I have been teaching ESL online for a few years and often meet very beginner students who need to learn beginner ESL vocabulary. They have very limited vocabulary and need to start at the very beginning in order to learn the English language. Often these students are new to learning
I have been creating Boom Cards™ for a few years now, mostly for my children to use. They have become very popular in my house during the Corona Virus pandemic where they mostly learn at home with online school. We used the Parts of Speech Boom Cards to practice these
I love sharing a useful ESL online tip with other ESL teachers. After teaching ESL for many years, I have discovered some tips that benefit my students during online ESL classes. One of those things is a Clock manipulative. I made these clocks while I was studying at university and
I have been teaching ESL online for 2 years and I LOVE teaching ESL online! I teach for two companies (DaDa and Cambly). These two companies fulfil different roles in my life and each have their place. I will write a post about them in the future to discuss how
Since I started teaching ESL online, I have been scrounging through the internet, searching for ESL websites that I can use in my ESL online classroom. I have come across a number of sites that offer interactive fun, even when there is no interactive pen or whiteboard available. I will
We have been working on learning CVC words focusing on those with an |o| as a vowel. Spelling games to learn CVC words I have a fun Spelling game which I bring out when a new sound is being introduced. It is nice because it covers all the vowel sounds
This year has been crazy! I can’t believe it is nearly June. The reason why I have been so busy is that at the beginning of the year I took on a new adventure. After being out of the classroom for just over 4 years I decided to leap right
With my daughter starting to read, my son has become more and more interested in learning the alphabet and heading in her direction. How we use Boom Learning™ to learn the Alphabet… You may have heard about Boom Learning™. It is a platform for Digital Task Cards. You can read
Are you a hoarder? So, if you had to ask my husband to define a hoarder, he would probably do so my mentioning my name. I keep all kinds of packaging which may be useful in activities for my children. There are toilet rolls in a kitchen cupboard and plastic
Boom Learning™ is a year old! I can’t believe it has been a year since I first started with the BoomLearning™ platform to create BoomCards™ task cards as part of the Beta group. If you haven’t heard of this App before, you are seriously missing out! The BoomLearning™ platform for
I am an online teacher, passionate about creating fun and engaging activities for ESL students. I live in South Africa with my husband, two children and a handful of pets.
