Anita Demitroff2 days ago4 minTreasures Under Our Feet: Teaching Rocks and MineralsThere is a paradox. When we teach about something that is so much a part of our lives- such as plants or rocks and minerals- the less...
Anita DemitroffMay 94 minMaking Plants Come AliveWith the arrival of Spring, we often cover topics like baby animals and plants. Because these items weave their way into the school...
Anita DemitroffApr 295 minTempting Learners Back: A Project Based On Chocolate!By the time our learners reach late Primary and early Secondary, they are bombarded with grammar and the sentence-level drilling that...
Anita DemitroffApr 234 minRevising Clothes Vocabulary Again? Great Ideas With More Dash Than Cash! The lockdown and online classes opened a whole world of possibilities. Learners could show their favourite objects, get out their musical...
Anita DemitroffApr 124 minWading into Project-Based Learning for 2030: Where Does Our Waste Water Go?We all know we should give Project-Based Learning (PBL) a go and we all feel the pressing need to cover the 2030 agenda. Here is a...
Anita DemitroffMar 283 minFirst Steps in Learning to Learn in Early PrimaryLots of teachers use animal guessing games in their classes. Here's one for younger learners (5 to 8 years old). It's different to its...
Anita DemitroffMar 103 minIs your YL lesson well planned? Has it got all the building blocks?What makes a good lesson plan for our very Young Learners' classes? Teachers new to Pre- and Early Primary have to get their heads around...
Anabel ReisFeb 14 minEmbracing technology – taking baby steps: 6 tipsDo you consider yourself a technophobe? Or do you shy away from using technology in the classroom because you don't think it's worth it...
Anita DemitroffJan 234 minAll about Experiments: 7 factors to considerWith their fizzes, bangs and pops, experiments are universally popular. The surprising results of mixing together everyday materials can...
Anita DemitroffJan 75 minNow You’re Cookin’Cooking activities can play a crucial role in language learning and CLIL. In this post, we look more closely at the benefits. Here are...
Anita DemitroffNov 30, 20215 minReview: "How to Write CLIL Materials," ELT Teacher 2 Writer. Tremendous Insight and a Helping HandWorking in CLIL can be lonely. You might be the only teacher who has a CLIL class at a school and it can be hard to reach out to your...
Margie MarcNov 24, 20216 minAnti-bullying: Start at the Very BeginningAs a KiVa trainer in Spain, who trains teachers about how to implement the KiVa anti-bullying programme in their schools, I'm often asked...
Anabel ReisNov 17, 20213 minGetting from point A to GConnecting what students are learning to their community and applying what they are learning to real contexts, much like we do in...
Anita DemitroffNov 9, 20215 minBeyond Social Science: Opening up Learners' WorldsLaura was four years old when she first came to our school, which had just been decorated to portray that year’s theme: the Whole World....
Anita DemitroffOct 26, 20214 minSpeak Up in CLIL ScienceContent-laden subjects like Science often leave little room for extra practice to ensure children can speak about what they are learning....
Anita DemitroffSep 28, 20213 min“Not a Stick”: A Creativity-boosting Activity with More Dash than Cash!In his video, Changing Education Paradigms, the late Sir Keith Robinson mentioned that as children grow older, they become more rational,...
Anita DemitroffSep 21, 20214 minPopcorn! Boosting Group Dynamics and Creativity in the ELT ClassroomDee dee dee dee…dee dee dee. Hum the start of "Popcorn," a 1972 hit for Amercian instrumental band, Hot Butter, and almost everyone over...
Anita DemitroffSep 14, 20213 minA school like no other: Gola the Toy Library in Teo (Galicia, NW Spain)Have you ever heard of an English school with its very own … pig? Porky lives alongside a dog, rabbits and some chickens that hatched in...
Fran SeftelSep 8, 20213 minEFL and Early Education Teachers: Powerful Project Partners!I've been teaching young learners for a long time now, but in recent years there has been a significant shift in my approach after I...
Ana Demitroff and Fran SeftelAug 31, 20214 minWhat About this One? Finding the Right Picture Books by Ana Demitroff, with Fran SeftelTeachers and parents face the same problem when they look for a book in English. There are so many factors to take into account:...