SEVEN EASY HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES TO BE DONE WITH YOUR KIDS!!!

Hello everybody! October is almost finished and one of our favorite festivals is coming: HALLOWEEN.

Have you planned what to do with your kids? if you haven't decided yet what to do, do not worry, because today I'm giving to you some great and easy ideas...

ONE: MUSICAL GAMES: 

Normally, kids love movement, action, and fun; for this reason I have chosen three musical games you can teach them in the class, before doing some crafts. Are you ready?

1.- Halloween Stomp from the famous "The Singing Walrus".

2.- Who took the candy from the trick or treat bag?: An adaptation from "Who took the cookie?" from the "Supersimple Songs".

3.-The Skeleton Dance from " Supersimple Songs"

TWO: KINDERGARDEN CRAFTS

Moreover, children need to manipulate and create, and this is what we will do with some crafts found on the website parents.com .

THREE :MONSTER RINGS

For those kids who are older, I've found a beautiful idea: Monster rings!!! Have a look at "Easy Peasy and Fun" and check all the ideas they've got HERE.

FOUR: MATCHING GAME

I'm lucky, 'cause I've found the cutest Halloween cards!! There is a matching game that you will love, and it's free! Here is the link to Simpleeverydaymom.

FIVE: HALLOWEEN PUPPETS

But of course, I have to give a special mention to The Glitter Teacher. She is amazing and she is always creating the best materials for our English lessons, and I'm sure you will choose some of her printables for this Halloween.

These Halloween puppets are gorgeous !! , don't you think so?

SIX: CLIL HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES

Then, if you want to practice maths or science, I've got a special for you.

These counting cards are really good, it's a pity it's not easy for Spanish teachers and parents to find these counters, as they're expensive and not common, but we can try with clay balls or other cardboard objects, right?These ones are from The Kindergarden Connection.

After this, I may say science is always considered on Halloween units :-D. Just have a look at this worksheet from Supplyme!!

SEVEN:  TIME FOR A HALLOWEEN RHYME!

To sum up, its well appreciated to sing and play with rhymes and Halloween is a good day to do so.

Using this free printable resource, you will let the kids create their song and rhyme and they will have lots of fun sticking the pumpkins on their place. It'll be great if you laminate it and use velcro dots for the pumpkins. 

This activity is from Totschooling, a website with loads of resources and ideas that ca be printed freely. I normally use it in my lessons and with my little child Manuel.

So, well, thats all for this Halloween, but I'm sure you will share these ideas and give me yours!!

Be good or bad but enjoy a lot!

Kisses and hugs,

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Discovering the Planets ;)

Hello there! In 5 years old we're studying the Solar System and our planet among others so I have thought it would be interesting to write a post for this topic too.
You will see some interesting games, songs and ideas to be done at home.
The most important thing is to understand things in a funny way!
Enjoy them all and have a wonderful week!
Love,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

PLANETS MEMORY GAME

NASA SPACE PLACE



PLANETS RAP:





SOME CRAFTS YOU CAN DO AT HOME

Solar System with stones.

Solar System with clay.

Autumn is here!!! Many different songs to teach kids this nice season ;)

Hello everybody! 

Today I'd like to share with you all a list of different videos that are interesting to be used when teaching Autumn to our students.

Songs and movement will create a different atmosphere in our lessons, so our students will be involved on it in a more natural way.

I'm sure they will all have fun with them!
Lots of kisses,
teacher Daniela Ayala.

Learning the ABC and colours!

Learning the alphabet and the colours are the basic things our students should know in the first term of 1st grade Primary Education.

Today, I'd like you test this on called: Color by Letter.

A woman says the instructions. In the right column there're two letters and in the left side you can read and choose the different colours.

Once you've finished the exercise, the word is spelled.

I think this interactive activity is good for 5-6 year old students.

I hope you all love it!!

Do not forget to show this activity in the whiteboard. 

