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.

Shapes Everywhere!

Hello everyone!
Today I'm sharing with you some activities that you can do with kids related to shapes.
This song is really nice and they enjoy a lot with it.



Also, you can play this game so as to practice the different shapes vocabulary. CLICK ON THIS LINK to play the game.

I believe it would be a great idea to play with kids this game: What shapes can you see everyday? Once you're going for a walk, ask them about the different shapes they see and where they are! Doing so, they will learn a lot.

Enjoy your day!!

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.

English Songs and Games To Learn the Numbers

Hi there!, it's been ages since my last post and It can't be possible! ;-), so today I've decided to share some interesting and fun songs as well as games to be done with our kids.
It's important that the concepts and vocabulary we're studying in the class, would be reinforced at home too. Would you like to watch these videos with your children?


As you can see, there are many ways to motivate our students and kids to learn a different language, and I believe music and games are a great resource to do so.
Let's enjoy English then!!!
See you in a next post and subscribe to my websites, please, :-D.
Hugs and Kisses,
Teacher Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

VIDEO-SONGS:










GAMES: I've chosen these ones considering the topics we're working on at school right now ;).

JUST CLICK AND PLAY :D.

JUST CLICK AND PLAY!

CLICK AND PLAY!

Let's play!!

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:

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.

Time for a song! Lukas Graham 7 years

Hello dear friends!
My students love this song! In fact I may say this one creates special emotional feelings in my English lessons.
It's great doing this task with them and see how well they behave in the activity. Sometimes teachers get magic with the tasks done in a class, don't you agree?

It has been a day to be remembered in my life!;-D so thank you so much to all my students for following my lessons with beautiful smiles and good disposal.

Enjoy this song, your song, my song ...
Kisses and hugs,
Teacher Daniela A. Ayala M.
 

Possesives

Hello everybody!
A student of mine asked me to publish this  song on this blog ;-).
It's something we have watched and worked in class recently. I hope you like it too :D
Thanks for watching it!
Kisses and hugs,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

ScienceNetLinks: A great website to find educative apps ;)

Hi hello!!!

Here I am again with great news! My baby was born last 25th March, and this is the reason why I haven't written anything during the last months. So sorry for that, but he still needs us almost the 24 hours a day.

Anyway, I found this website and in this great relax moment I decided to share the link with you.

You all know how good mobile devices are in education and how I love them, don't you?
Today, I invite you all to visit this website: ScienceNetLinks.
It has a lot of apps to be used in the science class, and they're organised according to age, level and use.

I will try with some of them!!

Clic on the LINK to see the website.

See you in a next post then!

A big hug,
teacher Daniela Ayala.
;)

Here it is!! Saint Patrick's Day 2015!!! Art and Crafts ideas :-D

Hello everybody! Today I'm in a very happy mood, because one of my favourite festivals is coming up!!
Next tuesday, the seventeeth, Saint Patrick's Day is going to be celebrated everywhere, specially in Ireland! .

Will you celebrate it in your English class?

If you still don't have any idea of what this festival is, please, use this button. It's on the right side of my blog. Write there "Saint Patrick's Day" and you will see all the resources and ideas I've been posting in the last years. Don't forget to share them on the net!! ;_)

There are also different ideas I did, wrote and shared on this LINK.

You will also understand the story listening to this beautiful song:

As I know you love English and festivals, I'm sure you'll enjoy these ideas I've found on Pinterest.
You can also follow my PIN BOARD here.


We as teachers, should always motivate our students in the English teaching-learning process. We can do it using different strategies. Why not using art and crafts?
These photos are just a simple example of what you can do with kids in your English class or at home ;).
Enjoy them all!! 
Happy Saint Patricks Day!!! 
Kisses and hugs,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Snoopy and Teacher Daniela wish you Happy Saint Patrick's Day! ;) 

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!!!!

A Superhero High School!

Hi! how are you all? Today I'd like to show you this new video from British Council Website.

Have you ever imagined this? Would you like to be a superhero? 

Here is an example of how good it is the experience :D.

Just clic on this LINK and see what happens there....!!

 You can finish the story and complete it with your own videos!! Let's do it!!! :D

Kisses and hugs,

Teacher Daniela A. Ayala M.

Because I'm Happy - Pharrell Williams : Time for a Song

Happiness is the main objective in our lives and music always helps us to feel better.

For this reason, I have decided to sing this song with my students from 1st and 2nd level of E.S.O.

