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 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...
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...
Puri RodríguezNov 1, 20213 minHave you ever been put in a box?The other day, when I was trawling the depths of the web for some new ideas to help my students work with the language of speculation, I...
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:...
Anita DemitroffAug 18, 20213 minJingle Jangle: Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills with CoinsLast week's blog was about going from one world area to another. What better way to represent travel than coins from different...
Margie MarcAug 9, 20214 minMemories in a Matchbox to Integrate Social StudiesCan you fit your life into a cigar box? Can you imagine leaving home forever, never to return? The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleishman,...
Anita DemitroffJul 6, 20213 minIs this a metre? Allowing learners to get a sense of proportion and scale (5 tips)It’s not just a question of age. Ask Primary or Secondary students to estimate how long something is, like a table in the room, for...
Anita DemitroffJun 29, 20213 minLook up and open your eyes to what's above you!Last Tuesday's blog was based on a "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle, a book that encourages its readers to watch clouds and to open their...