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Kids English Education Project

Filed in News, March 19, 2009, 9:03 pm by Troy

We’ve been hard at work for the past few weeks getting ready for a new project called KEEP. KEEP is a collaboration between Super Simple Learning and Yuco Kikuchi created to help teachers and parents increase their competence and confidence in teaching English to young learners. In KEEP workshops, we share ideas for using songs, [...]

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Magic Marble Bottles

Filed in Activities, March 18, 2009, 10:33 pm by Troy

Kids love marbles.  Put some in a bottle of water, add glitter and/or any other tiny shiny objects you can find and you’ll end up with a little magic in a bottle for a 4 year old. A different color and a different number in each bottle turns it into a fun counting and color [...]

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Head, shoulders, knees, …and peanut butter?

Filed in Thoughts, March 16, 2009, 6:30 pm by Devon

I sometimes do this thing at the end of my classes with 3 year-olds where I pretend to pop a piece of bubble gum in my mouth, start chewing away, blow a huge bubble, and then it pops all over my face.  I pretend to pick it all off my face and start chewing it again.  [...]

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Mixing Things Up

Filed in Teaching Tips, March 2, 2009, 2:47 am by Troy , ,

Many classes, ESL or otherwise, have some set songs that are done in every class.  Hello, Goodbye, etc. Here are some suggestions for simple changes to make them fresh and fun again. If you have been teaching children for a while, you’ve probably got most of these figured out already.  If you are new to [...]