Snakes & Ladders

Snakes & Ladders is an ETJ publication for children's teachers and it currently appears twice a year.

To preview our Autumn 2006 publication, click on the following article links:
Suggestopedia: Music magic and classroom control (by Emily Homma)
Playing with Fonix (by Jane Takizawa)
Parents Assisting in TEFL: Opening the world of English beyond the classroom walls (by Dawn Shimura)
How we can learn from our students: My lessons learned (by Travis Ruetenik)
Speech Contests (by Sharon Abe)
Fairy tales in the classroom (by Kim Horne)
Free reading resources (by Ben Shearon)
Learning Styles:Catering to students' needs (by steve McAtamney)

Below are some archives of articles that have appeared in back issues of the Snakes & Ladders. The archives have been divided into the following categories: Features; Business Matters; Content-based learning; Festivals and Events; Games; Teacher Talk; Very Young Learners.

Features

Barnes, Lisa & Grab, Carol	Introduction to TPR story-telling	Summer 2002
Blefgen-Togashi, Laura	The need for self-esteem in teacher and child	Fall 2004
Block, Don & Homma, Emily	Teaching the very young	Fall 2004
Briviati, Stephen	Teaching reading and writing in elementary schools	Spring 2001
Dennett, Lynn	Baby English	Winter 2002
Donan, Linda	One teacher's New Year's resolution	Winter 2002
Espinosa, Doray	In transit	Summer 2003
ETJ Aichi	Running a succesful ETJ group: ETJ Aichi	Spring 2003
Foley, Brad	Tell me what you want	Spring 2001
Foley, Hostetler, Illiescu & Weston	It takes a tribe to raise an English speaker	Spring 2001
Grab, Carol & Barnes, Lisa	Introduction to TPR story-telling	Summer 2002
Gray, Martin	Early childhood ALTs in the JET program	Summer 2003
Harrington, David	Kazillions of flashcard games	Spring 2004
Higa, Howard	Creative drilling: Extensive practice masked as fun and games	Spring 2003
Higa, Howard	Pictures: Worth a thousand words (and then some)	Winter 2003
Hoerchl, Matthew	Small worlds	Spring 2004
Homma, Emily & Block, Don	Teaching the very young	Fall 2004
Hunt, Chris	The cutting edge	Summer 2002
Hunt, Chris	The A to Z of teaching: Attitudes of a non-teacher	Winter 2002
Hunt, Chris & Miyake, Alison	Is your classroom under control?: Discipline in the non-teacher's classroom Part 1	Summer 2003
Hunt, Chris & Miyake, Alison	Is your classroom under control?: Discipline in the non-teacher's classroom Part 2	Winter 2003
Ito, Lesley	In defence of greetings	Fall 2004
Ito, Lesley	Grammar shortcuts for kids	Spring 2004
Krause, Aleda	Music and rhythm for younger learners	Summer 2003
Lisgo, David	Computer-generated teaching materials	Winter 2002
Lisgo, David	Approaching phonics from A-Zebra	Summer 2003
McAtamney, Stephen	LTE: Learning Through English	Spring 2005
MacKay, Katherine	What's the time Mr Wolf?: Age-appropriate teaching strategies for children in Japan	Spring 2003
Merner, Tom	English in "Sogo": What's it all about?	Winter 2002
Merner, Tom	English in elementary schools	Spring 2005
Minns, Sean	Kindy hell? How not to teach a kindy class	Spring 2004
Miyake, Alison & Hunt, Chris	Is your classroom under control?: Discipline in the non-teacher's classroom Part 1	Summer 2003
Miyake, Alison & Hunt, Chris	Is your classroom under control?: Discipline in the non-teacher's classroom Part 2	Winter 2003
Nagashima, Michelle	Teaching content in the L2 classroom	Winter 2003
Nakamura, Mari	Motivate students, accelerate learning	Spring 2005
Nakamura, Mari	Teaching collocation to children: Raising young learner's language awareness	Winter 2003
Oshima, Nicola	Stop teaching your pre-schoolers	Spring 2005
Isozaki, Anna	Returnees	Winter 2002
Sato, Chris	The customer is king	Summer 2002
Shimura, Dawn	Smiley English: An EFL children's group, parents included	Spring 2003
Toyama, Setsuko	The power of picture books	Spring 2003
Vilina, Kathleen Kampa	Multiple intelligences for the youger learner	Summer 2002
Warner, Peter	Labels, pictures and ELT: Selecting, finding and creating the right graphic	Fall 2004
Wiltshier, John	English in Sendai primary schools; What is the current situation?	Winter 2003

Business Matters

Sato, Chris	Which came first É the baby or the student?	Winter 2003
Shearon, Ben	Hiring staff	Spring 2004
Shearon, Ben	Educating parents, dissipating tension	Fall 2004
Warner, Peter	Open class	Spring 2004

Content-based Learning

Nagashima, Michelle

Content-based learning

Summer 2003

Festivals and events

Abe, Sharon	An eventful day	Summer 2002
Abe, Sharon	Summer camp	Spring 2003
Abe, Sharon	Sites for sore eyes	Winter 2003
Abe, Sharon	Going afield	Fall 2004
Shimura, Dawn	A smiley Halloween party	Summer 2003
Takizawa, Jane	English fun day	Spring 2004
Zeid, Mark	Interactive celebrations for a Jewish holiday	Winter 2002

Games

Takizawa, Jane	Recycling games	Winter 2002
Takizawa, Jane	Bingo, the grandfather of ESL games	Spring 2003
Takizawa, Jane	Karuta: Too competitive for ESL/EFL?	Summer 2003
Takizawa, Jane	Converstion games (for classes that would rather play than study)	Winter 2003
Takizawa, Jane	A game for everyone	Fall 2004
Takizawa, Jane	Getting into English mode: Warm-up activities to create an English atmosphere	Spring 2004
Takizawa, Jane	Using dice - Never a gamble	Spring 2005

Teacher talk

Jones, Bob	Let's go shopping!	Summer 2003
Okabe, Maki	The kids and I	Winter 2002
Spencer, Shelley	My class	Summer 2002
Thiessen, Judith	Reflections of an elementry school English teacher	Spring 2003
Warner, Peter	A special appeal: Promoting the Hepburn romaji system	Winter 2003

Very Young Learners

Corin, Douglas	Beginning phonics with pre-kindergarten learners	Winter 2003
Howell, Charles	Winging it - tips for teaching the very young	Spring 2003
Howell, Charles	English for very youg learners: Playing with dollhouses	Summer 2003
Howell, Charles	Reading storybooks in the EFL classroom	Winter 2003
Howell, Charles	Multiple intelligences for young learners	Spring 2004
MacDonnell, Tania	Learning through play - Language teaching techniques for young learners	Summer 2002