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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...
Three easy classroom games to play with your students off and online
Why are games so important anyway, you may ask. The answer is that games mean fun, and if you are having fun while surrounded by English, you trick your brain into thinking that it is in fact English that makes you so happy. Hence – good correlations, inner...
Neurodidactics on a flying carpet
The brain and a mischievous teddy bear To begin with, let’s take a look at the most complex system in the universe: the human brain – a priceless treasure which has been given to every one of us by Mother Nature. Did you know that when you are awake your brain...
When noise does not equal chaos.
Seize the joy Surely you know the aphorism carpe diem – seize the day, seize the moment. It is a guiding light for people who want to live their lives to the fullest. What about a maxim for those who dream of accompanying children on their journey of harmonious...
Online in the times of COVID-19, or what we learned in 2020.
Online courses for… pre-schoolers? Is it even possible? When in March it turned out that teaching in the classroom or via the internet is no longer a matter of a personal decision, and that we are all subject to sanitary restrictions, many language schools panicked....
How often should children’s language classes be held?
As a language school manager I’m constantly approached by busy parents who would prefer their children to have no more than one language class per week. I consistently refuse, as both my personal experience and scientifically proven evidence (which I will refer to...