Teaching Super Simple Songs

by David | Songs, Tips

Music from Super Simple Songs is a staple for many (if not most) very young learner classrooms. But, did you know, the Super Simple Songs crew have lots of resources on their website for teaching many of their most popular songs? These include suggestions for how to...

How to make (or find) free pre-writing tracing images

by David | Technology, Tips, Tools

Many EFL and ESL very young learners workbooks include within them, images for children to trace in order to develop their pencil control skills. It’s actually quite easy to create this art yourself, all you need is a vector image you like, and then software (or...

Using puppets in your phonics class

by David | Phonics

Puppets are often used to help with error correction in very young learner classes, because they can help correct errors in a way that doesn’t make the student feel self-conscious, or wrong. The above video shows a powerful application of that technique in a...

A grammar resource for young learners

by David | Starter, Tips, Tools

In researching grammar for various levels of young learners, I discovered an interesting resource I’d been previously unaware of. These are websites which list all of the grammar points for each level of young learner. Generally speaking, this style of website...

How to make a mini book out of a single sheet of paper

by David | Crafts, Tips

There are many ways to create mini-books for your students. I had been cutting massive amounts of paper using a guillotine, however, this method looks quite...