Numbers and Time: Tell the Time in English
Asking and telling the time is one of the most useful things in English. In Sydney, I had to be on time for every shift — and I had to understand when customers asked me…
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Colours in English: More Than Just Red and Blue
Colours are some of the first words we learn — and some of the most useful. But English has lots more than just 'red' and 'blue'. Let's explore!
Action Verbs for Kids: Jump, Run, Swim, Fly!
Verbs tell us what someone does. Action verbs are easy — they describe movement and activity!
Numbers and Counting in the Kitchen (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: As a barista, I measured everything: 18 grams of coffee, 93 degrees, 28 seconds. Numbers are everywhere in cooking and every kitchen in the world. Using the kitchen as a context…
Daily Routines — What Do You Do Every Day? (A1/A2)
🎙 From the classroom: My morning in Réunion: wake up at 5am, drink coffee, look at the ocean, walk to the bakery. Every day, the same. Routines are where the Present Simple lives — and…
Body Parts in English — Head, Shoulders, Knees (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: Young learners learn body parts fastest when they move. Touch your head. Touch your shoulders. The old song works because kinesthetic memory is one of the strongest kinds of memory —…
Animals in English — A Safari Around La Réunion (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: Réunion Island has remarkable animals: giant petrel birds, green sea turtles, chameleons in the garden, sharks in the lagoon. My daughter learned 'turtle' before 'table'. Children learn the words that mean…
Colors in English — A Rainbow Activity for Young Learners (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: My daughter is learning to name the world. Every day it's a new colour, a new shape. 'Papa, blue! Blue water!' That moment — when a child connects a word to…
Jobs and Workplaces — Essential Vocabulary (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: I've been a hotel manager, a sommelier, a barista, a hospitality trainer, and now a language teacher. Every job has its own English. Learning vocabulary through real jobs makes it stick…
Present Simple: Talking About Habits and Routines (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: When I arrived in La Réunion and started teaching, my first lesson was Present Simple. I used my own morning as the context: I wake up at 5am. I drink black…