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...

Uncomfortable using technology in your teaching? Keep reading and find out about a great, easy-to-use tool that allows you to customise...

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...

With their fizzes, bangs and pops, experiments are universally popular. The surprising results of mixing together everyday materials can...

Cooking activities can play a crucial role in language learning and CLIL. In this post, we look more closely at the benefits. Here are...

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...

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...

Connecting what students are learning to their community and applying what they are learning to real contexts, much like we do in...

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....

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...

Content-laden subjects like Science often leave little room for extra practice to ensure children can speak about what they are learning....

In his video, Changing Education Paradigms, the late Sir Keith Robinson mentioned that as children grow older, they become more rational,...

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...

Last week's blog was about going from one world area to another. What better way to represent travel than coins from different...

Can you fit your life into a cigar box? Can you imagine leaving home forever, never to return? The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleishman,...

Every family has its own stories, passed down from relatives or taken from beloved books. And an older teacher can see how the same...

The idea that the Moon can change in size and follow cycles is a difficult concept for small children to understand. They accept its...

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...

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...

Sometimes less is more and with this particular Eric Carle story, this does appear to be the case. The simplicity of "Little Cloud" is...