Cool Link: Preschool Express

Continuing on with the preschool theme that we've had for a while, we've got Preschool Express. I really like this site because of its colours and the fact that it's well organised.

On the left they have stations, such as party, toddler, games, food, numbers, music, stories, and a whole lot more. In the middle is the What's New Section. Right now it's what's new for fall. Then on the right you have more info about the what's new section, such as books picks for fall, fall patterns, and plan ahead calendars. If you're teaching kids or young learners, you're going to love this site!


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Quick Tip: Have Fillers Ready for Your Classes

Fillers are what every experienced teacher has up their sleeves. Just like you should use warmers in the beginning of your lessons and coolers at the end, you should have a couple fillers in mind in case you end early.

If you've taken a TEFL course, your course instructors told you about fillers. You never can tell if you'll have enough material for your class and fillers are used in case you finish early.

Games and other fun activities are often used. Fillers should be short, easy, and fun activities that can be done at the end of class if you have a little time left over. Developing Teachers has a whole bunch of ideas, so be sure to check them out!


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Hot Topic: Getting Free Language Lessons

Sometimes the school where you're working will offer you free language lessons. This often happens in Asia, particularly in China. They advertise free housing, flights and occasionally free lunches and Chinese classes. While it sounds nice, there's often a catch.

In my experience, the free Chinese classes are often given by another teacher. Usually a young, new teacher with no experience teaching Chinese whatsoever. Another problem is that the teacher may not speak much English. So little English along with little Chinese as a foreign language experience often leaves both you and the teacher frustrated. In addition, the lessons are often cancelled due to the other teacher being "busy".

I've had free Chinese classes in two of the schools where I worked. The first was very difficult, the teacher was the school secretary, had no idea how to teach Chinese and had no English. There were 3 of us in the class. Class was often cancelled. The second was better. The teacher was a young English teacher. She had no Chinese teaching experience, but was very patient and I was the only one in the class. It's often the luck of the draw.

What do you think?
Have you ever been given free language classes? How did they work out for you?


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Job Site: TEFL Jobs

EDIT: This website hasn't been working lately. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

TEFL Jobs compiles all the TEFL jobs on the web into one convenient search engine. Simply enter the city or country where you want to work and you'll get results.

Granted, some of those results might be years old, but you'll get results nonetheless. I find it pretty useful and suggest you check it out.


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Cool Link: Preschool Education

Teach preschoolers? Then take a look at Preschool Education. They've got info such as ABCs, arts and crafts, circle time, drama, games, math, music, recipes, science, snacks, themes, and more.

It's pretty well organised and updated often. Their material works well with PCs as well as Macs so you won't have any compatibility issues. They have 3 sister sites as well that are worth looking at: Ask the Preschool Teacher, Preschool Coloring Book, and Preschool Printables.


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