This is a great game I heard from Diep at the ACET meeting the other day. Their next meeting is October 2nd and for 1,500 yen you get a ton of great ideas! So… today we have “Dice Attack”: 1. Spread out the mini cards for today’s theme e.g. Happy Halloween. 2. The first student…
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It always pays to have a few “Swiss Army Knife” backup songs and games available for when (inevitably) something goes pear shaped in class. My keep-in-reserve songs are Disco Warm Up, How are you? (VIP members, check out the new Baby Monkey How are you? cards!) and Superhero. And for my never-fail-even-works-with-any-high-school-class-or-adults ….. this is…
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Phoebe in Hong Kong wrote in for help saying that her kids are really, really shy and only ever want to play games. She asked how to cut down on the amount of games without them getting bored. Here’s what I wrote in response: Hi Phoebe, if the kids only ever want to play games,…
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My top September game for re-starting with a class you’ve already taught is the Hammer Game. It’s brilliant for figuring out how much they’ve forgotten over the Summer holidays! And if you’ve got a new class, then start off with the Genki Disco Warm Up and the full curriculum or have a look at my first lesson…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/the-hammer-game/
Just as we are having our own war on zombies (looks like the zombies are losing by the way!) Jessica has just sent in this outdoors / Summer camp game from Mexico. It teaches country names (song here, card game here) and a few cool phrases. As usual with this type of game it is…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-i-declare-war-country-names-from-mexico/
As the sharp eyed amongst you may have noticed, there’s also a funky new School subjects & days “Uno” style game that you just have to get: ( As usual VIP members can just right click and select “save as” to download, and if you’re not a member yet, pick up a Download Pack (before the…
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