Phonics Bingo

by | Games, Phonics

Last night I played phonics bingo using CVCs, with my young learners. It worked really well. (You could also play phonics bingo using individual letter sounds.) Bingo works really well with very young learners, too. It might take a little demonstrating, but VYLs can...

Top tip: Reverse image search

by | Tips, Tools

Ever wonder where that photo came from? Reverse image searching is one of those tools that has many applications, from checking to see if your Tinder date used stock photos in her profile, to digging deeper with your web research. Here’s an example of one of my...

Free online tool to help you with pronunciation

by | Tips, Tools

Here’s a little known website and app that I recommend to many people who ask me how to pronounce a word: Forvo. Forvo provides crowd sourced pronunciation for tens of thousands of words across different languages, by speakers of different nationalities and...

Little things, big differences

by | Games, Learning, Tips

In my first job after university, I worked for one of my country’s leading investment banks. Year after year, they were making 20%+ return on equity (about 3 times the amount as their competitors), and profits were increasing each and every year. From memory,...

EFL + ESL Kindergarten Game: Battlefield

by | Games, Kindergarten

Battlefield is a simple and fun game for children to practice vocabulary, numbers, and even grammar. In passing, I note that I’m not a fan of the number of EFL/ESL Kindergarten games that have violent names or themes. But for some reason, that’s how things...