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Is your YL lesson well planned? Has it got all the building blocks?
Anita Demitroff
  • Mar 10
  • 3 min

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...
Let the fun begin! A little technology goes a long way.
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...
Embracing technology – taking baby steps: 6 tips
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...
All about Experiments: 7 factors to consider
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...
Now You’re Cookin’
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...
Review: "How to Write CLIL Materials," ELT Teacher 2 Writer. Tremendous Insight and a Helping Hand
Anita Demitroff
  • Nov 30, 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...
Anti-bullying: Start at the Very Beginning
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...
Getting from point A to G
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...
Beyond Social Science: Opening up Learners' Worlds
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....
Have you ever been put in a box?
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...
Speak Up in CLIL Science
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....
“Not a Stick”: A Creativity-boosting Activity with More Dash than Cash!
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,...
Popcorn! Boosting Group Dynamics and Creativity in the ELT Classroom
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...
Jingle Jangle: Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills with Coins
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...
Memories in a Matchbox to Integrate Social Studies
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,...
The Power of Storytelling
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...
Learning About the Phases of the Moon with "Papa Papa, please get the moon for me" by Eric Carle
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...
Is this a metre?  Allowing learners to get a sense of proportion and scale (5 tips)
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...
Look up and open your eyes to what's above you!
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...
Firing children's imaginations with Eric Carle's "Little Cloud" (3-6 years)
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...
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