Star of the Day for distance learning & a Pep Talk

In an effort to keep things as normal as possible for my Little Darlings and to figure out what to … More

Language Games for Distance Learning

Hello friends! We’re 4 days into Online School and we played our first games yesterday using Google Meet. I had … More

Watch out! This is a Grammar-ish post…you purists might get angry, but hear me out! I have a theory, totally … More

Star of the Day, AKA Special Person Interviews are awesome. If you’ve not implemented them yet, don’t wait another minute! … More

This past week I was at the iFLT conference and I had the chance to learn from some of the … More

If you’ve been around a while, you know two things about me: 1. I love free reading in class and 2. … More

This little blogcito turns 1 on Friday and what’s a party without presents?! But first, just a sappy moment of … More

I know Christmas is right around the corner without looking at my calendar because: Kids are acting like WILD BEASTS. … More

We want to load our little darlings with compelling comprehensible input and what’s more compelling that food?! Not much, in my … More

If you haven’t played Mafia with your classes yet, don’t wait any longer! The kiddos love Mafia because it’s really … More

I love the Beginning of the Year in Spanish 1. They come so excited to learn and soak it … More

Day 1, Spanish 1…what to do when they know nada, nothing, no Spanish at all? Well, over here we sing … More

I love this game because they read, and reread and reread… It’s like a triple whammy of comprehensible input! This … More

I don’t worry too much about make up work unless I think the student missed something that I deem really important. In … More

Who doesn’t need another game to add to the old toolbox? This one rarely makes it into my lesson plan, … More

I heard once, “if their bum is numb, so is their brain”. I don’t know who said it or when … More

Here’s a fun way to quickly pair students for activities, AND it exposes them more vocabulary without any effort at … More