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English lessons outdoors – 6 ideas
After a long, dark winter suddenly… spring came? It is hard to tell but maybe it is summer already? Four - five weeks ago I was dashing to work through the snow in a down jacket but yesterday I was rushing with my bare legs in a light dress. True or not, the weather...
Colouring, pen-to-paper exercises AND/OR … speaking English?
I visit and watch many Young Learner lessons every year and I notice that many teachers like to enrich their classes by means of various pen-to-paper exercises, templates or colouring pages. I agree that it is important to develop pupils’ motors skills, familiarize...
Be a smart parent! Is it worth teaching your children English at home?
When it comes to opinions on teaching their children at home, parents can be divided into two groups – those who believe that teaching is the responsibility of schools, and those who try to give their already tired children more lessons in their spare time. Which...
Two games to try out during classes with the youngest!
New year, new ideas… also for those teaching young learners. Let us share a couple of inspirations for some activities for children. The first exercise I would like to introduce you is an activity that gives children a lot of fun during playing the game. What is...
Christmas classes – a bunch of ideas!
Christmas is coming 😊 Therefore I want to share with you some ideas for games that can be played during Christmas lessons with kindergartners and children in the first or second class of primary school. Game No. 1 COLOURFUL ROPE What would you need? Of course, a...
How to plan classes in children’s groups – three tried and tested ideas
It is said that one minute of planning saves us 10 minutes of work. I also believe that one minute spent on planning a lesson can save us around ten grey hairs. 😊 When we have classes with preschoolers there is no time to hesitate. We cannot stop to think about the...
What are “lesson organisers” and how do you use them effectively?
It may not be a very neat name, but I promise that if you have a few of them in your ESL classes, it will certainly make your work with pre-schoolers easier. It has been known for a long time that during lessons with toddlers we should interweave static activities and...
3 icebreakers ready to use with your young learners
The new school year is inevitably coming. This is the right time to prepare some activities that will help your young learners break some ice and get to know each other. Feel free to use these 3 activities, which are funny and will definitely help your students open...
A language barrier in a child? Five techniques to break it down, for the teacher and the parent.
The information that students are afraid to speak comes back to foreign language teachers like a boomerang. Studying for many years in school or on courses, we may learn how to write essays, complete sentences with the correct grammatical forms or understand a...