Jan just sent in a great comment to the Simon Says Please game (i.e. where the kids do something when you say “please” but shouldn’t do it if you don’t.) I’ve been doing this game for years ( we’re clearly on the same wavelength! ) I do a variation using the days of the week –…

It seems that all these new new games I learnt from the ACET teachers,  if you are in town do go and check out their meetings, it’s well worth it! So today’s game I think was from Fukuko – oops, no it was Noriko sorry! –  and we’re going to use it here with the Where…

As a special thank you to all the VIP members and of course to get some great numbers practice in I just updated the very popular Animals & Countries card games. Ninja Tip: Instructions on how to play are here.    If you’re not a VIP member yet and want to download the games – you know you…

Haneen has sent in this very nice game for practising colours and clothes. 1.  Give each team dice, one with colours on, one with clothes. Ninja Tip:  You can either make your own using the template here or if you’re a VIP member I’ve got ones done for you below:       2. Everyone asks…

Surprisingly the most popular page by far this month on Genki English is the Junior High & High School games page. I guess quite a few teachers are starting over there. Gumby has actually done a brilliant spreadsheet linking her Junior High School textbook lessons with Genki English lessons.   With the curriculum these days…

Big shout out to Margit for discovering today’s game…. If you’re teaching describing words then you can’t beat the Guess Who? games by Hasbro. But … what if you can’t get to a toy store? Well, they now have a very nice series of free online printable versions! The sports one is the easiest: and…