ENGLISH TRIFLE!!!

What a stunning dessert the trifle makes with its multiple layers that delight with so many colors, textures and flavors. The English have enjoyed this dessert for over three centuries now.  Although the dictionary defines 'trifle' as being something insignificant, this dessert is anything but. Its beginnings were humble as the first trifles simply consisted of a mixture of boiled cream and a few other ingredients. It wasn't until the mid 18th century that the trifle started to evolve into what we have today.

Click on the link below to read a good trifle recipe and try it! :-)

http://www.joyofbaking.com/StrawberryLemonCurdTrifle.html

HAPPY GROUNDHOG´S DAY!

Groundhog´s Day is held on February, 2nd, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania every year. It is believed than groundhogs are real weather forecasts. You might be wondering how a groundhog landed the job of predicting the weather. If you're unfamiliar with the tradition, it goes like this: If the groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, sees his shadow, we're stuck with six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow, we luck out with an early spring

USEFUL LINKS:

Arts and crafts: 

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/happy_groundhog.htm

Happy Groundhog´s day songs: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXfC726XJ-w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnnRGUcClVg&feature=related

Just for fun!

http://www.holidays.zingerbugimages.com/GroundhogDay/groundhog_cat2.gif

QUEDA PROHIBIDO...

THE GINGERBREAD MAN

This is a Gingerbread Man made by me. It´s really easy to make. You only need a Gingerbread Man template, thread, a needle and felt of different colours. Also, you can decorate it the way you like ... (a scarf, a tie, buttons, a bow tie, a ribbon...).

I encourage you to make it because when you tell his story, children will enjoy it much more if they can see the "real" Gingerbread Man out of the book. Do it yourself! It´s worth a try!

Tip*: Take him into the classroom and look at children faces! Have fun!

USEFUL LINKS:

Gingerbread Man stuff:

http://www.twinklelittleteapot.blogspot.com/search?q=ginger 

Template:

http://k2printables.com/images/gingerbread_man2.jpg

THE HOUSE SONG

This is another lovely song by Peter Weatherall to teach some parts of the house, adjectives and the different materials houses are made of. Listen to it and enjoy it!
Just click on:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUkTW0pBg2U

USEFUL LINKS:

Another house song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR5qPNPGCmY
 

Coloring pages:

http://letsticenglish.wikispaces.com/file/view/ROOMS%2Bwords.gif/47294505/ROOMS%2Bwords.gif
 

Flashcards:

http://www.eslflashcards.com/preview.php?id=27ç

Virtual house:

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/community_lang/house/english/map.htm

LOS NIÑOS APRENDEN LO QUE VIVEN

Si un niño vive criticado aprende a criticar.
Si un niño se siente amado aprende a amar.

Si un niño vive con hostilidad aprende a pelear.
Si un niño vive con equidad aprende a ser justo.

Si un niño vive avergonzado aprende a sentirse culpable.
Si un niño vive con seguridad aprende a tener fe.

Si un niño vive con tolerancia aprende a ser tolerante.
Si un niño vive con aprobación aprende a quererse.

Si un niño vive con estímulos aprende a confiar
Si un niño vive con aceptación y amistad aprende a encontrar amor en el mundo...

LET´S COUNT TO ONE HUNDRED!

Children love to learn how to count in English, that´s why we should try new ways to teach numbers so that they can enjoy the experience to the full.

Click on the links below to find some interesting ideas, songs, games and flashcards to practise the numbers.

Number games: 

http://languagestudy.suite101.com/article.cfm/foreign_language_number_games

http://www.english-4kids.com/gamespknumber.html
 

Number chants and counting songs: 
http://www.songsforteaching.com/numberscounting.htm

Numeracy resources: http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/md/index.html

Printable bingo cards: http://dltk-cards.com/bingo/bingo1.asp

We can count to 100 song!! : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbHBYGY2fs0&feature=related

HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL!!!

 

USEFUL LINKS:

Lyrics:  http://www.yankeeharvest.com/pumpkin/cottontail.html

More information about this song:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Peter_Cottontail

Coloring pages: 

http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring_page.php?id=127

BEAT BOOPERS!

"Beat Boopers" specializes in downloadable music for children with related music resources for teachers and children.

Each song comes with a resource pack that includes ideas for using and enjoying the songs with children. Click on the link below to watch the song "I like the flowers" on youtube, a lovely spring song, and find some resources on:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6PKcnTGVX4&NR=1

DIGITAL LEARNERS

From the Millineals: "For the first time in History, we are no longer limited by our teachers´ability and knowledge". Mark Anderson.

Did you know that...? :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFKfXiCbLw

ZIMMER TWINS!

Zimmer Twins is an animated online film site which you can find here: www.zimmertwins.com. 

It has a number of different story starters for students to complete and also uses speech in the starters of the movies. 

TIP: It´s a good idea to create an account for the class so you can save movies !!!

WELCOME TO THE FARM!

Everybody knows that children are absolutely in love with all kind of animals. Here is another lovely song by Peter Weatherall about farm animals. It helps you to teach your students their names and the sounds they make.  Also, if you click on the links below, you will find more resources to work on this interesting topic.

