If you enjoy reading my blog ( why else would you be here? : ) ), then two very Genki English readers have set up their own. They run down what they do in their lessons and it’s a great insight into how other teachers put the stuff to use in real classrooms. Have a…

Two posts in one day, eh. Here’s an idea I just heard from Koko, a teacher in Fukuoka, – Halloween Janken! It’s just like normal Janken, but “rock” becomes “Pumpkin“, “paper” becomes a “Spider” ( your fingers become legs) and “scissors” is a V for “Vampire!”. Pumpkin, spider, vampire, 1,2,3! Enjoy!

I put another two picture books in the “beta test” section of the forum today. One is to go with CD5’s “Creepy Crawlies” theme, and one is a Christmas mashup of CD5’s “Where is Mr Monkey?” ( under on, in etc.) and CD4’s “Where, where, where?“. Have a look and see what you think! PS…

Two weeks ago my music teacher asked me to buy a book. I was all eager, wanting to get it to practice at home. But… once I left the lesson everything else closed in and I never made the time to go shopping. This week I hadn’t improved. What I wanted was a display in…

If you run your own school, how much fun is it to sign up with you? And, more importantly, how easy is it to recommend to your friends? Last week I signed up for a music course at a big chain school. Nice clear, simple forms, simple process, friendly staff who talked you through it…