Elena has been on a roll making some excellent new “Genki It” games for the different Genki English levels. And today she has made a super top secret Halloween version of the Genki It game! VIPs can find it in the VIP Facebook group – enjoy! Ninja Tip:  And if you’re not a VIP yet,…

There’s a new picture book for you today!!! Hamster Monster & Monkey Mummy – What do you want to be for Halloween? And of course it’s got to be FUN!!  (When I had my first 12 hardback Picture Books published I was put through a crash course with all the top picture book writers, editors…

It’s very cool to see Captain Kirk going into space!  And going to space in general is a very, very good thing. As someone who went to Japan to join their space program and who now works in “fixing Earth’s problems” (by trying to Genkify the horrendous state of the world’s schools) I can definitely…

One of the really cool things about Halloween is that you can have lots of fun playing around with the pronunciation. This is just how we learnt English – from Saturday morning cartoons that emphasized and overemphasized the different parts of speech, especially the ones kids find difficult. So give it a try in your…

With it being feedback week this week we’re already getting the first feedback videos done!   (Remember you can ask for “softly, softly” or “tell it like it is” feedback depending on your own confidence level 🙂 ) And from previous years there are a “Big 5” list of things that teachers very often don’t…

Do you want to improve your teaching? Really, really improve it? This is how you do it! I’ve seen shy teachers become miracle workers and great teachers become true leaders. Have a think about which parts of your lesson you’d love to improve the most. Get a 5 to 10 minute video clip of that…