The English bus

As I said in a former post , Nursery Rhymes are essential to language and children's development. In our class, children love to sing and do the actions involved in the Nursery Rhymes we've learnt, and that we recall every day with the Bag of Songs  or at any moment we want them to be relaxed and have fun. You can enjoy some of the most famous Nursery Rhymes below: Baa baa black sheep Five little ducks Hickory Dickory Dock Five Little Monkeys I am a little teapot Humpty Dumpty

One of the bestsellers of artist Eric Carle that takes children all along the week while the animals parade across the page eating their favorite dishes: string beans, spaghetti, zoooop, roast beef, fresh fish, chicken and ice-cream. Which one are you going to eat today? Click on the video and listen to the song we learnt as we sang the book!

We've learnt some vocabulary related to food and lunch time and we've enjoyed some songs from Super Simple Songs that we want to share with you. Have fun doing the actions with your children at home!

Nursery Rhymes take an importan part in children's development, not only in language development, but also in cognitive, emotional and physical development. If you click on the article below you may find some more information about this fact.

Yet another classic lift-the-flap book by Rod Campbell that we've been working on lately in the class.

We've been reading-singing the awarded book "We're going on a bear hunt" for several weeks in the English classroom. The rhythm and the onomatopoeic description at each obstacle found in the book, makes it the perfect story to engage children and stimulate the foreign language acquisition. They follow the story enthusiastically and participate with actions and sounds as they crave for the fright when the characters enter the cave. Click here to watch the story.

As a part of the robotics innovation project we lead at our school, we are now using robots in the  English class to review some vocabulary with children aged 4 and 5, at the time we play and have fun. By using the Beebot and thinking about the commands they have to give it to get to the concrete image, children are also being introduced to directions (right, left, forward(s) and backward(s)), even though this is not the objective of the activity,  in relation to their age and the foreign language learning. Click here to have more information about the robotics project with Primary students at El Faro School.

To continue promoting oral skills in the class, we're dramatizing now the "Little red hen" traditional tale. After reading the book and once we knew the whole story, we made some paper crowns to represent each character of the story. This way we become each day the Little red hen, the lazy dog, the sleepy cat and the noisy duck and bring the tale into life in the English class.

What have we got in the Songs Bag today? Let's open it and feel it! Last week Munchy brought another surprise to the classroom: an enormous bag full with different elements that remind us a song, such as "Twinkle Little Star", "Hello Reindeer", "Skidamarink", "Brown Bear what do you see?", "Baby Shark" and some more. A funny way to spend time with our class mates as we learn English and practice speaking!    

Before Christmas we learnt the traditional Nursery Rhyme "Twinkle, twinkle little star" and we love it!

Drama is one of the most effective ways to promote oral language in the class. It's an active approach to learning that makes children be participants of a shared moment inside a fictitious context, based on a story they already know, that involves movement, gestures, facial expressions and emotions. This school year, we have started by dramatizing "The three Billy Goats Gruff" story. Here you can see some pictures and a video of the story. We hope you enjoy it!

Learning a foreign language is easier and more natural when you are bound together with your teacher and classmates. Letting others know you love them, makes this bond stronger and brings a special mood into the class. Hear the children sing  "Skidamarink I love you" song.

Little sheep, little sheep, can you give us some wool? It's freezing cold and we need warm things to wear, but so do you little sheep! Listening to a story takes an important place in the English class. This time, we sang this beautiful book by Isabel Minhós. I hope you enjoy it as much as your children! ISBN:  9788484647546

Winter is back and we are having great fun dancing and learning some new vocabulary! Feel its cold with this winter songs!

Every morning we learn some opposites as we sing this song in the morning meeting. You can do the actions with your children as you sing it!