Online and Printable Christmas activities for children

Hello everybody!
Christmas is my favourite season, and yours?
It's an important moment to relax and enjoy life with our dearest ones.
As my students are on holidays too, I suggest them these links,
so as to practice their English in a funny way.


Let's enjoy Christmas as it corresponds!!
Lots of kisses and hugs,
Daniela A. Ayala M.


Online Christmas Games
Christmas Activities
Christmas and New Year activities
More Christmas games

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012!

I am part of the team of Oxford Primary Magazine!!!!

Dear friends,

Today I can't feel better :P This is a special day...

It's a pleasure to introduce you my first collaboration to Oxford Primary Magazine.

There're some great  English recipes that you can see there.

As Christmas is coming soon, I've prepared a music based English activity for this month issue.

December is a great month, a month to laugh and have fun...

I'm on the mood of singing,smiling and having dinners with all my friends and family, how about  you?

Click on this link and read my article ;-)

I think you will love it :D!!!

All I want for Christmas is... : Daniela's first recipe to the Oxford Primary Magazine.

Thanks for your support :)

Love,

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Time for a song! : Stand by me :D

Hello!! I know you've really had fun in the last English lesson, so... here are the resources you can use to sing the song at home ;)





The funny version:








And an older,but also beautiful version: Moreover, I want to share this worksheet with you. It's great to complete the blancks, learn new vocabulary and then sing the song together, don'tyou think so?

Happy Thanksgiving Day!!

It's time to be thankful, and say THANK YOU everybody because of their love given, and the help we get from people who love us.

Today It's a special day ;) Do you want to celebrate it with me?

Have a look at the following videos:

Thanksgiving

¿Qué es el día de Acción de Gracias?

Healthy Eating: Let's practice this tongue twister

Hello!! Do you want to repeat and learn this nice tongue twister?

During the following weeks, we're going to study the PRESENT SIMPLE tense, and also we're going to reinforce the vocabulary related to a healthy eating.

I'll ask my students this tongue twister next class.

Do you want to practice it too?

Let's go!!!

Daniela.

Our Halloween Party!! Let's watch the video

Hello everybody!!
Today I'm feeling well, he, he, he . It's Friday!!
Do you want to see what we did on Halloween??
Let's watch this fantastic video then!!
SURPRISE!!!!


Gracias a todos por participar tan activamente en los proyectos propuestos para HALLOWEEN. Estoy muy contenta :) Compañeros, padres y alumnos se portaron fenomenal conmigo. THANK YOUUU!!!
Los dulces estaban riquísimos ¿verdad niños? jejejeje.


Besitos de ...
Teacher Daniela.

Thanksgiving Day will soon be here!!!

Hello everybody! as the song says, Thanksgivingb day will soon be here, so now it's time to prepare some basic tasks to celebrate that important day.
Listen to this beautiful song ;)
Love,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

5th of November: Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes Day!!!!

Hello dear friends!!
How are you doing?? It's a pleasure to tell you that next November the 5th it's celebrated Guy Fawkes Day in Britain.

Bonfire Night is a uniquely British event when we "celebrate" the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot against the King and Parliament in the early 17th Century. In fact, nobody cares about the origins of the celebration anymore, but we all enjoy a good bonfire, firework display, and sausages on the 5th November each year!

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot,
We see no reason,
Why gunpowder treason,
Should ever be forgot!

We, as English teachers, can explain our students some basic information, using some resources such as the ones I'm adding here:


For  secondary teachers I suggest you this WORKSHEET.
Would you like to cook something special on Bonfire night? Have a look at these delicious baked potatoes ;)


You can also use this worksheet to explain some basic concepts through this glossary



Please, have a look at this site, where you'll find more resources and also last year's article


Enjoy !!


Teacher Daniela Ayala.

Clifford the Big Red Dog: Halloween!!

Clifford is on of those series that children love ;) Today I've been looking for some halloween cartoons and I've found Clifford :)
This kind dog also celebrates Halloween!!
Do you want to watch the episode with me?, Come on! Let's go!

