POLAR EXPRESS

Hi :) , today I say goodbye to you because I have to study for my University exams. And I have decided to publish this entry, is about the story of the Polar Express,  I loved this story when I was little. So, I think that there is no better way to say goodbye. I hope you like it.

This is the story of a young hero boy on Christmas Eve who boards on a powerful magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home. What unfolds is an an adventure which follows a doubting boy, who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole; during this ride, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery which shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

You can work the story in class, and do fun activities. Here's material I hope you find it useful.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B326XishikPAYnJsT0tQYkJXTms/edit

The magic of Christmas is here!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE. WE SEE YOU SOON

http://smallcolorfulballoons.blogspot.com.es/

A nice day

The magician

HOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK THE BOOK
“The Magician” is a funny book for children of 3rd level of primary school. The author of the book is Günter Gerngross and the editorial is Longman.
We have chosen this story because we think that is appropriate for nine-yearold
children. It has many colourful pictures and the vocabulary is suitable.
To work the reading of the story at the class we will read a chapter each day.
Children will read the book loudly together. When pupils finish each chapter, teacher
will ask about details of the story.
Next day, children will do an oral summary before they start to read another
chapter.
When the book finishes, pupils will do an activity with Movie Marker that
consists of order cartoons basing on reading. The final result will be a movie with story
pictures and a song of bottom. Each group choose the song that they want.
This is an example of how could be the Movie Maker activity done by children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HsGyl2C8xw&feature=youtu.be

The three musketeers

HOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK THE BOOK
“The Three musketeers” is an interesting book for children who are in the 6 level of primary school. The author of the book is Alexander Dumas and the editorial is Burlington Books.
We have chosen this story because we think that is appropriate for twelveyear-old
children and it is a historic novel which pupils can learn new vocabulary.
To work this reading at the class we will read loudly together. When pupils
finished each chapter, they will translate and comment it with their partners. Next day,
children will do an oral summary before they start to read more pages of the story.
When the book will have finished, pupils do an activity with Glogster, an
application to do murals in groups. They will have to create the poster with sentences
from the book, pictures, songs, characters, the title of the story, and whatever they
want. Finally, they will expose it to the class.

http://almudenaescriba.edu.glogster.com/mosketeers/

 

Christmas film

Have you ever noticed it? The magic of Christmas is already beginning to flood it all. On the streets, in shop windows and on the faces of the children already the illusion feels... and to us we love! For this reason, we encourage you to live Christmas with your family and see this film

STORIES

http://www.bygosh.com/index.html

If you like the stories you'll love this site. I used to do many activities in the classroom, and like children very much. I hope you find it useful.

MY FAVOURITE TALE

When I was child my movie favorite was Tarzan, here I make a brief summary: When Kala, a female Gorilla, is an orphaned child in the jungle, he decides to adopt it as his own son despite the opposition of Kerchak, the head of the herd. By Terk, a funny monkey and Tantor, a somewhat neurotic elephant, Tazan will grow in the jungle developed the instincts of animals and learning to glide between trees at breakneck speed. But when an expedition enters the jungle and Tarzan meets Jane, you will discover who really is and what is the world to which it belongs...

Goals that seeks to get this film are the transmit the values of friendship, the love of animals and nature, cooperation and camaraderie to achieve our goals, the value to be able to overcome our own fears, as it does, the elephant, and equality when Kala, mother of Tarzan, makes you see that both are the same (both have two handsheartbeat...)

I think that is a movie that sends many values to children, despite the physical appearance of each all are equal and must also respect us, shows us the daily effort of Tarzan by getting what you really want, be a monkey. This film can help adopted children not feel different.Above all what more I liked are the songs of the film, here you have my favorite:

THANKSGIVING

Celebrate on: Fourth Thursday in November

Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday in November, but many Americans take a day of vacation on the following Friday to make a four-day weekend, during which they may travel long distances to visit family and friends.

