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Rainy Days = Extra Wiggles

Filed in Quick Tips,Teaching Tips,Videos, July 11, 2010, 11:15 pm by Admin

We’re right in the middle of rainy season here in Tokyo. Japan has seen a lot of heavy rain this year, and it looks like it’s going to rain everyday this week. As teachers, we always prepare for rainy season by planning a lot of very active songs and games. During rainy season, children don’t [...]

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Valentine’s Day Song and Worksheets

Filed in Activities,Holidays,Resources,Teaching Tips,Videos, January 20, 2010, 12:11 am by Admin

As we say here in Japan, “Hisashiburi!”, which means “Long time, no see!”  We had a very busy Fall and Winter with lots of travel, lots of presentations, and the release of Super Simple Halloween Songs and Super Simple Christmas Songs.  The next big holiday we are looking forward to is Valentine’s Day! Our favorite [...]

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Featured Video: Seven Steps

Filed in Teaching Tips,Videos,`You're cake`, April 10, 2009, 12:58 am by Devon

Oh Lucky Day!  We’ve become friends with a really passionate and generous teacher in Hong Kong named Ms. Lucky.  It has been so cool to get ideas from teachers all over, and Lucky sure has a lot of ideas to share.  Check out her playlist of Super Simple Songs videos from her classes. Thanks, Lucky.  [...]

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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 [...]

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Featured Video: Ten In The Bed

Filed in Teaching Tips,Videos,`You're cake`, February 15, 2009, 8:34 am by Devon

What 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 [...]

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Creating a warm classroom for young learners

Filed in Teaching Tips, January 6, 2009, 5:09 am by Devon

We frequently get asked about setting up classrooms for young learners.  I’d like to share some photos from Brit’s English in Okayama, Japan.  When owner Jamie Marden decided to build a new school, he set aside one classroom to be his “Super Simple Songs” room (thanks Jamie!) for children 2-6 years old. Notice how uncluttered [...]