Scribd Review + Free Promo Coupon Code: How to get lots of books for almost free

by David | Books, Learning

In researching teaching practice and methodology, education systems including alternative systems and contrary opinion, I’ve been reading a lot of books. Having a background as a professional researcher, I’ve been sourcing books from multiple channels,...

Creating a VYL Kindergarten English Curriculum

by David | Kindergarten, Learning

My latest project is to create my own EFL VYL Kindergarten curriculum. I’m under no illusions that it will be an easy task! My inspiration has been working with the shortcomings of some of the existing products and knowing there is a better way. For example, the...

Free training for online English teachers

by David | Training, Video

National Geographic Learning have just released a three-part training, about online learning, conducted by one of my favourite young learner authors, Joan Kang Shin. You can view the first part above on YouTube, and the whole series can be found...

How to save time lesson planning

by David | Tips

Recently, I was reviewing some old training course notes, and came across this gem of a lesson planning tip from a friend: If you look closely, the course books repeat on a unit by unit basis. What this means is that you can usually use the same lesson structure for...

Free alphabet tracing practice worksheet

by David | Alphabet, Templates, Worksheet

Here’s a free download of my printable alphabet tracing worksheet. I just making it for my starter children to have a reference for tracing the letters of the alphabet.

A phonics power hack

by David | Phonics, Tips

Here’s a quick tip a colleague showed me when I first started teaching. Sometimes you want to use words in your phonics classes that are CVCs, CCVCs, or that use a particular digraph or trigraph. Rather than trying to think of words that contain the particular...