All practising EFL teachers know too well how difficult learning loads of vocabulary items is for our young learners. Well a few easy tips have never done anybody any harm. If you care to try them in your class readJo Budden's suggestions, which were publishedin the online treasure the British Council offers us. Personally, I've also told my students that an "orderly notebook" is a useful tool. And we've already tried some of Jo's ideas in class [before reading his article]. My favorite activity is the "Circle story". If we manage to cook up a really hilarious one,we might publish it in our school website.