Here’s Mido’s game for the week.  You can of course use it for any lesson, but let’s have a try today with the Summer Clothes Lesson… 1. Put up today’s vocab cards on the the board. Put a magnet above and below the first item. 2. Divide the class into two teams and they line…

Here’s Mido’s latest game for you.  It’s a way of picking a volunteer, in a similar way to London Bridge, but of course “Circle of Doooooom” (said in a deep cinematic way!) sounds a whole lot more cooler! 1. Put the kids in a big circle. 2. Under one of the kids put a “Circle…

Here’s Mido’s game for this week: 1. Draw a large outline of Japan (or whereever you’d like to go!) on one side of the board. 2. On the other side draw another country (e.g. UK) with several cut out aeroplanes in it. 3. Draw several gas stations inbetween. (The kids love the fact that the…

Some of the games we have are quite elaborate (Try the Spiderman or Star Wars games!) But sometimes just the simple things can make all the difference.  Especially part way through a long set of material or if the class needs a quick boost! So here’s Mido’s latest game …. 1. Teach today’s lesson as…

Here’s another game from Mido, this time for spelling/phonics. It’s an alternative to the “Phoneme Fingers” that I introduce in the full phonics videos (2nd video on this page) It works especially well for kids in Korea or Japan who have a tendency to add extra sounds to the end of words! 1.  Put the kids in…

Here’s another game from Mido. Again you can use it for any topic you happen to be teaching e.g. Days of the Week, Do you have any pets? etc. 1. Put some flashcards in a row in the middle of the floor. 2. Call 2 students to stand on either side of the row. 3….