The Snakes & Ladders game in the “How do you say … in English?” theme has proved quite popular. So one of the worksheets for the new year is a set of Snakes & Ladders games for each of the Genki English themes. To get you started here are a couple of wintery ones to…

I had a day off today so did some Christmas shopping & popped over to see the leaning tower!

Just a quick word to say a very big thank you to everyone in Spain, France, Italy, China, Korea, the Czech Republic, the USA, Switzerland, Germany, Albania, Thailand, Turkey and Poland who ordered the CD Sets last month. You’ve made November the biggest ever month for international orders, even bigger than the back to school…

I’ve been working away on some new Genki English worksheets, but the first ones to pop out are actually Katakana Worksheets for the Genki Japan site. Each one has plenty of space to practice each letter and a really clear diagram to explain the stroke order. Plus they look really good! If you are learning…

I was in Costco today and noticed that the new Michel Thomas courses are out for Mandarin Chinese, Arabic and Russian. Very exciting! Now I haven’t tried these courses yet, as they are brand new, but if they are even half has good as the original German, French, Italian and Spanish courses then they could…

We’re always told to base lessons on what the kids are interested in, but if you don’t know the class it’s pretty difficult to know what they’ll want to do. Plus although there are loads of ideas out there, it can sometimes seem a little “samey” when you’re just looking at lists and lists of…