Coloring the star there will be totally different!!

Have an excellent week!!

Love,

Daniela A. Ayala M.

PS: Happy teacher's Day to all of you!!! ;)

5 "Back to School" Kindergarten Stories.

"Mummy, Mummy, I'd like to hear a new story,pleaseeee... "How many times have you heard this on a child's voice? Although you're a mum/dad or not, I know you've lived this situation at least once :D.

Children and young learners need stories to feel confident, to grow up and to feel how creative life could be. So... I've been thinking about the different stories my parents told me when I was a very young girl, and I can say that I still remember some of them...

Today I'm not going to tell you these stories, but I'll share 5 different videos with beautiful and great stories you can use in your English class during the first weeks of school.

Is it a smile in your face? Good!!! :D I'm sure you also remember some of these nice momentos when we were in the kindergarten or in the first years of school, don't you?

Our students are looking for a teacher who motivates them in the English learning process and this can surely start throughout a story.

Have you ever felt like a child? I have! and today is a good starting point to repeat this feeling.

They are all beautiful stories ;) . Let's enjoy watching them!

Ready, steady, Go!!!

 

 

In a next episode I promise to record my own story!!;-) 

Kisses and hugs,

Teacher Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

See you!!!!

TPR Activities! Singing, moving and learning English!

Hello! I've just finished the lesson and I'm very very happy because all my students have participated a lot in the activities.
Kids love songs, rythm, music and movement so it was great to sing and dance with them while we learn English!

These are the songs I used today to practise the numbers and parts of the body.
I hope they sing and dance them again at home!
Kisses,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

¡Hola pequeños! aquí os dejo con cariño las canciones que hemos practicado hoy en clase de Inglés.
¡A seguir aprendiendo y moviendo el esqueleto con la alegría que os caracteriza!
Besitos,
Teacher Daniela.

Jingle bells!! Sing this nice song with me!!

Hello!! Today I'd like you all sing this beautiful and easy song. Kids will do it very well!!
I'm singing this song with my 8 year old students at school and they're doing it great!

This is the video from youtube.It's got the lyrics!!:

There is also the lyrics on this link. You can make photocopies for all your students and sing the song together in the English class!!

I wish you all Merry Christmas!!! ho,ho,ho.

Kisses,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Let's Clan for kids: A perfect way of learning English at home

Hello dear friends,

I'm here again with a new article that I'm sure will be interesting for you too.

 I have read about that TVE with the help of British Council will create an English space on T.V for kids, Let's Clan. It's going to be available next autumn, after summer, so we must pay attention to all the changes. 

I have been thinking about this idea for years, and now it's a reality, great for you!!

I'm happy to see that British Council  is going to create worksheets to be done with parents, I'm sure they will help families a lot.

Moreover, I consider a fantastic idea to include  Peter & Jack in this new project. Manuel Higueras has demonstrated to be a perfect English teacher, an amazing musician that always knows how to be in touch with children and how to involve them in the English learning process. Congratulations Manuel!!! ;D

I invite you to visit his website here

So Characters like Peppa Pig, Pocoyó, El pequeño Reino and Maya, are going to be in English. It would be the best way to make parents and children be sat down together to watch T.V and have and incredible time learning a new language, English!!!. 

Also, parents will have a guide to improve vocabulary and other skills on their kids.

Of course, I think they will need someone who knows the language, a good teacher at school for example, but this is a helping tool to change our world and make English be part of it in a natural way and not as an isolated thing, don't you think so?

This is a summary that will explain you how it will work:

TVE lanza Let's Clan

• TVE lanza Let's Clan

Then, you can read this document that explains what contents and tips are considered when watching the cartoon. Common phrases, words, vocabulary, and so on...  Peppa Pig is a good example that every children love.

Click on this link to see more.

Don't you know who Peppa Pig is? I suggest you click on this link to know more about this cartoon.

