Scott wrote in to reply to the “Opposite of shy? and how to cure it” post What can I do with the over hyperactive kids in class? Well, the first thing is, try not to see the excess energy as a problem. Β Ideally our job is to just take that energy and focus it…
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You know I normally travel to a workshop and it feels like I’m visiting you. But today, as the venue is a hotel and I was staying here the night before, Β for the first time ever it was like people were actually coming, from 5 different countries (Hungary, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic & Slovakia), Β …
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Even though itβs my last day in Italy I seemed to have been roped into doing a series of demo lessons in the morning! Which is fine, after a day off at the beautiful lake Garda and then a day full of computer work yesterday it is actually really nice to actually do some teaching!…
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Let me start off today with a little story …. When I was in my 3rd year of teaching full time I had lunch with a local university professor. I was telling him about the programmes I’d started and how I was trying to change how we taught. As he listened I could see a…
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Wow, you girls and and guys were astounding! Β Β After seeing you all on Facebook and emails it was so good to finally meet so many of you and all at the same time in the same place, it was such an energising experience!! The local primary school teachers were totally freaked out to…
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I’m just about to head off to the airport to start the Europe tour! We’ll be blogging and videoing it, so if you do have any requests of games or songs you’d like to see in action do let us know in the comments! And for everyone coming to the workshops I have one small…
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