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Contents:
1. Game of the Month: Janken Bugs
2. Kids' Song of the Month "When, When, When?"
3. Two New Sets of Picture Cards
4. And Finally...
Hello,
I hope you're all doing well. I am actually really happy today because
I'm in Akita ken, which means I've now set foot in every prefecture in
Japan! Over the next 3 days I've got 9 schools to visit, but of course
there's still lots of new things on the website for your good self.
1. Game of the Month: Janken Bugs
This game of the month comes from John Loynes and thanks to the Mushi King
craze it's very popular. Here it is presented in its simplest way, but
you can easily get the kids to practise the conversation of the day before
doing the janken ( i.e. rock, paper, scissors
http://www.genkienglish.net/rockpaper.htm ) .
1. Kids make 2 lines of 4 people. Each line becomes a "bug".
2. The "bugs" move so that the front kid, the "head",
of one is facing the "head" of the other.
3. The teacher or student draws a four segment insect for each team on
the board ( great to link to the Monster Drawing Game
http://www.genkienglish.net/monster.htm )
4. The two "heads" janken, ( or practise today's conversation
and then janken)
5. The loser gets EATEN!
6. They have to wipe the rear section of their bug off the board and sit
down.
7. The new "head" jankens with the previous winner and continue
until one "bug" has been completely eaten!
I know quite a few classes that this game would go down very well with!
There are also 3 more new games on the Readers' Games Page:
Hackey Sack Hypo
Funky Pick a Box
and Celebrity Racers ( great for Junior High School )
http://www.genkienglish.net/gamesreaders.htm
2. Kids' Song of the Month "When, When, When?"
Last month having the illustrated Halloween Song on the kids' page (
http://genkienglish.net/kawaii.swf ) proved really popular. So I've decided to continue it and this month
you can have a look at the "When, When, When?" song. If you've
been thinking about getting CD vol. 5 (
http://www.genkienglish.net/cd5.htm ) it's a great chance to see one of the best songs, and if you already
have it, it's a great way for your kids to study at home!
http://genkienglish.net/kawaii.swf
3. 2 New Sets of A4 Flashcards: Animals Part 2 and How are you? Part 2
Those of you who check out my blog (
http://genkienglish.net/richardsdiary.htm ) or the site's rss feed (
http://genkienglish.net/rss.htm ) will already know about these, but there are now 2 new sets of A4 flashcards
on the site. The first is A4 versions of the "How are you?" game
and includes:
I'm hot
I'm thirsty
I'm angry
I'm wet
Along with
Bed ( to go with "I'm tired)
Fire ( to go with "I'm cold")
Drink ( to go with "I'm thirsty")
Towel ( to go with "I'm wet")
Relax ( to go with "I'm angry")
and "I love you" ( to go with "I'm sad")
You can find them at
http://www.genkienglish.net/howareyougame.htm
The other set of cards are A4 cards of the animals in the Genki English
Card Game.
They are...
Kangaroo
Rhino
Hippo
Bee
Duck
Dinosaur
Camel
Giraffe
Penguin
Snail
Rabbit
Lion
You can find them here...
http://www.genkienglish.net/animals2.htm
In the future there'll probably be a song to go with these as well, but
for the time being, enjoy the A4 cards.
I'm also thinking about cards for Thanksgiving, but apart from Turkey I
don't really know what words to choose, so if you have any requests then
please email them in and I'll see what I can do.
4. And Finally...
I hope you enjoyed all those. On Saturday I've got a workshop in Odate,
Akita prefecture if you'd like to come along, and on the 26th I'm going
to be doing a workshop ( or two) for the
KOTESOL Young Learners Symposium near Seoul, so please get in touch if you'd like to attend. Then
in December it looks like I'll be heading off to Thailand to do workshops
for the Thai Ministry of Education, which should be fun.
Next month there's an extra special surprise coming, so be sure to stay
tuned...
Be genki,
Richard
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Richard J. Graham
The Fun way to Teach!
Primary School English Games, Songs and Activities
http://www.GenkiEnglish.com
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"A kind word can warm three months of winter." - Japanese Proverb
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