If you want to use Valentine’s Day to spruce up your lessons this month …. Left & Right Dates First of all do the “Left and right” theme then …. 1. Pin up pictures of famous celebrities on the board. 2. One student is blindfolded at the back of the class. 3. The rest of…
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On the VIP forum Alison just wrote in (from Greece!) : With my 5-6 year olds, I’m planning to do the Christmas colours lesson, followed by Christmas shapes. For the next lesson I’d like to combine the two by saying “I can see a red triangle” for example. The kids would then colour the picture accordingly. So…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/shapes-colours-hamster-games/
It’s officially Christmas time, so it’s time to break out the Christmas games! This one was originally sent in by Amy. Preparation: 1. Teach the What would you like for Christmas? lesson (and good luck getting the song out of your head afterwards!) 2. Get the kids to think about what they’d like for Christmas. 3….
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Pronouncing 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. ( the “ordinal” numbers) can sometimes be a bit tricky, especially if the local language doesn’t have all those “th” and “s” sounds. So…. just like with the other Seasonal lessons, let’s use some Christmas spirit to make it Genki! And what better way to do it than using an…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-th-practice-1st-2nd-3rd-advent-calendar-game-black-friday-deal/
This has been one of my best games this year, a great hit with all ages. We’re going to use the How many days till Christmas? vocab but with a little twist. So make sure the kids know the song (it’s free on Youtube) then … 1. Give everyone one “How many days till Christmas?” mini card….
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/my-best-game-this-year-i-have-to-new-discipline-technique/
It’s always amazing to see which games and ideas becomes hits and the ones that don’t. I’d have never picked these as such winners, but Hugo’s Origami Games have become one of the biggest hits of the year! So he’s just made up some more for the Happy Halloween lesson, What do you want…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/halloween-origami-games/