The holiday dates back to 1621, the year after the Puritans arrived in Massachusetts, determined to practice their dissenting religion without interference. After a rough winter, in which about half of them died, they turned for help to neighboring Indians, who taught them how to plant corn and other crops. The next fall's bountiful harvest inspired the Pilgrims to give thanks by holding a feast.

The Thanksgiving feast became a national tradition — not only because so many other Americans have found prosperity but also because the Pilgrims' sacrifices for their freedom still captivate the imagination.

To this day, Thanksgiving dinner almost always includes some of the foods served at the first feast: roast turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes, pumpkin pie. Before the meal begins, families or friends usually pause to give thanks for their blessings, including the joy of being united for the occasion.

CRAFTS

 

Elephant Amaranta’s Fear

The elephant Amaranta was one of the biggest stars of the Great Worldwide Circus “The Whale.” With her enormous trunk she was able to juggle more spectacularly than had ever been seen in the circus tent. Also, the elephant Amaranta was happy and fun and everyone loved her very much in the circus.

She only had one problem: mice made her panic. But this, in reality, was a very small problem, because no mouse had ever been seen in the Great Worldwide Circus “The Whale.” But one day, a family of mice appeared there. They had escaped from a town in which a strange flautist rounded them all up and threw them out via the river. Once the flautist arrived, he emitted a magical sound, and every mouse that heard it lost all sense of reason.

– Lucky for us, we were sleeping when this happened. The only one that was awake was grandfather; and since he is deaf…nothing happened to him!

So that family of mice had to flee. And so, walking and walking, they had arrived at the circus.

– You can all stay here – said the ringmaster – but you have to be careful with the elephant Amaranta. She gets panicked around mice, so it will be best that she doesn’t see you.

But the Circus Worldwide “The Whale” was very small and the elephant Amaranta didn’t take long in discovering this family of mice.

– Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! – she yelled afraid.
– Don’t you worry – assured the ringmaster – Surely she will become accustomed…

But Amaranta did not become accustomed and each time that she crossed one of the mice, she climbed atop the first thing she found.

1. The stool the ringmaster used in the lion spectacle.
2. The trapeze where Calixta, the trapeze artist monkey, left all the kids marveling at her pirouettes.
3. Including the tightrope, which Nicolasa, the giraffe aerialist, climbed.

Whichever site was good enough for her to be far from those tiny, speedy and bothersome animals that gave her so much fear. So, those who had to get used to the situation were the other members of the circus.

The animals, convinced that this absurd fear had to end, decided one day to search for a way to end it. The first to propose something was the clown Miguelín, always so ingenious…

– I have found in my suitcase full of joke supplies, a fake mouse…
– I don’t see how this will help us with Amaranta – groaned a grumpy lion.
– Very easy: we gift her the mouse, and when she sees that it is fake and realizes that you can wind it when you want, she will feel like she can control mice, and with that, her own fear.

No one was very convinced with this plan, but as they did not have another, they decided to give it a chance. So they hid the fake mouse in a box, wrapped it up in floral paper and gave it to Amaranta.

– A gift? For me? But it isn’t my birthday – exclaimed the elephant Amarantha happily when she saw the package.

But her smile disappeared when inside the package she saw the mouse.

– Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh… – she screamed as she climbed a stool scared to death.
– Amaranta, it’s a fake mouse! It is nothing more than a toy. Touch it!

But the elephant didn’t want to know anything more about the gift. The plan had failed.

– We have to leave – exclaimed the mice. – At the end of the day, we are only a family of mice and Amaranta is the star of the circus. We can’t compete with her!
– Don’t say that! – exclaimed the upset Calixta, the monkey trapeze artist – if we cannot end her fear, we have to accustom ourselves to it.
– But, what happens with my stools? I can’t perform my show if every few minutes she is breaking them. – protested the ringmaster.
– Well, yes the problem with the stools…let us buy one of her size! – suggested Greta, the oldest lion of the circus.

