It’s newsletter day today and this month’s “Game of the Month” is the first Indiana Jones game. I’ve been testing it on the site for the last few weeks and the most popular question has been “Where can I buy the Indiana Jones hat?”. Luckily it’s an easy one, Amazon and ToysRus both have them….

There’s been some great feedback on the forum about the various Genki English songs, here are some comments from Flossy in Austria about CD7 with some nice ideas for the soccer theme and a warning about Baby Monkey! Come on Come on – The football song was a massive hit . They gave it lots…

I wrote this message up on a forum the other day, but figured you might find it useful as well: Another idea is to mix it in with the “Doctor Doctor” game. 1. The kids “rock, paper, scissors“. 2. The loser rolls a body parts die (it’s part way down the right hand side of…

There are quite a few new things in the pipeline at the moment, and here’s the first one to be (just about) finished. They are “Island Games Worksheets” like the animals one found in the worksheet pack. I found that one a touch too simple, but they are popular for younger kids and of course…

Quite a few people have been having problems understanding how to use the online games. Students love them but if you aren’t used to learning through video games it can be a bit confusing, so I’ve made a video to let you see how they work. I used the GenkiJapan games as an example, but…

This is such a simple game that I don’t think I’ve mentioned it before on the blog. It works great as an ice breaker with adults classes or as an activity with kids who don’t know each others birthdays, or the months of year, just yet. All you do is run through the When is…