Category Archives: Using songs with kids

The best original songs on LearnEnglishKids

Posted on 18/09/2010 by alexcase

This time selection by Alex Case, aged 39 3/4. For the selection by Ms Y Case, aged 1 and 1/12, see here. 1. Don’t Put your Trousers On Your Head Body parts and clothes. Very amusing and fairly easy to … Continue reading →

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The best LearnEnglishKids songs for very little kids

Posted on 09/09/2010 by alexcase

As chosen by Ms Y Case, aged 12 1/2 months (not too young to Rock’n’Roll!) My own, rather different, views on the British Council’s song selection will follow in the next post. As always with the LEKids site, all songs … Continue reading →

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Writing and reading

Posted on 26/03/2010 by alexcase

As it says in the article, The Big List of CPD in ELT that I linked a couple of posts ago was inspired by reading the (excellent but somehow difficult to imagine anyone buying) book The Developing Teacher. I originally started … Continue reading →

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On the CELTA, Japan, and very small learners

Posted on 22/11/2009 by alexcase

An interview with Charlie Richards of Learning Tree English, a private language school for 16 and unders (sometimes far unders!) in Osaka. “I first came across your school through your excellent examples of young learner lessons on YouTube. Typical lessons … Continue reading →

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Teaching preschool English links

Posted on 11/11/2009 by alexcase

I’ve done a fair bit of kindy/ kindie/KG/ pre-school/ nursery/ very young learner English teaching  over the years, and I’m doing it full time at the moment for the first time in quite a while, so will be writing about that and … Continue reading →

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My top 10 books for/ about EFL for young learners

Posted on 09/01/2009 by alexcase

Wrote this list for a (teacher training) student and thought it might be worth a blog post and maybe a bit of friendly debate. Here are my all time favourites- off the top of my head, but if they’re that … Continue reading →

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New articles, worksheets and reviews June 2008

Posted on 01/07/2008 by alexcase

All that TEFL International stuff below is not only depressing, I’m starting to think it is actually quite pointless. For example, if we compare the number of teachers who have paid money to TEFL International, let alone the number of people … Continue reading →

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Putting the grammar back into Xmas

Posted on 03/12/2007 by alexcase

UPDATE: Full list of Xmas ideas and materials now here. Putting the seasonal cheer back into grammar (and putting the grammar back into Xmas) Some of you might be thinking that the problem with Xmas today is an excess of … Continue reading →

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