– Great, one that can withstand her on all parts so she will be able to climb it, when she sees a mouse, and won’t break anything.

To the elephant Amaranta, they gave a new gift that she like much more than the anterior. She promised all her peers that she would not return to breaking their work tools and that she would try to control her attacks of fear.

What is certain is that Amaranta never was able to control her fear, but at least the Great Worldwide Circus “The Whale” never again was a disaster. And of course, the family of mice remained there always. Eventually, even they had a circus performance that became very very very famous.

But this, my friends, is another story…

Froggy´s halloween

LISTENING

The listening is very important to learn a new language. But the listening is done not only with audios of talks, is hearing the teacher, listening to songs...I think that a good way of working the listening with children through stories, because they like it so much and would learn much vocabulary.

The listening process involves five stages: receiving, understanding, evaluating, remembering, and responding. You can use for a better understanding in the listenings is:
Active listening is a particular communication technique that requires the listener to provide feedback on what he or she hears to the speaker, by way of restating or paraphrasing what they have heard in their own words. The goal of this repetition is to confirm what the listener has heard and to confirm the understanding of both parties. The ability to actively listen demonstrates sincerity, and that nothing is being assumed or taken for granted. Active listening is most often used to improve personal relationships, reduce misunderstanding and conflicts, strengthen cooperation, and foster understanding.
It should leave aside the conventional activities and put up new activities that are more motivating for children, do not be afraid to make mistakes and learn so much more.

There are many activities to put all this into practice:http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch

http://childtopia.com/index.php?module=home&func=coce&idphpx=comprensi%EF%BF%BDn-oral-escrita

GAMES

Simon Says – at 3 and 5 they are pitifully bad at this game but they have loads of fun trying to discern when they are to follow instructions and when they are not to.

Name that Sound – Using this basket of instruments play an instrument without the child seeing – either stand behind them, just outside the room, or blindfold them. Ask them to identify the instrument played. Add several instruments as they become familiar with the sounds and have them lay out the instruments in the order you played them.

What Time Is It Captain Midnight? –  It is identical to What Time is it Mr. Wolf if you are familiar with that game. One person, Captain Midnight, stands on the other side of the room, with his back to the other players. The other players call out; “What time is it Captain Midnight?” Captain Midnight calls out a time between 1 and 11 and the players need to take that many steps. This repeats until Captain Midnight says it is midnight, at which point he chases the children back to the start line trying to tag them. Those that are tagged are out.

Marco Polo – One child is blindfolded and calls out “Marco” and the other players respond with “Polo”. The blindfolded child tries to tag the others by following their voice. {Usually a pool game, but the boys enjoy playing it in our living room}

Blindfolded Obstacle Course – Blindfold the children and give them verbal instructions to get through a series of obstacles set up in the room.

Find the Object – Set up a random assortment of items on a table in one room and take the children to another room. Give them details about which object you’d like them to go and find from the table, for example; “Please bring me the smallest yellow item on the table.” or “Please bring me the book that talks about a little girl and a bear eating blueberries.”

This game has been the boys favorite and we’ve played it about 4 times so far!

Get Across the Room – So similar to Marco Polo and the Obstacle Course, however slightly different.  Put the blindfolded children on one side of the room and have a partner for each child on the other side of the room. As the partner we direct our own {blindfolded} partner across the room to us, so they need to know and listen to the voice of the parent they are partnered up with.

BOOKS

Books and children's stories in English are an excellent way to bring our kids to one of the most important languages in the world. Certainly today, knowing English is essential when it comes to finding a job and that is increasingly present in the school life of our children.In Story Time, you will find a great selection of books in English for children, who have been especially chosen for being entertaining and satisfying all the hobbies, ages, and levels.
I have liked many of these books that I recommend, here I leave a few.

 

STORIES

The stories in English help the children to learn new languages, thanks to the new technologies like the mobile one or the tablet the children can learn in any place.
They are simple short stories that will help you learn new English vocabulary. Also you can use them in the digital slate of class.