Posts Tagged ‘teaching kids English’

We are all afraid of something. 😱😨 Some people have a fear of flying, others a fear of snakes or spiders. ✈️🕷 I’m personally petrified of rollercoasters, parachuting and bungee jumping (not that I have ever done the last two … I’m too AFRAID!🤣) Research shows us that one of people’s top fears (way above bungee jumping)…

👋20 Ways To Say Hello👋 is a fun routine to open English sessions/Summer Camps and get children (ages 6+) focused and energised. 1) First, give each child one of the following greetings: ⭐️ Hello 🔹Hey, there! ⭐️Good Morning 🔹Good afternoon ⭐️Good evening 🔹Welcome ⭐️ Hi 🔹Great to see you ⭐️ What’s up? 🔹 What’s new? ⭐️ How are you? 🔹 G’…

How do children adopt a spectacular English accent?🇬🇧🌟Simple, by learning through imitation. 👶Toddlers learn their first language by mirroring 👥 how their parents speak and copying their sounds, intonation, inflection, rhythm and musicality.🎵 Only after they have grasped these fundamental verbal skills do they start learning how to read and write.📗🖍 This imitation approach can be successfully applied…

Preparing an end of year show (in English 🇬🇧) with young children can be a frustrating and exhausting experience. It’s enormous fun for kids but less so for teachers, right?😱😵😆 One of the biggest hurdles to overcome when preparing a show is selecting and adapting a suitable script 🎭 for young language learners.The second major obstacle is directing…

Props and Flashcards are great for introducing and reviewing new vocabulary with young language learners particularly with children who can’t yet read or write. 📦❓❓The Mystery Box Flashcard Game🕵️‍♀️👀 is a fun motivator and keeps young minds focused…for longer!! It gets children up on their feet 👣and excited about joining in and practicing English.🇬🇧 Have fun! Miranda🤩…

I have a gymnast friend who teaches very young athletes. She’s great – really passionate about her work, boundless amount of energy and kids adore her. Not surprisingly her courses are packed with mini jumping gymnasts. 💪🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️ I asked her the other day how she built up such a following, especially competing against bigger or more…

Looking for a fun Activity to do with your young language learners?👀🐥🇬🇧 🥚🥄The Egg and Spoon Race is a classic but forever popular children’s movement game loved by everyone.🤩 A simple game that can be adapted to review vocabulary with young language learners and a fun Easter activity🐣🐤🤩 Game suitable for children from 4+ 1)…

Marathon teacher training weekend😆😁🇬🇧. First pics of this glorious team.🤩

This classic drama game helps children work together and focus their energies. Great for teaching children ages 6+🤩🇬🇧. Mirror Me 👭🙌 1. Put children into pairs and have them standing or sitting (closely) facing each other 2. Child A is the leader and child B must mirror the leader by carefully following his/her exact movements. 3.…