Como hacer una calabaza para HALLOWEEN

My children want to carve a pumpkin so here it's an interesting video that show how to do it :) Por favor, que los niños hagan esto con ayuda de un adulto. Un besote, Daniela.

Interactive activities for HALLOWEEN!!!

Dear friends, Next week we're going to celebrate HALLOWEEN in our schools, so here I suggest some interactive activities to do with our students in the English Class. They're incredible! and I'm sure you'll love them. Have a nice week, Daniela Ayala Here is the LINK


And if you want, here it is a great Halloween song ;) Trick or treat??

AYÚDAME A CONSEGUIR UN SUEÑO :) : PREMIOS BITÁCORAS 2011,¡FALTAN 14 DÍAS PARA FINALZIAR VOTOS!

Querido amigo:
Estamos a 14 días de que termine la votación y por ello te pido colaboración.
Leyendo el artículo publicado en mi otro blog, entenderás y serás capaz de votarme para estos premios.


Muchas gracias de antemano,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

http://maestraconpdi.blogspot.com/2011/10/premios-bitacoras-2011-votame-faltan-14.html

II Congreso Internacional de Enseñanza Bilingue, CIEB MADRID 2011

Queridos amigos:
Durante los próximos días 20, 21 y 22 de Octubre tendrá lugar el II Congreso Internacional de Enseñanza Bilingue, en la Facultad de Vicálvaro, Madrid, de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos I.
Nuestros amigos de La Tienda del Profesor, nos sugieren asistir al mismo y nos invitan a visitarles en su Stand.

La información sobre la que girará el congreso será la siguiente:

• - El aprendizaje a través de dos idiomas: el impacto sobre el desarrollo cognitivo

- “Literacy” en educación primaria y secundaria

• - Contribuciones de la metodología AICOLE a la enseñanza y aprendizaje de una segunda lengua
• - La creación de aulas de idiomas interactivas
• - La enseñanza de una segunda lengua a edades tempranas
• - El papel de la enseñanza de lenguas en la educación secundaria
• - Panorama actual de los programas bilingües
• - El uso de las TICs en la educación bilingüe: el aprendizaje a través de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación
• - La formación y actualización del profesorado para la enseñanza bilingüe
• - Experiencias AICOLE
• - La adquisición de lenguas en la educación superior
• - El diseño de materiales y recursos para la educación bilingüe
• 
  
• Para obtener más información sobre este congreso: El programa, los patrocinadores, etc, sólo tenéis que hacer CLIC en la imagen del congreso o en este ENLACE.
• 
  
• Ojalá muchos podáis ir :)
• Un abrazo,
• Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Hockey Pockey!! Do you want to dance and sing with me?

This week I have surprised my students with a version of this song, Hockey Pockey. It was a great experience. They had fun and enjoyed the moment ( I did it too, hehehe) 
It was a version because the one I show you is for infant education, but if you use your imagination, you can adapt it for 3rd cycle of Primary Education.
It really works!! Children love dancing and singing :P
Relax and enjoy the weekend!!
Love,
Teacher Daniela Ayala M.

Let's practice a Tongue Twister!

Hello! This week we have learnt a great Tongue Twister at school.
My students really love it and they're practicing it at home so as to say it as fast as possible :)
Do you wanna try?


Here it is the LINK to listen and read the Tongue Twister.


If you are interested in tongue twister I suggest you to click in the following LINK where you will finde more examples!


Have a nice weekend,
Teacher Daniela A. Ayala M

Happy World Teacher's Day!!

KIDS FUN IDEAS!!

¡Hola! Estamos a mitad de semana y ya hay que ir pensando en un fantástico PLAN para realizar este FIN DE SEMANA en familia.
Lo que os cuento es interesante, situado en IFEMA MADRID, y es un plan interesantísimo para este SÁBADO 8 DE OCTUBRE en horario de 11 a 20.30 horas.

 

Pues bien, nuestros amigos de La tienda del Profesor, nos sugieren la asistencia a LA FERIA KIDS FUN IDEAS, que os ofrecerá diversas ideas y talleres de idiomas, cocina, teatro, música, manualidades, y ofertas didácticas para llevar a cabo con los hijos o alumnos.
Son varias propuestas didácticas y de ocio que se ofertan sobre el aprendizaje del bilinguismo.


