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.

3 Easy Games to Play with Kids in Summer

Hello my dear friends!


Summer has arrived so it is time for us to let the stress go and concentrate in different fun activities.
So today, I'm going to give you 3 games to be dealt with kids at home.
It's your choice, but I believe it would be a great idea to have fun together! Don't you think so?

With these ideas you can recycle the materials you normally have at home during the summer, or at least prepare a DIY game with them.

Smile and enjoy!!

1.- Cross the Bridge:




2.- Make the Water Balloon Jump: 





3.- DIY Rings:

¿INGLÉS?, ¡CLARO QUE SÍ!¡¡¡ LONDON TE ESPERA!!!!: Presentamos The English Studio Language School

Esta preciosa imagen podrás verla con tus propios ojos cuando viajes a Londres y visites The English Studio.

Do you want learn English? ¿cómo?, ¿qué?, ¿no entiendes?... No pasa nada, podrás descubrir de primera mano la lengua inglesa en un entorno ideal para tí y tu familia: en LONDON CITY.

La ciudad inglesa de Londres tiene un encanto especial. Para mí es bella por todos sus rincones, ofreciéndonos infinidad de opciones de ocio y turismo, pero además es una ocasión ideal para impregnarse del INGLÉS y mejorar nuestra percepción del idioma.

 Vivir en Londres y aprender Inglés es una alternativa estupenda, sobre todo en estos tiempos en los que el idioma británico es el más solicitado en nuestros curriculums, ¿te animas?

El conocimiento de la gramática inglesa y  su vocabulario son formas de adquirir un idioma, no lo dudo, pero amigos míos, nada mejor como practicar la lengua inglesa para aprenderla de verdad. 

Listening, Speaking, Reading y Writing son las cuatro destrezas base para adquirir un nivel en Inglés. Necesitamos conocer su vocabulario, manejar su gramática para así construir frases,pero sobre todo tenemos que entender lo que se nos dice en dicha lengua y ser capaces de expresarnos a viva voz, hablando, y sí, hablando en INGLÉS.

La pronunciación correcta de la fonética Inglesa se adquiere con la práctica y prestando atención a lo que nos dice, escuchando y practicando mucho, ¿quieres aprender? ;)

The English Studio Learning School es un centro de enseñanza de Inglés cómodo para tí, porque se ajusta a tus necesidades. 

Puedes consultar su  web  y observarás que entre varias cosas. te buscan alojamiento, te preparan para los exámenes oficiales de Cambridge ESOL, te organizan prácticas en empresas, etc.

Existen cursos para todos los niveles, desde principiantes a avanzados y te organizan campamentos si así lo requieres.

¡Imagina lo maravilloso que sería estar en un campamento Inglés en el mismo Londres!

Yo ya voy pensando en mis próximas vacaciones para llevarlo a cabo :).

Es un centro acreditado por ISI, una acreditación que se solicita para ser centro oficial de Inglés.

 Lo mejor de todo, es que te lo dan todo hecho: Clases de Inglés a tu medida, alojamiento a tu gusto, buenos cursos, materiales variados para el aprendizaje del Inglés en sus centros, asesoramiento profesional, etc

Con todo esto, iremos aprendiendo un idioma maravilloso, el INGLÉS en un entorno mágico e ideal, LONDRES, con un centro de estudios  a tu medida, The English Studio Language School.Puedes hacer clic y ver su página web, para saber más de sus ofertas.

¡Un abrazo a todos!

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Let's practice English in London!!!!! 

Wishing you Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2014!!!

May your Christmas sparkle with moments of laughter, joy and grace and may the coming year 2014, be filled with love and prosperity.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014!!!

¡Que todos vuestros deseos se cumplan y que la vida  nos sonría cada día!
¡Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo 2014!

Kisses and hugs,

Daniela Andrea Ayala Molinari.

Summer games to go on a journey with kids: I spy with my little eye...

Daniela, in a very happy mood, reading the last article in Escuela Infantil Magazine :P

Hello! One of the articles you can read in Escuela Infantil Magazine is the one written by me, called, I Spy With My Little Eye...

You will see different ideas and games I suggest to play with kids while you are on a journey ;)

You'll  have fun with your children while you're traveling.

Do not forget the reading of this last article and Enjoy your summer holidays!

It is time to relax and enjoy our free days...

See you next September!!

Love,

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

I Spy With My Little Eye...

Publish at Calameo or read more publications.

Nothing better than reading great articles and news in Escuela Infantil Magazine during this summer! Read yours!!

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.

Happy Easter!!

Let's have fun and sing this nice song with our children to celebrate Easter! 

17th of March: Saint Patrick's Day!

Today is a perfect day to wear my favourite green T-shirt :P It's Saint Patrick's Day so What are you waiting for? Let's go outside and celebrate it :)

I've been surfing on the internet to look for some different things about this special day. I've decided to show you HISTORY. This is a great website to find videos and good articles.
Click on this LINK and see what I'm talking about.

There are more videos like this one, in the link I told you before.

Have a lucky and happy day!

