Learning about FOOD II

Food is one of our favourite topics, as there are many different ways of working English around Food. With our youngest students we love listening to the funny versions of Do you like song of Super Simple Songs

There are now 4 or 5 different versions, that help us work on grammar structure Do you ? Yes I do / No I don't, plus vocabulary.

We also use the opportunity to talk about BREAKFAST/ LUNCH and DINNER ( or supper). We made a poster with our older students about what do they have for each meal?

We will also be talking about what do we use to EAT. I take a box with a spoon, fork, knife, glass, plate, bowl, napkin, tray and cup ( plastic of course!). We look and repeat orally the vocabulary, then write it down on a paper. 

 I also use the opportunity to ask them what is their favourite food and get the conversation going around!!

Have a great day!

Story telling!

Aprofitant la setmana cultural que fem a l'escola per Sant Jordi, vaig explicar un conte en anglès als alumnes de P5. Vaig escollir el conte de Jane and the Dragon, amb un principi que ens recorda a la llegenda de sant jordi, pero amb una herïna en aquest cas que vol demostrar que també pot ajudar i sobretot un final sorprenent amb noves amistats i tot!

El conte totalment in English, va començar amb un calentament amb cançons i vocabulary. El relat amb accions per involucrar els petits no va durar més de 15 minuts i vam acabar l'activitat fent un colour by number d'un drac.

A les extraescolars estem treballant també storytelling, i els grans hem de decidir un conte per explicar als més petits (infantil). Volem fer un puppet show, i aquests són alguns dels títols que tenim en ment:

- The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. A part de ser una història divertidíssima amb uns protagonistes molt definits, tenim infinitat de material a la web per treballar el conte a classe.

-Aliens love underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort. Divertida i original, amb moltíssimes possibilitats per ser representada.

-The three little pigs. Ens agraden els clàssics, sobretot si donen tant de joc com the three little pigs. L'avantatge és que el públic ja coneix la història i pot seguir el conte sense problemes. A més hi afegiríem alguna cançó.

Com veieu encara no ens hem decidit, ens recomaneu algun conte in English??

EARTH DAY

I m in the middle of celebrating Spring, Nature and Earth day at our English activities this month.

I have come accross some fantastic ideas and inspiring units and wanted to share with you some of them!

Younger students love learning about Spring, nature and specially BUGS. Check out Crafts by Amanda where you can find some beautiful and fantastic ideas to do with kids. We were inspired by her to do our own twirling ladybirds and children loved it!

Another fantastic set of ideas comes from Renae at Every Star is different . You will find a fantastic flower unit, inspired by Montessori.

At the helpful Garden you can find some amazing material, It was great to come across a Montessori Botany nomenclature set for primary 3 to 6 years. We used it in our activities and children loved listening and learning about parts of plants and trees.

Thanks for reading! Hope you have a fantastic Earth Day!

Homemade Christmas Crackers

Hola!

 Heu sentit a parlar de Christmas crackers??? They are a fun tradition in the UK for Christmas. For more info about the origin and what it is click christmas cracker link

 Although you normally buy Christmas crackers, this year we thought it would be fun to make some of our own. We got to choose what to put inside and how to decorate them. 

 This is the simple process we followed with Aleks!

 Vam utilitzar rotllos de paper de cuina i WC, paper de seda i cinta. A més a més d'uns caramels per ficar dins. Com veieu, l'estètica sembla un caramel gegant. La tradició diu que dos persones han de tirar banda i banda i fer petar el cracker ( els originals porten un petard a dins que sona). Els nostres són "childfriendly" i no fan soroll peró si són divertits.

Tot i ser una tradició nadalenca, potser us podeu animar i preparar-ne per cap d'any o reis!!

Have fun and enjoy!

Back to school with a big HELLO!!!

 September usually means back to the daily routine and for families with children, it means back to school. 

 One of our favourite songs which I have used many times with children, is this super simple Hello song. It has everything you could wish for, simple lyrics, easy to follow tune, actions and repetition.

  In case you want to sing along with your children, here you have the lyrics to the song!!

The second time around, just change CAN YOU CLAP YOUR HANDS for CAN YOU STOMP YOUR FEET!

Have a great time and enjoy!

Peppa Pig goes on holiday

Hello everyone!

 As we are currently enjoying some nice, cool weather, and probably staying more indoors due to the rain, why not watch cartoons with the youngest at home? We love cartoons at home, specially Peppa Pig. This is one of our favourites, and as it refers to holidays, just perfect for this time of the year. 

Watch and try and get your little ones to remember some of the words in English:  HOLIDAYS,  CAMPER VAN, DUCKS, MAP,...choose depending on age and interest.

Per cert, si teniu tablet o smartphone, us recomano que busque i descarregueu del  PLAY STORE (el nostre es ANDROID), un YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER ( una app que us permetrà descarregar videos de youtube i guardar-los al movil o a la tablet, pero poder mirar sense connexió a internet). 

Have fun and enjoy!!

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