Anita Demitroff
Is 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...
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Anabel Reis
- Feb 15
- 4 min
Let the fun begin! A little technology goes a long way.
Uncomfortable using technology in your teaching? Keep reading and find out about a great, easy-to-use tool that allows you to customise...
Anabel Reis
- Feb 1
- 4 min
Embracing technology – taking baby steps: 6 tips
Do 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 Demitroff
- Jan 23
- 4 min
All about Experiments: 7 factors to consider
With their fizzes, bangs and pops, experiments are universally popular. The surprising results of mixing together everyday materials can...
Anita Demitroff
- Jan 7
- 5 min
Now 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 Demitroff
- Dec 1, 2021
- 5 min
Review: "How to Write CLIL Materials," ELT Teacher 2 Writer. Tremendous Insight and a Helping Hand
Working 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 Marc
- Nov 24, 2021
- 6 min
Anti-bullying: Start at the Very Beginning
As 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 Reis
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
Getting from point A to G
Connecting what students are learning to their community and applying what they are learning to real contexts, much like we do in...
Anita Demitroff
- Nov 9, 2021
- 5 min
Beyond Social Science: Opening up Learners' Worlds
Laura 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....
Puri Rodríguez
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
Have 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 Demitroff
- Oct 26, 2021
- 4 min
Speak Up in CLIL Science
Content-laden subjects like Science often leave little room for extra practice to ensure children can speak about what they are learning....
Anita Demitroff
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 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 Demitroff
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min
Popcorn! Boosting Group Dynamics and Creativity in the ELT Classroom
Dee 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 Demitroff
- Aug 18, 2021
- 3 min
Jingle Jangle: Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills with Coins
Last week's blog was about going from one world area to another. What better way to represent travel than coins from different...
Margie Marc
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
Memories in a Matchbox to Integrate Social Studies
Can you fit your life into a cigar box? Can you imagine leaving home forever, never to return? The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleishman,...
Anita Demitroff
- Jul 30, 2021
- 3 min
The Power of Storytelling
Every family has its own stories, passed down from relatives or taken from beloved books. And an older teacher can see how the same...
Margie Marc
- Jul 20, 2021
- 4 min
Learning About the Phases of the Moon with "Papa Papa, please get the moon for me" by Eric Carle
The idea that the Moon can change in size and follow cycles is a difficult concept for small children to understand. They accept its...
Anita Demitroff
- Jul 6, 2021
- 3 min
Is 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 Demitroff
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
Look 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...
Margie Marc
- Jun 22, 2021
- 3 min
Firing children's imaginations with Eric Carle's "Little Cloud" (3-6 years)
Sometimes less is more and with this particular Eric Carle story, this does appear to be the case. The simplicity of "Little Cloud" is...