Also, there is a nice website with lots of coloring sheets that will make our kids smile again and again. Here is the coloring page.

So now, we just have to wait a couple of months to see how this new programme works! I trust on it! What about you?

Have a nice summer in the meantime ;)!

Love,

Daniela Andrea Ayala Molinari.

(The show must go on!!!)

Time to sing, time to smile, summertime!!!

Hi! I would like you to read this nice article written for you all. You will see some basic ideas to be done with your kids in this season, summer.

Art, chants and songs for a lovely Summer!!

The use of songs, chants and interactive whiteboard are emphasised.

I'm sure you will love it too!

Remember you will find all my articles in Escuela Infantil Magazine

Take care with the sun, and enjoy your holidays!!

Love,

Daniela Andrea Ayala Molinari.

Time for a song: It's raining, it's pouring!

Hello!! Here you've got different versions of a same song :) Choose your favourite one and let's sing along!

Dora the explorer!! Let's play and colour in our digital board!

Dora the explorer is one of my favourite cartoons ;). Young children love it too.
It's interesting to choose activities with characters that children know and love.
We can teach the colours and revise the basic knowledge of this topic through this great activity.
Please, use the digital board and you will understand the reasons of using it as a feauture in the class as well as the result you get on your students!!

Clic on this LINK and colour Dora!!
Kisses and hugs,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

First cycle resources: Learn and use the Digital board in your class ;)

English for young learners is so important. We should teach English using the new technologies and today we have a very good option.
This LINK will help you, because it's perfect for the interactive and digital board.
Children can use the link at home too, but it would be great to do some activities with them in the class.
As they love touching the IDB, your class will be a total success ;).

Visit the website and let me know what you think about it!
Enjoy the weekend!!
Love,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

How to learn the colours through mandalas

Gines Ciudad Real from Orientación Andújar, has created this activity about COLOURS. I always say that mandalas are a good way of learning in the very first stages. 

We as teachers, can work on attention, psicomotor skills, creativity... and at the same time we can praise them with beautiful mandalas to learn a new language, English.

While they're coloring, they're learning and having fun.

That's the essence of a good activity.

You can find more mandalas in this LINK

I have to thank Ginés for this good resource for our English lessons.

Have a nice week!!

Daniela A. Ayala M.

Fun with Phonics for children!

I love this methodology because I think children learn more saying and listening new words :). If they practice and practice at the end they will understand the use of English and its correct pronunciation.

Let's see it and use it in our lessons! I'll do it, and you?
Have a wonderful week!
Daniela A. Ayala M.

KS1 Phonics - Fun With Phonics from Pearson Schools

Hokey Pokey Song and Dance :)

I think this is the most famous dance for English teachers :) I've been dancing and singing this song since I was a child...

Many times my students ask me to dance and sing it at the end of the lessons so today I want to show you a good example of how to dance it with our students in the English Class.

I love it!!

What about you?

Have a nice week!!,

Kisses and hugs,

Daniela A. Ayala M.

Face Painting for our Carnival Party: Let's be the best clown

Wowww!! I'm sure you'll be the best!! :D

Have a look at more ideas to be the best clown here

Old Mac Donald

Farm animals are part of my topic this week, so I've been thinking about teaching the vocabulary through this great song. 

I'm sure they will enjoy it!!

Let's sing and dance with Old Mac Donald :P!!

Let's learn the shapes through a song

Hello!!! My students really like this nice song about the shapes, and they want me to share it with you all
Do you like it too?
Have a nice day!
Daniela.

Hickory Dickory Dock...

Halloween is coming soon!!:)

I'm ready for Halloween!! What about you??

These days I'm thinking about different activities to be developed in my English lessons.

I'm still writing chants, songs and thinking about games to make my students have fun on Halloween.

There will be a surprise, I promise!!

In the meantime, I suggest you watch this nice video from Littlestorybug. 

Have fun and enjoy the week!

Lots of love,

Daniela A. Ayala M.