Author Archives: Richard Graham

Printable Lyrics Sheets

Printable lyrics sheets for the GE songs have been a popular request. Unfortunately I hadn’t been able to think how to do them – until now! I’ve just made up a couple of test sheets for the 2 Christmas songs, Merry Christmas and What would you like for Christmas? What do you think? Any feedback…

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Bro Sis Picture Book

This picture book has taken a whole year to get to you… The basic language is Do you have any brothers & sisters? and it makes a great activity to go with CD7′s song. As you can maybe see from the pictures it also introduces (very) high numbers in a very fun way. Plus you…

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Drinks Picture Book

I was looking through my picture book ideas notes and this one made me laugh. You can probably guess the punchline yourself. CD owners club members can download the book and hopefully give your feedback on the Beta Testing forum and if it’s well received, or needs changing, I’ll work on the version for the…

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November 11th

Today in the UK and the Commonwealth it’s Remembrance Day, or Poppy Day. In Japan and Korea it’s Pocky Day.

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Christmas Ideas

I know it’s really (too?) early but as soon as people start using the search box at the top of the page to look for “Christmas” it’s time to write a blog post about it! Regular viewers will know the two most popular Genki English themes are the Genki Christmas Song for teaching things like…

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The simplest birthday game

This is such a simple game that I don’t think I’ve mentioned it before on the blog. It works great as an ice breaker with adults classes or as an activity with kids who don’t know each others birthdays, or the months of year, just yet. All you do is run through the When is…

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