Monthly Archive: February 2015

Happy birthday

Happy Birthday to You!

  I am excited to introduce a lesson idea I used with my students. I wanted to do something like a role play to practice language for talking about age, giving a gift, and...

Keep Students Interested

When I talk to teachers, I often hear the following question: “My students don’t seem interested in the topics I bring into class. What can I do to keep them interested?” Our lessons are...

Mexican teachers doing a six-second drill

Six-second drill

These are effective drills, but children always just think of them as fun activities. The name comes from the amount of time these quick drills take in class. The target language is embedded in...

Let's Go Authors

Welcome to Teaching Children English

We are very excited to be launching this new blog for teachers of children! We hope it becomes a supportive, sharing community for teachers working with children who are learning English. Whether you are...