A Day in La Réunion: Present Perfect for Recent Events
From my own experience: My daughter will grow up on an island with a volcano, beaches, and three languages around her. Every day on this island is a little adventure — and adventures are best…
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What Did You Do Yesterday? Past Tense Fun for Kids
💬 From my own experience: Children learn past tense faster when it connects to THEIR day. I always start with: 'Yesterday, I woke up and... I made coffee and... I played with...' Then I pass…
Animals in English: A Colourful Cambridge Starters Lesson
💬 From my own experience: My daughter is still small, but I already point at animals in books and say their names in English. Research is clear: early exposure to vocabulary — even before formal…
LLFE-YL10 · Tell Me a Story! — Simple Past Narrative
📖 From the teacher's desk: At bedtime in La Réunion, I tell my son stories — sometimes in English, sometimes in French, sometimes a magical mix of both! At ELT Hub in Brittany, I discovered…
LLFE-YL09 · Happy or Sad? — Emotions and Feelings
📖 From the teacher's desk: In my multicultural classrooms at ELT Hub in Brittany, I quickly learned that emotions are universal but expressions are cultural. My students from different countries showed feelings very differently! Being…
LLFE-YL08 · Where Do You Live? — Places in Town
📖 From the teacher's desk: Saint-Pierre is the second-largest town in La Réunion — it has a beach, a market, a harbour, and some wonderful restaurants. Moving here from Sydney, I had to quickly learn…
LLFE-YL07 · Monday, Tuesday… — Days of the Week Chant
📖 From the teacher's desk: In my years managing restaurants in Sydney, the busiest days were Friday and Saturday — always. Now in La Réunion, my son asks every morning "Is it a school day?"…
LLFE-YL06 · This Is My Family — Family Vocabulary
📖 From the teacher's desk: My family is wonderfully spread across the world — from Dhaka to Sydney to La Réunion. My partner Vanessa and I are raising our son here in Saint-Pierre, and family…
LLFE-YL05 · I Like Pizza! — Food Vocabulary
📖 From the teacher's desk: Managing restaurants like Uccello and Popolo in Sydney meant talking about food every single day. Back in La Réunion, our kitchen is a beautiful mix — rougail saucisse, Bengali dhal,…
LLFE-YL04 · My Body — Body Parts TPR
📖 From the teacher's desk: At my son's crèche in Saint-Pierre, the teachers use "Simon Says" in French every morning — "Simon dit: touchez votre nez!" I now play the same game in English at…