I like it when people change games in a good way, natural evolution! For the Lesson Plans book I re-wrote the Doctor, Doctor game to make it so the kids speak more English. Then in one of the Summer workshops one of the teachers changed it again to get in even more English, and have…

One of the cool things about the Super Simple Songs site are all the great YouTube videos ( click through from the discount page). There are also lots of great videos of ESL games etc. on the net, but the trick is finding them. So I’ve linked up to a few videos on the games…

The animals card game has been a huge hit with the kids (just make sure you stick to the original rules though!). One of the side effects is that you end up learning a whole load of facts, because that’s how you get good at the game. Mind you in the animals game it’s not…

This is a bit of a risk for Genki English, but hopefully, with your help in spreading the word, it’s going to help a whole lot of kids; 12 lessons worth of online games, all free to use in class… There’s the full teacher’s guide online, but the beauty of these games is… kids love…

How do you say … in English? is one of the most important phrases you can teach your kids. It’s so useful. But I’ve been having a hard time figuring out a good, fast and fun game to go with it. The idea I originally had was to put the kids in groups, and get…

Today we have a very nice game, in fact it’s one of my favourites, for use with the new Can you kick? song. It’s basically just a modified version of the Do you have..? game, but it’s one of the easiest ways to get the kids practising “Can you…?”. You do need a lot of…