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戸山幼稚園
It's that time of year again, and the nearest kindergarten, 戸山幼稚園, has asked if we'd display one of their posters.
Always happy to help, not just because it's a local business but also as a lot of former and future children have come from there.
Maybe englishpool should work on a poster...
カフェオレ
The title 'Cafe au lait', known as カフェオレ in Japanese, sounds like it should be on my other business's blog over at The Three Little Pigs.
But actually it's a gift from one of our students from her hometown of Koriyama, in Fukushima prefecture. And it's not a carton of actual cafe au lait but a box of chocolate snacks!
Thank you!
Around Town
This week in our Kinder classes we are starting Unit 2 in the Happy Valley book, looking at places around town.
Although some the vocabulary may be a little difficult, it does set up the scenes for the rest of the book as we move around town to visit the beach, a restuarant, a clothes shop, a toy store etc..
You can find a couple of videos over on our YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCy2-Rtl0KF6y7LzkBPt6IQ
プリンのおやつでショー
We were delighted to receive these snacks from one of our elementary school students. They look delicious!
Oh, and Ichika (our Saturday assistant) your's is in the refrigerator (if Paul hasn't eaten it before Saturday!!)
Angel Bites
While shopping at my local Gyomu Super (a chain of discount food shops in Japan) the other day I found these Angel Bites snacks from Greece.
No idea what they were but as over the past year we have been in contact with a school (Yes, You Can) in Greece, through Cambridge Penfriends, I just had to buy them!
Looking forward to sharing them with my students in the classes next week.
みんなの英語ひろば
Just updated our information at eigohiroba.jp known in Japanese as みんなの英語ひろば.
You can find the englishpool page at eigohiroba.jp/item/85167620 where there's a write up of the classes available from Sprouts to Adults.
A big thank you to the people at みんなの英語ひろば for the listing!
Knock them down
We have been having fun with these little Pinnochios this week in our Sprouts classes.
Great for practicing, 'Here you are','Thank you' when we pass the ball, and of course for counting the number of Pinnochios knocked down!
Goes great with 1 to 10 song, which you can find here on YouTube
英会話ナビ
Thank you to English Navi or in Japanese, 英会話ナビ, for listing englishpool on their portal site.
As Tesco would say, "every little helps" or in Japanese "どんな小さなものでも役に立つ"
Kinka Chant(2)
Again, the Kinka chant used in this week's classes (but using a different upload system.)
Media
More...
YouTube Channel (Test)
With more and more course content avaialble online rather than on CDs we are testing a YouTube channel.
The idea is that students will be able to go to the YouTube channel to watch and listen to the songs and chants used in class.
Please take a look at www.youtube.com/channel/UCCy2-Rtl0KF6y7LzkBPt6IQ
生徒募集中: 新しい年度の始まり。
春休み
englishpool will be closed until next Tuesday, 9th April, for a short spring break.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
The Three Little Pigs cafe will be open as usual!
My students really don't want me to win!
In the Saturday morning elementary B class we have a regular habit of starting the lessons with a 'quick' game of AGO, and usually one of the students will set the cards so I can't possibly win.
This reached new heights last week when I discovered they had created a plan, on paper, of which cards each player should start with in order for Paul to lose everytime!
Thanks children, but I would like to win just once in a while...
...oh, and by the way they think I set the timer for 10 minutes but actually it's only 8 minutes!