Desde Daniela's Class, recomiendo la visita al STAND de La Tienda del Profesor, para que veáis los diversos materiales de los que disponen.


Podréis ver más información pinchando en las imágenes y enlaces (subrayados).
De regalito os dejo un video, para que veáis lo divertido que será ir a KIDS FUN IDEAS :)




Un besote a todos,
Happy Weekend!!!


Ahh, quiero comentarios en el artículo a la vuelta de vuestra visita a Kids Fun Ideas ;) ¿de acuerdo?
¡Papás, mamás, profesores, maestros, ANIMAOS A IR!


Teacher Daniela A. Ayala Molinari

Time for PHONICS!!!

Hello!!,
it's a good time to show your children how fun English can be.
Just watch these videos and see how amazing phonics are :D.
I love these videos!!

Come on!!, watch them with me too!!!
Cheers,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

The ABC

Hello!! Here it is my favourite video for ABC song ;) It's great to make our students practice the pronounciation. Do you want to sing the ABC with me Go on!!!
Love,
Daniela A. Ayala M.




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Let's practice Counting from 1 to 20 !!!

Hello everybody!!
During these days I'm trying to fix some concepts in my class. Some basic concepts must be learnt before starting the new units.
So today I'm sharing these nice videos with you all.
Please, watch them and repeat the pronounciation,
it will be great learning the numbers like this!!


Have a nice day,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Activities and Resources for FALL / AUTUMN

Autumn has just arrived in Europe, so I'm a bit depressed because it's clear that our holidays have finished,snif, snif :P he,he,he... Anyway, I also like Autumn! Beautiful colours, soft breezes, the rain ....and so on ;) It sounds romantic, don't you think so? ;-)


Today, I bring you different websites to find resources about FALL / AUTUMN.
You can use them wether in infant and primary Education. They're great!!


If you need posters and ornamets for your class, have a look at La Tienda del Profesor, where you will find excellent materials for this topic. Children will love the posters and stickers.

stickers available at LA TIENDA DEL PROFESOR // Pegatinas disponibles en La Tienda del Profesor

OTHER PRINTABLE RESOURCES AND IDEAS:

Family Fun

Creativity Portal

Autumn Games

DLTK

Activity Village

As a presente, here there is a nice and easy song called 10 little leaves, similar to the famous, ten little indians ;) 

Kisses and hugs,

Teacher Daniela Ayala.

Guidelines for the ASESSMENT of English Language Learners

Hello everybody!
All teachers know how important it's to have a clear idea of asessment.
Teachers need to choose some items, so as to evaluate the students.
This is the reason why I've been looking for some information about this theme.
You can read the information directly to the LINK
I'm sure you will find this really helpful.
Have a nice week!
Daniela A. Ayala M.

SCIENCE (CLIL) : Incredible videos to learn about NUTRITION and FOOD!!

Hello!! Happy Saturday everybody! 
Today I would like you watch this nice video about nutrition and food.
It's great to teach primary children the basic info about food.
Enjoy the day!!
Remember that you can find me on facebook as DanielaMaestraconPDI 
Lots of kisses,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

Hablan de nosotros en Blogosfera ESL ;)

Mis queridos amigos:
Ya llevamos 3 días de cole por estas tierras con nuestros alumnos. Período de adaptación para todos, el cuál marcha realmente bien. 
Hoy os escribo para contaros que en Blogosfera ESL hablan de MaestraconPDI y también English4childrentoday. 
Por eso estoy contenta ;) Poco a poco, todo este trabajo realizado y compartido a través de mis dos blogs educativos, está siendo reconocido y agradecido por miles de visitantes, compañeros docentes, familias y alumnos, lo cuál agradezco enormemente.
Estas recomendaciones hechas en otros sites, motivan muchísimo a continuar con esta labor, de modo que THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!


Aprovecho para invitaros a visitar El blog de TIC en Lenguas extranjeras, en donde podréis encontrar otros excelentes blogs y enlaces de INGLÉS de tantos docentes que día a día se esfuerzan por innovar y compartir. ¡GRACIAS A TODOS ELLOS!