The video I'm sharing today is something special for me. I think it's full of energy and it spreads it everywhere, don't you think so?

This Karaoke version is amazing!! 

Let's sing it, dance it and learn it! and also... Yes!!! Let's learn English while we're singing it!

Clap along if you feel that that's what you wanna do!!!!

You can watch the original video in this LINK: The singer is Pharrell Williams

Take care!!!,

Daniela Andrea Ayala Molinari

How to play games using the Whiteboard: My favourite game, The Hangman.

Have you ever played this game? I'm sure you have played it at least once in your life! 
We sometimes play Hangman with kids when teaching the alphabet, but it is also an interesting game for other types of activities.
Can you guess how?

The Hangman is an incredible time-saver in your lessons. Do not prepare worksheets for that day, and  use the last 15 minutes to play with them. 
Have you got a projector and a whiteboard in the class? Great! Ask your students to be the teachers during the game. They will love using the whiteboard as well as solving the exercises.

Playing games creates a better atmosphere in the class and you can apply this game to any student. You just have to  choose the topic and start guessing the different letters that form missing word.

So... Ready, Steady, Go!!

Let's play together !

Click here and you will access to the game.

Enjoy it!!

Kisses and hugs,
Teacher,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Best Audiobooks for kids on 23rd April: World Book Day!

Loving books? Read the best Audiobooks for Kids!

Hello my dear friends!! 

World Book Day is celebrated  this 23rd April  all over the world. 
Are you planning anything at school?

Every year, students and teachers do special activities to motivate students and teach them the importance of reading...

I think reading is one of the best treasures we've got in our lives. Everybody can have a book. You can buy it or take it from the libraries. Also, it's very common to find a book at a very low prize in Old Book Fairs.
So... there's no excuse! We can all read a book!!! ;-D

Today, I'll show you some different websites that contains audiobooks. Have you ever listened to a book and read one? Here is your opportunity!
It's a great idea! don't you think so?

Now you can listen to some audiostories in your car while you're driving to school!!! It is also  used when doing some sports ;) Great idea then!!! :D

Goodreads
Kidsaudiobooks
Storynory
Other sites

Moreover, it's interesting to download Apps with good audiobooks. This LINK gives you some  ideas to be used in iOS and Android. Look!!!

See you in a next post!!

Enjoy Book Day!

Hugs and kisses,

Teacher Daniela A. Ayala M.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns: Uses of Some and Any.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns are are taught  in Primary Education; but it is also reinforced in the Secondary Education.
Students from 1st ESO are studying it now and I think they will understand the uses of  some or any in a clearer way with the information given down this paragraph.
Just click on the photo and it will be bigger. You can also save them on your computer.

Our High School Day!! : Singing and enjoying !! English activity in IES. Gabriel Alonso de Herrera

Hi there!!!
Last 28th March we really had an incredible Day in our High School!!
Many students sang these beautiful songs with teacher Lorenzo and me.
I would like to congratulate them all because of their high interest as well as their beautiful voices :).

Teacher Lorenzo played the guitar really well, don't you think so? I wish we could do it again! I need to do it one more time, with a better voice, as I was totally hoarse, ha,ha,ha.
I'm proud of you!!! . 
We created a nice environment in our English class :).
Keep on working teachers and students!!

Lots of kisses,
Teacher Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Ps: Listen to our podcasts! And please, remember we're not professional singers! ;) We just did our best! ha,ha,ha :D.

Anna Kendrick: When I'm Gone

 

One Republic:The Story Of My Life

Time for a song! : The cups song: Tutorial, Song and Karaoke version.

Hello!

I've discovered a beautiful and interesting song. I really don't know why but, this song makes me feel cheerful and relax.
You can listen to it and also, you can practice the movements and sounds the singer does in her video.
I have included the tutorial and the song with the lyrics.

Let's sing You're gonna miss me, which is also known as "The Cups Song"

I just need my voice back to sing it with you! ;)

Lots of kisses,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

This is the best tutorial you will find!



The singer is Anna Kendrick. The video is amazing! I love it!

 
Would you like to sing the song and record your own voice?

 

Present Perfect: Uses of for and since.

Hello!
Today, I would like to revise some grammar notes with you.
Let's watch these interesting videos! They will help you to understand the use of Present Perfect as well as the uses of "for" and "since"  in the English Language.

It is also important for you to study the irregular verbs!!

You can click on these links to practice this grammar content a little bit.

Exercise1
Exercise2

Have a nice day!
Daniela A. Ayala M.