by Domain | Mar 31, 2017 | Featured
Classroom Tip This chant from Happy Valley Student Book 3, Unit 5, introduces various playground equipment which children often find at the park or on the playground. After Storytime, do the chant and then do it again with gestures. This is also a unit to introduce...
by Domain | Jun 17, 2016 | Featured
Verbs are great for describing things you do or things you want to do. Let’s take a look at some playtime verbs in this week’s video! 動詞は何かをすることや、したいことを言うのに便利です。今週の動画で遊びの時間の動詞を見てみましょう！ Classroom Tip This is the second chant in Happy Valley 3. With only 4 vocabulary,...
by Domain | Mar 22, 2013 | Announcements, Featured
Hello, Everyone. The Happy Valley 2 and Happy Valley 3 Lesson Plans are up for Units 1 to 5. Units 6 to 10 will be up next week along with the updated Games and Activities Guide. Also, my co-author, Simon Moran, and I will be at Maruzen in Osaka this Sunday, March...
by Domain | Mar 19, 2013 | Announcements, Featured
Hello, Everyone. Hope your Spring is springing and you’re excited for the new academic year in April. When not going here and there presenting, I have been working on updating all the Happy Valley documents you’ll need from April. The Teacher’s and...
by Domain | Jan 23, 2013 | Announcements, Featured
Happy 2013, Everyone! How was your New Year? I spent my holiday with my family in the US, where we got lots of snow and went sledding several times in the days following Christmas. I felt like a kid again! Before, I talk about what is happenig in 2013, I want to say a...