Seguiremos publicando artículos, ideas, enlaces, videos, y recursos para disfrutar juntos del proceso de la EDUCACIÓN.
Un fuerte abrazo,
Teacher Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Let's enjoy with our first week activities at School!

Hello!! I'm so happy! I have started school today at a new school and I feel really well :P I'm sure this year everything is gonna be perfect too! How about you? How was your first day at school?

During this week I've been thinking about some basic activities to be practiced with children during the first weeks of school, just to get in touch with them and make them feel confident with us.


It's very important to think about some tasks before children come back to school.
Are you ready ?


Today I propose this game for the first days at school. It will help you know what level your students have as well as having fun with them in the English class.
Have a look at each of the photos and click on them to read more information about this game.
Everything I show you here was bought at La Tienda del Profesor, in Madrid.
But... you can also buy things through the internet, in case you are not from Madrid :)


Calle Gaztambide, 9 
La Tienda del Profesor

Madrid 28015   Tlf.: 915 50 0079

SUMMER BRIDGE ACTIVITIES: GAME CARDS TO HAVE FUN WITH OUR STUDENTS. I'LL USE THEM DURING THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL!!!

There're also avaiable other levels, visit the website or click in the photo to know more info about this game.

On the other hand, you can also use SIGHT WORD WHEELS , A great resource to refresh vocabulary and practice a little bit more the English pronunciation and vocabulary.
It's a printable book that really helps you prepare different tasks and topics.
Click in the photo and read more information about this useful English resource.


Students love wheels, so I'm sure it'll work perfectly with your students.

I hope these ideas really help you to plan these first weeks at school. If you need anything just let me know writing a message in each article.

Have a fantastic week and remember to be as happy as possible!!

Love,

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Back to School: Materials and ideas for the first days at school

Dear teachers,
In this article I present you some good materials we, as teachers of English, can use in our first days at school.
During the first month of school, we're ready to list the main things we need , and I want to help you in this task.
Don't you know what materials are the best? I'll show you some good ones that I'm sure you'll love too.


First of all, let me show you this great book: Schooltime borders. Thanks to this book, you can create your own posters and nice messages to give the best welcome to our students, as well as creating behaviour lists, birthday lists, and so on... There's also available a CD inside the book (mac and microsoft) .

JUST CLICK: available at LA TIENDA DEL PROFESOR

Have a look at this nice elephant, isn't it cute? ;)

JUST CLICK: Available at LA TIENDA DEL PROFESOR

Futhermore, I'm sure you love the first day at school, as well as celebrating birthdays, carnival, christmas, etc... this book above is the best one, because it gives you everything you need in these special moments. Just click in the image and read more info about this.

Celebrations and School events is also available at La Tienda del Profesor

Our children will love these pictures and nice messages, ideal for the first days at school, don't you think so?

All these materials are available at LA TIENDA DEL PROFESOR, placed in Madrid and Las Rozas, but you can also contact them through the internet.

This is the CONTACT LINK.

All the materials you need are there, I promise ;) it's a wonderful shop  for teachers ;) 

To sum up, I want to share with you this lovely song; in fact, it's my favourite one, because when I was a child, I used to sing it with my daddy during my way to school ;)

Do you like this article?? pleaseeeee, comment and write down your opinion, it's important for me as a teacher and a blogger too.Thank youuu!!!!


Let's start the course 2011-2012!!
Love,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Summer is here! : Summer Wordsearches

Hello!!! During these days, the temperature has increased a lot in Spain, so there are some hours that it's a bit difficult to go out with children.


This is the reason why I was looking for different tasks to do at home, or school, with our children.


As the topic is Summer, it would be nice to do some of these wordsearches. If your children are not so young, you can suggest them to create their own summer wordsearch, adding pictures and coloring them too.


Do you like the idea?

Have a look at these websites and choose the best one for you and your children.


