Attention grabbers for the very young learner EFL (ESL) classroom
Attention grabbers. As the name might suggest, attention grabbers are a tool to recapture and focus the children’s attention on the teacher when they’re getting distracted. Having given up classroom management tools like stickers, stars, rewards, and so...Iconfinder: Review + Promo Coupon Code
At the moment I’m working on making mini-flash cards for my EFL Kindergarten course. (You can download my free kindergarten mini-flash card template.) The way most language schools make their mini-flash cards is they download black and white images from...How to massively compress the size of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint) documents
Today, I want to introduce you to a free utility website I’ve just discovered for compressing Microsoft Office documents. Sometimes I’ve had the need to compress Microsoft Office documents, like Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint files. The kind of...Top Tip: Steal your best ideas
There’s a common saying in EFL, that teaching is all about stealing; that you steal your best ideas. I think there should be a little asterisks on that: like any good thief, you need to know what is worth stealing. It also brings up the difference between...Learning TPR actions for kindergarten songs
Total Physical Response (TPR), which involves coordinating language with physical movement (for example, you make actions like a dog to represent the word dog), is one of those things I’m just not naturally gifted at. Problem is, many kids love doing the TPR...