My English Book and Me Tips · 25. March 2019

My English Book and Me : Elementary 2 （緑色のテキスト： 旧My English Book and Me 4) １．テキストについて My English Book and Me:Elementary 2（旧My English Book and Me 4）では、CVCフォニックス（子音母音子音のパターンで並ぶもの）、長い言葉、会話形式の質問と答えを学びます。

My English Book and Me Tips · 23. January 2019

My English Book and Me 4 (the green texts) to be re-named My English Book and Me: Elementary 2 1. About the Texts My English Book and Me 4 teach CVC phonics, longer words and conversational English. 2. Homework: Teachers will fold pages in half and write the date on them. This is the homework.

My English Book and Me Tips · 28. January 2018

My English Book and Me 3 Classbook and Homebook are ABC phonics texts. Children will learn many new words as they learn their phonics. There is constant review and re-enforcement with mini - tests. Students also learn conversational questions and answers. We use MEB3 with ANY beginning elementary student (be they 5th graders or 1st graders). And with high level kindergarten students who have finished My English Book and Me 1 and 2. Why don’t ALL students begin with My English Bo

Dave and Amy Games · 15. January 2018

When students enter our kindergarten lesson, they play Look 'n Match in groups of 3 - 4. Look 'n Match is a matching game. Students must LOOK at the card and MATCH to the picture on the BOARD. Each Look 'n Match game consists of: 1. 4 A4 sized boards 2. 6 colorful pictures/ board 3. 24 double sided

My English Book and Me Tips · 15. January 2018

My English Book and Me 1 and 2 are black and white picture dictionaries. They can be used with ANY beginners, but we use them with our kindergarten students. Ideally, students will come to our school as 4 year olds and begin My English Book and Me 1. After 1 year on My English Book and Me 1, most students progress to My English Book and Me 2. Why MEB1 and 2? We want the students learning lots of vocabulary and simple questions and answers, BEFORE reading and writing (we do lots of phonics IN...

English School Owner Tips · 13. December 2017

At Dave and Amy English School, we had very popular, effective Mommy and Baby lessons for 7 years. And then stopped. Why? Hint: It WASN’T because our own children had grown. Although it was great having Alfie and Leon in the class. The real reason we STOPPED Mommy and Baby lessons is we found

日本語で · 06. December 2017

My English Book and Me 3ではそれぞれの文字の書き方、発音、代表的な単語を例に挙げ読み書きの基礎を学びます。 ●文字の練習をするときは大きな声で発音しながら文字を書きます。 ●ミニテストのページ(P,8,13,14,19,20,21,,,,)をやる時はテキストブックに書き込まず他のノートにやります。 ミニテストをやる時に前のページを見てやったり、家の

Teacher Tips · 04. December 2017

At Dave and Amy English School, we used to have popular, effective Mommy and Baby lessons. 14 - 18 Moms and young children would come to the weekly lessons. Before kindergarten, students could usually say their name and age, answer basic questions and knew a lot of vocabulary. Let’s go through the basics: 1, Who: Any child from the age of 6 months to pre-kindergarten. Of course if a mother had a 3 year old and a 2 month old, both children were welcome. Notes: We

Teacher Tips · 27. November 2017

Believe it or not, we have a toilet break policy at Dave and Amy English School. It sounds ridiculous, but it is necessary. To begin with, let’s go through WHY

Student Tips · 20. November 2017

Students who have never lived abroad CAN become bi-lingual, but they need to put in a lot of effort. At Dave and Amy English School, we teach students that have never left Japan, but are able to join our returnee lessons (with children who have lived abroad for 3 or more years). Let’s go through what is necessary. *** These tips are for our Japanese students in Japan---but of course, can be used by ANYONE to learn a 2nd language. Tip # 1: READ.