 

Old MacDonalds´song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OfVsPUTmXM

Coloring pages: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/farm.shtml
A talking ebook: http://www.magickeys.com/books/farm/page1.html
Games: http://www.primarygames.com/science/farmanimals/farmanimals.htm
Arts and crafts:  http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/farm.html

HAPPY ST. VALENTINE´S DAY!

JUST FOR FUN! :-)

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

CÓMO CAMBIAN LOS TIEMPOS...!!!

HOW THE DOVE BECAME THE BIRD OF PEACE

http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/43_folder/43_articles/43_peace.html

PEACE DAY

DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN?

"The Muffin Man" is a traditional nursery rhyme or children's song of English origin. The rhyme is first recorded in a British manuscript of around 1820 preserved in the Bodleian Library with lyrics very similar to those used today.

Drury Lane is a street in London, also notable for its theatre. Victorian households had many of their fresh foods delivered; muffins would be delivered door-to-door by a muffin man.
The "muffins" were the product known in much of the English-speaking world today as English muffins, not the cupcake-shaped American variety.

Click on the links below to sing  the song "Do you know the muffin man?" and work on it :-)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/Muffinman.shtml
http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/songs/m/muffinman.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A49PPEk3fYQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMOd8WADZZM&feature=related

THE AMABLINGUA

Xa viña sendo time de que el new president descubrise the magic solution to the cosa de la lengua no Galician Country.
The solution é o chamado “castrapo enriquecido”, al que también chaman “eurocastrapo”, “triglosia feijooooana”, amablingua , “galcasinglish” ou, na Galicia Sur, simplemente “feixoada”.

Basically consiste en ser amables. You are moi amable, in such a way que no ofendas a nobody arround. Because the cosa es no imponer, e se ti escolles one language –only one, ollo!- ti andas imponiéndote que nin a milk! So, first asunto: amabilidade, gentleness e, especially, never, never, never, mesmo nunca, fales only in the regional idioma.

The second cosa vén sendo a closing down das galescolas, que finally serán substituídas by “trilingüelas” (not “bi”, but “tri”), to properly enseñar the new lengua.

This is, efectivamente, the solution to the cuadratura of the circle: combinar a “soberanía lingüística” dos pais, with the deber of promoting e facer normal o galego, sin ofender a la lengua de Rosa Díaz, and also co obxectivo de trilingüizar aos nenos and little girls.

So, a nai escolle, e choose o que choose, sempre ficará happy, ya que a súa escolla is included in the eurocastrapo. In fact, this feixoada is the “tres in one”, very inclusive and amabilismo.

At the same time, the Xunta resolverá o “problem” educativo, sen que such a thing lle supoña un quebranto presupuestario. Efectivamente, as a matter of fact, o novo language non ten a very precise normas, and predomina a única and conocida only norma do “tanto ten, ti vai disimulando”, que se complementa coa de “never rained que non escampara”. Así, the teachers training is going to ser very barrato, barrato, cal carpet of magrebí.

And, by the way, if non caíches na conta, este artículo is the first one written in the new idioma. Buena luck and remember o que di the song: non te warrees, be happy, tra,la,la,la,la,la,la,la….

ÉCHE O QUE HAI!!!

PLURILINGÜISMO

What do teachers do in the summer? Here´s the answer!

COMING SOON... THE MUFFIN MAN

ONE MAN WENT TO MOW A MEADOW

"One man went to mow a meadow" is a fun and catchy song for singing in coaches and outings. You can use it to teach numbers as children love countdown songs. Also, they won´t ever forget the words"mow" and "meadow"!
Click on the link to listen and watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3FGCPO49io&feature=channel

WE ARE GOING TO THE ZOO!

Imagine that you are going to the zoo. What animals would you like to see there? Make a list, or draw the animals. Now listen to the song. Are your animals in the song?
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-zoo.htm

BINGO!

I love this traditional song because it was the first one I learnt by heart when I was 5 or 6. I have just found it. I´m in love with youtube!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I-MC3T4KYI&feature=related
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/bingo/index.htm
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/bingo/mlyrics.htm

DINGLE DANGLE SCARECROW!

Discover the memorable moonlight world of the farmyard, when all the cows were sleeping and the sun had gone to bed...
I love this catchy nursery rhyme! The Dingle Dangle Scarecrow song has cute little actions too, always a plus for children.
Click on the links below to find some useful links with resources to teach this rhyme and work on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXbFK5ITBFs&feature=PlayList&p=307BF264F0428909&index=15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1nZco5v9yo&NR=1

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/fall/crafts-scarecrows.htm

TEDDY BEARS´ PICNIC!

"The Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a song written by John Walter Bratton in 1907, with lyrics added in 1932 by prolific songwriter Jimmy Kennedy, and is still a popular tune recorded by several artists and appearing in many children's recordings.

Just click on the link below to listen and watch the song in karaoke version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_jNgirWeQY&NR=1

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ANIMALS ALL AROUND!

This is a very interesting video to teach or review vocabulary about animals. Children really love it! :-)
When you play it, your students will have to spot all the animals that they can see on it even if they don´t know all their names in English.