Addicted to Interactive Exercises

I am an unashamed addict of creating online interactive exercises.


This addiction started a few years ago when I was teaching a particularly challenged young ESL student on a one to one basis.  She would moan and groan over her workbook, and most of our time was spent with me cajoling her into doing the work.  This all changed when she was put in front of a computer screen.  She became competitive, insisting on re-doing exercises she didn't get full marks for, and gave the interactive exercises her full concentration.


Challenged and gifted children alike are motivated by interactive exercises and this is what prompted me to leave the classroom, temporarily, and spend two years creating a website for young English learners called Strivney.


Strivney has two large sections which teach ESL young learners to read using phonics, and many more interactive exercises which teach English vocabulary.


The growing section of crosswords for ESL students is proving to be particularly popular.


Because the system keeps a personal score record and remembers where students finished their last learning session, registration is required.  But it is simple and free.