Here are a few of the teachers’ questions I’ve had over the last couple of days with excerpts from my answers that you might find useful. Richard asked about 6th graders: … here’s an article you might want to have a look at https://genkienglish.net/6thgraders.htm … Flavia asked about a demo class for numbers, colours and…

It’s newsletter day today and this month’s “Game of the Month” is the first Indiana Jones game. I’ve been testing it on the site for the last few weeks and the most popular question has been “Where can I buy the Indiana Jones hat?”. Luckily it’s an easy one, Amazon and ToysRus both have them….

Here’s an interesting list for you, 20 words that cover the entire alphabet. If you planned it right you could base a whole hyper-speed phonics curriculum around them. Thanks to Chris Hunt for the list. You can find more of his, sometimes off the wall, ideas at wisehat.com cat hat / hot dog pig pen…