by David | Starter, Tools
There seems to me to be some stigma around using the humble word search in your language classes. I think it comes from the challenges and stresses facing the beginning teacher. In the quest to cut down lesson planning and preparation time and reduce their stress...
by David | Books, Starter
At the moment I’m spending more of my time focusing on teaching Starters and the ‘younger’ of young learners. I’ve really been enjoying this book ‘Teaching Young Learners’ by Joan Kang Shin and JoAnn Crandall. In the young learner...
by David | Games, Kindergarten, Starter
Shapes are one of my favourite sets of vocabulary to teach young and very young learners. There are so many fun ways you can work with shapes, whether that’s with Play Doh, making shapes with the student’s bodies, with fingers in the air, or one of many...
by David | Games, Starter, Templates
In some of my recent Starter classes I’ve been experimenting with using the ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ PowerPoint template. Mostly, I’ve been using it to review vocabulary, however, you could use it for grammar, spelling, or other...
by David | Books, Learning, Starter, Stories, Training
For many years, The British Council has produced a comprehensive handbook on storytelling for Primary English Language Teachers. While it is directed at teaching Young Learners, there are a few ideas in the book that are valuable for teaching very young learners and...
by David | Kindergarten, Starter, Tips, Tools, Workflows
Many times, you’ll find it useful to make blank tracing lines in a worksheet in the kindergarten style (solid upper and lower lines, and a dashed middle line). These lines are perfect, for example, where you’re providing a student with a word or a letter...
