Phonics Uno

by David | Alphabet, Games, Phonics, Tools

Today, I want to share with you a set of phonics ‘uno’ cards I made a while back. Late last year, I made a deck of phonics uno cards to test out with my Starter class. Unfortunately, my Mac hard drive crashed, and I hadn’t backed up the source file....

A phonics filler game for use with an IWB

by David | Alphabet, Games, Phonics

Here’s one of my favourite IWB phonics games to play with children to fill a few moments before class, during the break, or even for the fast finishers. Its called Monster Mansion Match by ABCYa, and its a game where you have to match letter names to letter...

Case protectors for mobile devices in the classroom

by David | Gear, Technology

I have been using iPads in my young, and very young learner classroom. Here’s the case I use to keep them safe. (I’ve also seen the same case in many photos and videos of kindergarten classrooms.) I like that its sturdy and can also be used to sit the iPad...

My English Learning Passport

by David | Templates

One of the projects I’ve been working on, is an English learning passport. The idea was to use it in class as a way of reviewing vocabulary and another way to engage children with learning. I’m thinking that ultimately, I might put stickers or stamps in...

A secret to radically improving your EFL VYL English classes

by David | Tips

Here’s a short teacher tip that one of the mentor teachers at my language school once shared with me, as a secret to improving my classes. It’s so simple, and incredibly obvious, and to some extent I’d been exploiting it already, although not to its...