Love,
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

Christmas doors in Méntrida: They did it and it worked!

Hello!!! Today I want to introduce you the great work that some colleagues from Luis Solana school have done for Christmas.
Pilar is a friend of mine and she saw the ideas I published on the blog, so she decided to do it in her school with the other teachers.
The result couldn't be better :D. I'm proud of them all and I really like seeing how people use the ideas I share in my blogs in the best way :D.

Congrats to all of them, and thank you for the great job they've done!!
I think it's interesting to see how others put on practice the things we suggest.
If you want to do the same with other things, please don't doubt it and write me an e-mail.

Thank you for being here, reading my posts.

A big hug and kiss,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

These are the Christmas doors they did for Christmas :D.

The twelve days of Christmas

My favourite Christmas songs!

Hello,hello!! 
During the next two weeks I'm going to sing some Christmas songs at school.
Although I don't have enough time to  do it, I think it's important to show our students some  Christmas spirit :)

These four songs are part of my top ten Christmas songs for children :)

What songs are your favourite ones?
Have a nice week, my friends,
Kisses and hugs,
Daniela A. Ayala M.




 




 

Are you ready for Christmas?: Ideas to decorate your school

To be sincere, I must say that I'm not ready for Christmas yet... but anyway, it's a good time to think about WHAT we want to do in our lessons before Christmas time.

I have found some brilliant ideas on the net that will make us happy.
Thanks God there're still some  people who think and invent. Thanks God there're still some people who create and think positively about this season...

I have to say THANK YOU to all of them, for giving us these clues and ideas. Without them, nothing would be the same, don't you think so?

Let's discover the ideas I'm talking about!!
Enjoy the week as it would be your last one!!
Love,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Lets sing and celebrate Thanksgiving Day! Part 3

Hello everybody! I have looked for some great and funny songs, will you sing with me?

Click on the videos and listen :) They're nice and easy song to be sang with children at school.

Have a nice Thanksgiving Day and don't forget to say THANK YOU :)!!

Love,

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

 

 

   

   

 

Thanksgiving Day!!! Part 2

 Hi again!! Children love printables. So I was looking for some worksheets about the topic. Do you want to see them? I promise you'll love them too.

Writing exercises for very young learners : Turkey Turkey2
Word Search
Puzzles
Word Scramble
How to draw a turkey  Example1 Example2
Thanksgiving jokes: Jokes 1  Jokes2



You can also apply thanksgiving activities in your art and craft lessons. Here there're some interesting links to make your students enjoy the class:
Coloring pages  Coloring pages2
Thanksgiving crafts

Of course games are also important for kids. They love learning while they're having fun.
How about these links? ;)

Games 1 
Find the differences
Dress up the turkey

Have a nice Thanksgiving Day!
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.
PS: Please, remember to share the post if you like it ;) Thank youu!

THANKSGIVING DAY!! Part 1.

Hello!! Next Thursday we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day. It's a great moment to teach our students this American tradition, don't you think?

If you don't really know what thanksgiving day is, you can read my last post on La clase de Daniela Online. There's an spanish explanation on it :P.

Moreover, I'd like you watch this video. It's the best one to make our students understand the meaning of Thanksgiving day.

I also found another video, which is special for the very young learners.

Please, if you like this article, share it with your friends.

The more you read, the more I post :P

Thanks a lot!!

Love,

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Halloween Coloring Pages :) Dibujos de colorear para Halloween

I'm a little happy witch!! Happy Halloween!

Hello everybody! I really love coloring pictures and as I know my students love it too, I have prepared a list with my favourite coloring pages.

Teachers and parents can print them and make children have an incredible Halloween Day!

Have a nice weekend!

Love,

Daniela A. Ayala M.

Así pues, os dejo unos enlaces para colorear dibujos estupendos de Halloween. Espero que os encanten y los disfrutéis mucho. ¡Mil besitos!

ACTIVITY VILLAGE

PRINTABLES

HALLOWEEN WITH DORA AND BOOTS

DLTK-HOLIDAYS

SPOONFUL

MY HALLOWEEN WORD CLOUD!!!

 31st of October comes in some weeks, so we should be ready for Halloween.

As I love Halloween, I've decided to use a Word Cloud in my class.

It's one of the best ways of teaching Vocabulary and new words to my students.

Have a look at the  Halloween Cloud and start thinking about what you are going to do on your Halloween lessons.

Be happy and be careful with the ghosts and vampires!!!

HA, HA, HA....

HALLOWEEN!!!!

kissses,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

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.

Summer games: Art Attack Target Game

Click on the image and you'll watch the video

Hello everybody!

During the summer it's interesting to make children have fun.  Today I'd like to show you a TARGET GAME. It's a funny game that I've seen on Disney Channel today.

Children will play all day, because the first step is to build the game.

You know that I love art and crafts! ;-) 

So... let's make our Target Game!

It's easy and funny :D

To watch the video just click on this LINK

To read the instruction in Spanish, click on this PDF-LINK

Lots of kisses,

Teacher Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.