Body Parts Vocabulary in English: One Song Covers Half the List
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes works far better as a teaching sequence than as a sing along. Here's the full body parts word list for Grades 1 to 3, plus a version of Simon Says that shows you exactly who is really listening.
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Teaching English Numbers 1 to 100: The Order That Stops the Confusion
Your class counts to ten without blinking, then falls apart at eleven. Here is where English numbers trip up Thai children, the teaching order that avoids it, and a counting game to run in class.
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Animal Vocabulary for Grades 1 to 3: How to Teach It So the Whole Class Joins In
Animals is the topic every class loves. Here's the word list split into three levels by how familiar each animal is, a noisy guessing game that needs nothing prepared, and how to build from single words up to full sentences.
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Teaching Colour Vocabulary in English for Grades 1 to 3: A Complete Guide
The 11 colour words every lower primary child needs, in the order worth teaching them, plus the sentences to build around them and the activities that make the words stick without any rote learning.
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How Much English Should a Child Know Before Grade 1? A Parent's Checklist
It's the last term of kindergarten. Should your child know A to Z by now, and be able to write it? Here's a realistic English readiness checklist for the year before Grade 1, one that puts no pressure on your child and none on you.
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Phonics or Memorising Word Lists: Which One Actually Works for Thai Children?
A straight comparison of the two approaches to teaching reading that Thai teachers and parents argue about most, when each one is the right tool, and why the honest answer is that you need both.
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Reading Practice at Home: 15 Minutes a Day Is Enough
A daily reading routine built for parents whose own English isn't strong. Fifteen minutes, nothing extra to buy, plus the three mistakes parents make most often.
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Your Student Knows Every Sound but Can't Blend a Word: How to Fix It
A child says the sounds s, a and t perfectly, then stalls completely when you ask them to read 'sat'. This is the blending problem Grade 1 teachers run into most often, with a step by step way through it.
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What Are Sight Words, and Why Grade 1 Memorises Them Instead of Sounding Them Out
Meet the sight words like the, was and said that refuse to follow the phonics rules, with the activities that make them stick and the first 20 words to start a class on.
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