Love,


Teacher Daniela, @DanielaAyalaM


LINKS:


Summer Word Search 1
Funschool-Kaboose summer word search
Nick summer wordsearch (ideal to use with a personal computer, ipad, or digital boards)

Good Night Fuensalida! Students year 5 group C

Hi!! It's saturday! a good day to relax and have fun with your family.
The last video show is here, so I would like you watch it too!!
Thank you very much !!


Kisses,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

Good Afternoon Fuensalida! Students Year 5 group B

María P, Aroa and Gema

Hello!! Today you have this T.V show available. I'm sure you'll love it.
These are students from 5th grade, group B. They really have fun and learn while doing this programme.
A big kiss for everybody!!
Daniela A. Ayala M.

T.V SHOW: GOOD MORNING FUENSALIDA! Year 5 group A

Alba, Juan y Silvia 5th grade A, CEIP.TOMÁS ROMOJARO

Hello!! Today I'm going to show you the surprise you were waiting for during these last weeks :P

I'm very proud of these students so please, add your coments here for them :)

Kisses for everybody and CONGRATULATIONS for your video!! ;)

Love,

teacher Daniela Andrea Ayala Molinari.

Teaching English with Maths crafts

Hello everybody! I've just came back from Holidays, We've been in Scadinavia visiting different and beautiful cities there.So now, as I have rested for a while, I've got a bag full of great ideas for you and your children :-D

English can be taught in many different ways. Today I'm going to concentrate on maths. It's important to transmit the information in a funny and easy way to get the main goal in our students: communicate in the English language.

As you can see in this photo, there is a number cut down. You can decorate it with stickers and also write the same number inside the big three :-). 

Moreover, you are teaching maths using crafts, isn't it funny and different? 

After finishing this project you can prepare a game with the numbers and why not? use them to decorate the classroom or your children's bedroom...

I have found this idea in this LINK, have a look at this to look for more information!!!

Have a nice week, let's start August with a big SMILE!!

Love,

teacher Daniela A. Ayala M.

What is "Phonetics"?

Hello!! Let me show you some good links to learn  PHONETICS.
It's very important to learn phonetics when we're learning a new language. You really need to understand it so as to pronounce the new language correctly and communicate in a good way.


Let's watch this video!!





I also suggest you to have a look at the following links, where you'll find interesting information about PHONETICS.


PHONETIC ALPHABET: THE ENGLISH SOUNDS


THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH AND SPANISH


PHONETIC FOCUS AND IPHONE-IPAD APPLICATIONS


Enjoy the week and practice your pronounciation!!:P


Kisses and hugs,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

It's summer time : Time for a song :D

It's summer, summer, summer, summer time!!! Yeahhh!! he,he,he. In Spain we're on SUMMER. A  good momento to relax and enjoy our holidays!!
If you are teaching on private classes or in summer camps, you can teach your students these great songs.
They're really easy and funny!!


Let's listen to them!!


Lots of love to you all!!


Daniela A. Ayala M.

4 Seasons: I'm thinking on a season...

Good Morning everybody!!!
How is your day going on? ;) Today I have waken up with one idea in my brain :P singing different songs to learn the seasons!!
Do you want to sing with me?


Watch this video and you'll see how easy it is to teach the seasons ;)


Kisses and hugs,


Teacher Daniela A. Ayala M.

Kids and children Magazines

Dear friends,
Today I focus my searching on magazines: Educative magazines for children.
Magazines help us to teach English, you know why?
They help us with the different skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, and also vocabulary.


It's a funny and different way of teaching something in English, because we motivate our students to use the new language and we show them how fun it is to do it.


I will number a list of magazines that I have found, I hope they're useful for you too.
Don't forget this activity must be guided ;-)


A big hug from here!
Teacher Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

1. Sesame Street Magazine
2. Lego Club
3. Springboard Magazine
4. Pitara
5. Time for Kids
6. National Geographic Kids
7. Digonsite
8. Ciberkids
9. Cricket
10. Highlights
11. Weekly Readers
12. Yes: Canadian Science Mag
13. Weekly readers
14. Wilderness kids club
15. sikids, sports
16. Dig, archeology magazine
17. Children's web magazine
18. Funkidzmagazine
19. Akids heart
20. Stone Soup
21. Wild Animal Baby