[ShirleySpain]

I teach 'after school' lessons in English, so I (very) loosely follow the kids course books that they use in school. As my kids are all from different schools so the books are all different, but I have just taken the themes (eg. colours and shapes / present continuous and movement etc)and then built my lessons around this theme using flashcards, games, internet, worksheets, word games etc.

What has prompted my question on here is that now some of my kids are way past the level of their school books and have asked me about a 'special book' for my classes.

None of the books that my students use have inspired me enough to want to teach them in my class - hence my asking other teachers for their views..

So I haven't really come across a situation such as you describe. However, if you can, then I would just just look at the themes in Kids Box and then create some different games/acting/roleplays aside from what is in the book, and see what works for these girls. Kids like different things, I have some that love reading English fairy stories, and others that hate it! All love the games though, especially if it involves movement..

There is a huge games list posted on this site in the games forum, by some ingenious teacher which is well worth printing. Plus MES English is a great website that has TONS of stuff to download free - My kids LOVE the stuff from this website.

Sorry I can't be of more help