January: I began the year with a workshop in Germany, and lots of posts for naughty kids. Genki Korean launched. February: Started some of the sustainable development education ideas, had the Success Secrets book in English, plus lots of games, the most popular of which were the Disaster Game (later renamed to be “Chocolate Monster“)…

Hello, first of all a quick reminder that the Christmas Special Offer finishes on Tuesday (Christmas Day), so get your orders in soon. Tokugaz has just put up a message on the forum that might give you a couple of ideas if you still have last minute parties to plan! Hi, I was invited to…

I spent my day off this week looking round the Louvre. Being mid week it was quite busy with school trips, especially around the Mona Lisa and the other more famous paintings, and some of the poor teachers were certainly struggling to keep all their kids in line. If you are planning a school trip,…

The Snakes & Ladders game in the “How do you say … in English?” theme has proved quite popular. So one of the worksheets for the new year is a set of Snakes & Ladders games for each of the Genki English themes. To get you started here are a couple of wintery ones to…

It’s newsletter day again today. This month’s game is What’s Left? which is great for the end of the lesson or to check how much English the kids have mastered. You can use it for any theme, but seeing as it’s the December edition of the newsletter I went with What would you like for…

Today’s entry is a bit of feedback on the Soldiers and Ninjas game: I used this game for my 6th grade students at one of the elementary schools that I teach at in Japan and they loved this game. I have one class that never participates and is always disruptive, but playing this game got…