Dream English Teaching Tips Podcast

In this podcast I talk about simple ideas on how to teach children to say My name is (student name) in English. Using a technique I call modeling. I hope this is helpful! You can watch this video on my Teach English Plus YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/teachkidsenglish

I use Total Physical Response (TPR) often in my classes, and I'm sure many other language teachers do as well. I talk about my understanding of the TPR method created by Dr. James J. Asher. I highly recommend his book Learning Language Through Actions.

Hi! Today I talk about a simple lesson plan to use during the Halloween teaching season. I talk about songs, books, flashcards, and more. Check out this blog post for links to the songs and materials I talk about in this episode: https://dreamenglish.com/blog/halloween-lesson-plan-for-preschool-english-learners-2020/ Be sure to check out Dream English Kids on Spotify and Apple Music!

I talk about my Top 5 Tips for Creating Materials for Children's English Class (ESL, EFL). I have been creating songs, videos, and worksheets for Dream English for years, and I share my advice on how to get started, or improve upon what you are already doing. I also talk about the new Dream English Kids Patreon page. You can now support Dream English and get exclusive content for members. Read mor...

In this episode I talk about the new Sing, Draw, and Write #3: Vehicles video. I talk about how to teach the song by pre-teaching the vocabulary, and ideas to get your students drawing and writing in English! This podcast is brought to you by the Dream English Kids YouTube Channel.

In this episode I talk about my top ten ideas for teaching Food in the young English learner's classroom (ESL, EFL). I talk about introducing food vocabulary, songs, crafts, and more! I hope you find these tips useful. Check out this page for some Free song downloads to get you started singing about food in your classes: http://www.dreamenglish.com/topicfoodsongs

In this episode I talk about my Top Five ideas for teaching numbers and counting in children's English class. We cover using flashcards, songs, games and more ideas. Visit the original blog post here to find the links to the Numbers Songs downloads I talk about in the podcast:  http://dreamenglish.com/blog/top-5-ideas-for-teaching-numbers-in-childrens-english-class/  Happy Teaching! - Matt

In today's podcast I talk about a simple lesson plan for your Christmas classes. I use games, songs, actions, books, and more to teach a Christmas lesson. Check out the Dream English Teaching Tips Blog for links to the downloads I mentioned in this podcast:  http://dreamenglish.com/blog/christmas-lesson-plan-for-young-learners-english-class/ Here is the basic lesson plan I discuss in detail in the...

The Halloween Are You Scared? song is a fun way to teach Halloween vocabulary, and the question “Are you scared?” to your young English learners (ESL, EFL). In this podcast I talk about how to teach the song, why I wrote the song, and a game to play to practice the songs vocabulary. Watch the video and download the song for free at www.dreamenglish.com/halloweenareyouscared   For many more Hallowe...

For many teachers of English to children (ESL, EFL), the summer is a break from teaching.  Of course many teachers teach all year long, but for those of us who do have a break starting again can be a jolt to the system. A fun jolt, like a strong espresso in the morning, but it still takes some adjusting. Here are my top tips for getting things going in a great way. Thanks for listening!

Hi, Friends! I'm super excited to bring you this podcast about one of my favorite songs for young learners: Let's Count 1 to 10! I wrote this song as a simple way to teach numbers, and some fun actions at the same time. Young learners love to sing and dance to this song. If you use it once in your classes, the students will ask for it again! Download the song for free here: www.dreamenglish.com  a...

The What's Your Name? Song is a very useful song that students love to sing. It is simple, and catchy. In this podcast I teach how to sing the song in your class of young English learners (ESL, EFL). Download a Free MP3 of the song and watch the song video at:  http://www.dreamenglish.com/whatsyourname  Alsocheck out the free printable What's Your Name? Book at www.kidsenglishbooks.com I hope my t...

In this episode I talk about making a circle with your students, and doing a fun and simple activity. Great for young learners of English (ESL, EFL). Thanks for listening!

