Activities & Resources

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A Few Quick and Easy-to-Implement Activities

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / September 6, 2022 /

I know that we hit the ground running on day one of the school and it doesn’t seem to let up until the following summer. I also know that it can be difficult to design and implement new activities and lessons as the school year races by. So, I thought I would share just a…

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Fostering Classroom Community via ‘The Special Person’ Interview

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / May 23, 2022 /

I teamed up with Bryce Hedstrom (brycehedstrom.com) at the Voces Digital “Weekly Wednesday Webinar” to give a presentation entitled: Fostering Classroom Community and Understanding via ‘The Special Person’ Interview. Link to the video recording: here Link to my presentation: here I really enjoy the activities presented in this webinar. They are great ideas how to…

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Numbers Brain Breaks

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / February 28, 2022 /

I came across these brain breaks on Bryce Hedstrom’s blog. With his permission, I am sharing them here as resource for language teachers. (I should mention that I did the German version of these puzzles.) These brain breaks are fun, quick and my students enjoyed doing them. They reinforce numbers in the target language and…

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A few links as a starting point

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / November 27, 2021 /

Recently, after sharing a bit about some inspiring educators in a post, I had some inquiries about what other educators and resources that I find useful.Below you will find links to some worth-while blogs, other websites, and their resources. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but my hope is that it offers a…

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A bit about a few educators that I met along the way.

By Eric Richards Instructional Consulting, LLC / November 11, 2021 /

As I wrote in a previous entry, I do not know where I would be today without fellow educators, who shared their insights, talents and personal stories of struggles and successes. So, I thought I would take a moment to share a bit about just a few of those educators that I met along the…

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