by David | Classroom Management, Kindergarten, Tips, Video
I’m still thinking about all of the ways I can integrate body percussion (where the body is the musical instrument) into my classroom. When I first heard of the concept, and saw it on YouTube, it was immediately apparent that kids would go nuts for it. At the...
by David | Stories, Tips, Video
I enjoy workshops run by gifted in the art of story telling and watched this one recently in order to pick up a few tips. My favourite tip is at the beginning, in which the presenter describes how she tells her own ‘story’ to students. I’m not sure...
by David | Alphabet, Phonics, Tips
When I first began teaching, I taught phonics using Jolly Phonics. While it isn’t a product I still use, I know lots of others do. So, today, I want to share a key tip a mentor teacher gave to me one day: The Jolly Phonics stories are what brings it all...
by David | Phonics, Video
Continuing the Jolly Phonics theme, here’s videos of all of the Jolly Phonics TPR actions (organised by group) demonstrated. Click on the drop down menu (with the triangle) at the top far side on the video to navigate between individual letters. Or, if you...
by David | Software, Starter, Tips, Tools
Here’s a tool for creating word-shape resources for Starter kids. While you can create word boxes in software like Excel, or even PowerPoint, a much easier way is to install a font that automatically makes a box in the correct height and width for each letter. I...
by David | Training, Video
Teaching grammar is one of those things that I think challenges a lot of teachers. Here’s a link to a useful video training on teaching grammar to young learners in a real world context by one of my favourite English teacher trainers, Joan Kang Shin, author of...
