Distractions
Filed in Quick Tips, February 25, 2009, 10:38 pm by TroyIf you’re playing competitive games with young learners, always have a pair of these handy. There’s no better way to make everyone laugh and forget about winning and losing!
Featured Video: Ten In The Bed
Filed in Teaching Tips,Videos,`You're cake`, February 15, 2009, 8:34 am by DevonWhat an amazing tool the internet is. Over the past several years, we’ve been able to communicate and share ideas with teachers all over the world. One of those teachers, Val in Argentina, gave us SO many ideas for fun ways to use songs in the classroom. Our students LOVE the video Val made with [...]
Teaching English at home
Filed in Quick Tips, February 10, 2009, 7:40 am by DevonWhat should you do if English isn’t your first language, but you would like to raise your children to speak English fluently? Should you use English at home? What if your child expresses frustration at having to communicate in English? That’s the focus of a discussion taking place at the Super Simple Learning Community [...]
Opportunity knocks
Filed in Motivation, February 8, 2009, 1:26 am by DevonTeaching can be incredibly rewarding, and sometimes very tiring. It’s important every once in a while to remind yourself why you do what you do. For me, it can be summed up by a passage from Michael Lewis’s excellent book, The Lexical Approach. “…language is important and … language teaching is useful and valuable. A [...]
Free Valentine’s Worksheets
Filed in Holidays, February 5, 2009, 9:23 pm by TroyHere are some super simple Valentine’s Activity Sheets. Click to follow the link to the Skidamarink page and download from there.
Valentine’s Day Song
Filed in Holidays, February 4, 2009, 10:13 pm by TroyValentine’s day is approaching so we thought we’d highlight our favorite song to sing during this time of year….Skidamarink. Skidamarink was made popular by the Canadian children’s group, Sharon Louis and Bram in the 1980s. That and their Elephant Show theme song are definitely high on my list of songs I remember well from my [...]
Featured Video: The Pinocchio
Filed in Videos, February 2, 2009, 5:02 am by DevonAll teachers should have some “go-to” songs in their teacher toolbox. A “go-to” song is a song that you can go to in almost any situation, with any group. The Pinocchio is one of those songs. You can use it with very young children or older kids, small groups or large groups, in a [...]
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