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!

Paper Christmas tree

One of our favourite sites and facebook page and pinterest board is Red Ted Art.  Just to get great ideas, inspiration and motivation, I assure it is worth it!

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We decided to try out the paper Christmas tree, and it was a great success!!

Aleksandar working on his tree!

We both made a Christmas tree each ( fantastic for adults too!), plus we got to do some origami!

Click here for the link in Red Ted Arts page to download the paper trees and enjoy!

Homemade snow

DIY Window Clings

Hello!

 Long time no see!!! We have been up to many things lately....we have just started an adult English Speaking club to meet up once a week for a chat in our town, and as you may have seen, we also started the Kid's Club on Saturdays.

 But as always, we are still into trying out all kinds of crafts and experiments with the boys. 

 Our latest try out, was making our own window clings. We found loads of tutorials and tips on the internet and specially pinterest.

 What you need is really simple. These are the ingredients:

Washing liquid, glue, colouring ( I use food colouring but any will do). You can vary the amounts to the quantity you would like to make, also taking into account if you want to make different colours. We put half a pot of glue ( I think of 100ml) and a little spoonful of fairy liquid. Probably it would be better to use a neutral colour soap, as fairy left things quite green. Then you will need a glass pot or jar to put the ingredients in and long sticks to mix them.

  Then we used some plastic folders, and with a paintbrush Aleksandar made some letters ( he is right now into reading and writing and numbers, so that was his choice). Pau on the other hand enjoy making blobs that resembled leaves somehow. 

 You should then leave overnight ( an a good 12 hours) the figures to dry. Then you can peel them off the plastic and stick them on the window or any glass suface. They can be reused many times.

 Unfortunately I didn't manage to take pics of the final results, but here you have some inspiration ideas from the internet.

Have fun and enjoy!

Homemade playdough ( non edible)

Hello everyone!!!

 because you never know when the weather might suddenly change, and autumn might decide to appear, it is useful to have some indoor activities that are really easy and simple to organise.

 I found this homemade playdough at Happy Hooligans web, which by the way is a fantastic website and has loads of ideas. I follow them both thru pinterest, facebook and check the web from time to time. Totally recommended!!

 As you will see, you only need two ingredients: HAIR CONDITIONER (any brand or make will do) and flour ( we started off with cornflour but needed some plain flour at the end. If you want the gluten free option then go for the cornflour!!)

 Just take a look at our two boys. Pau, our youngest was not specially motivated to make the playdough, but once he saw the final result, he decided he wanted to play with it. They loved it!

PLEASE REMEMBER! This is a non edible version. So if playing with babies or toddlers, keep an eye on them.

 Have fun and enjoy!

Icing Cupcakes

Una de les passions d'aquesta família nostra és cuinar i fer rebosteria, tot i que al final, el que més ens agrada és la xocolata tal qual.

 L'Aleksandar s'ha aficionat molt a la rebosteria, i de tant en quant demana de fer algún pastís o cupcakes (semblants a les magdalenes).

 La setmana passada vam decidir fer uns cupcakes senzillets, recoberts només amb glasa de colors i sprinkles, perletes, figuretes...Com que també faig cosetes de rebosteria a casa tenim assortiment, peró avui en dia, a tots els supermercats podeu trobar tant el sucre glas per fer glasa com decoracions.

 Us deixo la recepta i algunes fotos.És una gran oportunitat per practicar amb els peques vocabulari, ingredients i colors.

 Aquí teniu

i la recepta!!

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!

How to make moon sand

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