Karen just sent in these fantastic worksheet ideas.   We can’t call them “Battleships” so we’ve called them Treasure Hunts (Thank you Amy!) and you play them in the exact same way except instead of saying “A3” or “B7” you make a sentence using the two Genki English themes, e.g. “Baby Mouse is fishing!” or “Is my…

With just about all the world moving their lessons online this week we’ve seen 3 distinct phases: Stage 1: Fear “Ah, I have to go online what if ……”    Luckily quarantines, isolation and lock downs seem to have quickly cured this.  The motto is “Don’t overthink, just do.”  Plus of course looking at the…

Today’s game goes with the How many days till Christmas? and Months of the Year lessons, so make sure you’ve done those first,  then enjoy the game!   1. Put the numbers 1st to 25th in a jar + draw two empty trees on the board. 2. All the kids shout out “What’s the date…

We’ve been using this game for ages at Easter time with Chocolate Monsters – so now it’s time for a little Christmas Love 🙂   1.  On  the back  of  each of today’s  flashcards secretly add a post-it with 1,2,3,8 or “Wipeout” 2.  Put  the  flashcards on the board. 3. Ask the kids today’s question….

If you’re looking for a big review game and don’t have much space to move around, we’ve got a great game from Gaz: 1. Put piles of any mini cards you want to review on the red, blue, green and yellow squares of the “card sheet.” 2. Then when you land on one of the…

Games have always been a big part of how I teach. And it actually started when I was in Uni.   I did a summer internship with Arthur Andersen,  one of the biggest accounting firms in the world at the time. 🍾 Besides winning a bottle of champagne for giving the best presentation, I also noticed…