I had a lot of fun making the Wild Animals Finger Family Song Part 2.  We sing about kangaroos, monkeys, zebras, giraffes, and bears! In this podcast I talk about using videos in your ESL or EFL classrrom, and how to teach this song. I also talk about getting the most out of the Dream English Kids videos in the classroom, and why the video thumbnail is the beggining of the video lesson. Wild Anima...

My students love the new "Do You Have A Pet? Song" It is fun to sing and do the actions! Today I talk about how to teach this song in your classes, and some games to go along. Visit www.dreamenglish.com/podcast  for a link to Download a Free MP3 of the song below the podcast player. Thanks for listening! -Matt

I’ve been getting many emails asking my advice about how to start new classes with young learners of English. My advice: Keep it simple! Download the numbers song for FREE at dreamenglish.com/numbers Thanks for listening!

I Love teaching English with SONGS! Today I will talk about the Jobs Song for Teaching English to young learners. We will cover the vocabulary in the song, the phrases, how to teach and a fun game to play after singing the song. Download a free mp3 of this song to use in your classes at www.dreamenglish.com/jobs1  Happy Teaching!

In today’s podcast I talk about a fun and simple Halloween lesson plan for young learners. Using songs, books, and games, let’s have a fun Halloween lesson! Here is the lesson plan: 1. Warm Up 2. Halloween Counting (Count Halloween characters) 3. Halloween Numbers Song 4. Halloween Game 5. Halloween Worksheet 6. Book Time - My Favorite Pumpkin Book 7. Song Time- My Favorite Pumpkin, Walk Like a Gh...

In today's episode I talk you through a simple lesson plan that I used with my preschool English language students. It was a thrity minute class, with about 20 students. We had a lot of fun. You can expand on these ideas if you have a longer class. Here is the lesson plan in brief: 1. Warm Ups- clap your hands, etc. 2. Weather Song 3. Count from 1 to 10,000 4. Let's Count 1 to 10 Song. 5. I Like A...

I'm really happy to have Greg from Fun Kids English ( www.funkidsenglish.com ) as my first guest on the podcast. Greg makes great kids songs, phonics readers and more with his team. I asked Greg six questions about his teaching method, favorite songs for the classroom, his basic lesson plan and more. Have a listen, and I'm sure you will find some useful information for your classes! You can search...

In this podcast I talk about simple and effective ways to teach numbers and counting in your young learners English classroom. Songs, games, and how to practice numbers. Here are links to the numbers songs I use in the classes: Let’s Count 1 to 10 Let’s Count to 20 Counting to 100 by 1s For more information, and to read about this post please visit www.dreamenglish.com/blog  Happy Teaching!

Today on the podcast we will listen to a conversation I had with Mark from MES English about our basic philosophy in teaching very young learners English. We talk about how to relax in class, what to expect from the students, and how watching Sesame Street can help you with class ideas. You can listen to the whole conversation at ESLTeacherTalk.com. This podcast is brought to DreamEnglish.com and...

I hope to do a bunch of Lesson Plans Podcasts to help everyone with planning their lessons. The first episode in this series is Colors! Colors are a basic part of English for your young learners class, and can be lots of fun. In this episode I talk about introducing colors, color songs, and color games. This episode is brought to you by DreamEnglish.com and the Dream English Kids YouTube Channel....

Hi! In this episode I talk about my Top 5 Classroom Games for teaching English to young learners. You only need a few good games that you can use over and over again with differnet vocabulary. Have a listen for some of my students favorites. Visit the Kids Games Page by going to the home page of DreamEnglish.com For more fun game ideas!

Hi! In this episode I talk about a favorite subject of mine, teaching English with songs! I talk about how I teach songs in the classes to young learners. I also talk about different kinds of songs like action songs, finger play songs, and more!  Here are the songs I mention in this podcast: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes ,  Eency Weency Spider ,  What Color Is It? ,  Goodbye Song Check out over...