What is TPR?

Total Physical Response (TPR) is a method of teaching English developed by Dr James Asher, that combines language and physical movement. In short, its providing an action made with the body, that the students can use to support remembering each piece of language. For...

Phonics Uno

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

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...

My English Learning Passport

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...