Repeat with a few different bottles. using a different color and a different number of marbles. Counting the marbles is a great warmup activity for a small class. Dont forget to follow us onTwitter,Instagram,Pinterest, andFacebook! Original content 2018 Super Simple. Not to be reprinted without express written permission.Terms of Service.

I pretend to pick it all off my face and start chewing it again. ), cleaning it off the different parts of our faces (Oh no, its in your ear! Ewwwww!!). And it just doesnt seem to get old. The 2 year-olds dont find it remotely interesting (What the heck is Devon doing? The 4 year-olds favorite seems to be when I get my name wrong). But, Ill tell you, its a homerun with the 3 year-olds....

Many classes, ESL or otherwise, have some set songs that are done in every class. Hello, Goodbye, etc. If you are new to it all, have a look…. Elephants say hello and goodbye with their long noses. Gorillas say it while pounding their chests.Sing the song standing onone foot.Humthe song.Mouththe words. Dont sing.Hands behind the backand try singing it without the usual gestures.Speed it up.Slow it down. Alternate speeding up and slowing down within the song....

Teaching can be incredibly rewarding, and sometimes very tiring. Its important every once in a while to remind yourself why you do what you do. …language is important and … language teaching is useful and valuable. A foreign language can be a valuable personal asset, liberating financially, culturally and emotionally. Helping people acquire such an asset is a worthwhile occupation. Devon Dont forget to follow us onTwitter,Instagram,Pinterest, andFacebook! Original content 2018 Super Simple....

We frequently get asked about setting up classrooms for young learners. Id like to share some photos fromBrits Englishin Okayama, Japan. for children 2-6 years old. Notice how uncluttered the room is. Young children love to explore and will grab anything they can get their hands on. The child, however, is just being a child! Curiosity is a good thing! When there are fewer distractions, the child will be more likely to join in the class activities....

We had a great time presenting at the Tokyo English Language Book Fair a couple of weeks ago. By the end of the weekend, Troy and Tanja were communicating from across the room in ASL! When you put the gestures and signs together with the words and the songs, its very powerful. Language learners depend a LOT on non-verbal cues to make sense of the new input they are receiving....

Place a jump rope or long rope across the center of the room. Place one sign that says YES and one sign that says NO on opposite sides of the room. Then, everyone jumps to the other side and says Unh-Uhh. Practice going back and forth and have fun with it. Then do the same thing, using YES and NO. Next play the song, jumping back and forth over the rope....