With all the new courses , it seems like I’ve been in “marketing” mode for most of this year.  So it’s really great to get back into “creative” mode, doing a ton of research into new picture books and maybe even a few new songs.  🎶🎵🎶 The question is, what topics/language patterns would you like…

Today’s game goes with the How many days till Christmas? and Months of the Year lessons, so make sure you’ve done those first,  then enjoy the game!   1. Put the numbers 1st to 25th in a jar + draw two empty trees on the board. 2. All the kids shout out “What’s the date…

We’ve been using this game for ages at Easter time with Chocolate Monsters – so now it’s time for a little Christmas Love 🙂   1.  On  the back  of  each of today’s  flashcards secretly add a post-it with 1,2,3,8 or “Wipeout” 2.  Put  the  flashcards on the board. 3. Ask the kids today’s question….

Happy Thanksgiving!!   A huge thank you to all of you! I always see Black Friday as a huge opportunity for me to say “Thank you” to all of you for helping so many amazing kids in the world have a more fun and even better education. So this year I have TWO Black Friday…

I asked this question over on Facebook and it got quite a few comments! Plus many more! Thank you everyone! 🙂   It’s generally agreed that the best time to learn is from birth.  Especially the first year is where young children can assimilate and learn all the new sounds of an almost infinite amount of…

I wrote this a while back but it was so popular I’m writing it for you again this year. Enjoy – Richard We all want our kids to be happy. Truly, really happy. Some of us try things like fun and games in class. And that helps. For a little while. And I’d always trade…