One of the big points in my workshops is fixing teachers fears of making mistakes. There are plenty of tricks to use and usually it works out very well with plenty of “Ah, I see”s by the end. One of the simplest tricks is to do the “stand up”, “sit down” thing, but get them…

I’m a firm believer in being nice to people, what’s to be gained by being nasty? Luckily most people are the same. Unfortunately on the internet some people aren’t and experiments like making the Discussion Board open to anyone didn’t really work! It’s also true that “it’s the squeaky wheel that gets cleaned” and I…

Along with the new pictures for “I’m thirsty” and the adjectives song (Part 1 & Part 2), I also updated the greetings pictures for the Good Morning song when I remixed CD volume 3 in the Spring. Today I put them on the site, along with some nice new mini cards. I never actually use…

I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve seen that question on school lesson plans or actually being taught by Japanese teachers! It’s not the most serious mistake in the world, but doesn’t sound very cool, and you wouldn’t get away with teaching 7 + 2 = 8 in maths, so why allow it…

The blog’s been a bit quiet this week, I’ve been busy working on new stuff ( see later in the week!) For today here are some great new games that have been sent in: “Model my Body” ( JHS body parts) “Dinosaur Survival” ( directions ) “King of the Hill” ( review) “Tug of War“(…