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.

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!!

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.

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! ;) 

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

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?

 

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.

Our body! Trabajitos de mis alumnos de 1º

Hello! We're studying the body vocabulary in the English class in the first level of P.E.

I'm very proud of my students because they're doing their best :D

I wanna show you some of the pictures they did in the last class;)

Kisses and hugs,

Daniela A. Ayala M.

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.

Comin' down the tree: A cowboy style Christmas song :)

Hello! I'm sure you're thinking about Christmas at school and that you are ready to sing with your students a great and modern Christmas song.
I've found this one.
I think it would work with children from the second cycle of Primary Education.
You can prepare a choreography and ask them to sing and dance this modern Christmas song :).
It includes the lyrics so you all can sing it in the class :D

Enjoy!!!
Kisses,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

I can sing a rainbow...

Dear friends!! Once I saw a beautiful poster in my class with this nice song I couldn't resist myself to sing it with the kids. Also, this is one of my favorite songs so you can imagine how motivated I'm feeling with the song :D.

The lyrics is this one, but it is also added in the video taken from youtube:

Red and Yellow and Pink and Green

Purple and Orange and Blue,

I can sing a rainbow,

sing a rainbow,

sing a rainbow too.

Listen with  your eyes,

listen with your eyes,

and sing everything you see.

You can sing a rainbow,

sing a rainbow,

sing a rainbow too.

Red and Yellow and Pink and Green

Purple and Orange and Blue,

Now we can sing a rainbow,

sing a rainbow,

sing a rainbow too.

I'd like you all sing and listen with your eyes everything you see, as the colors of the rainbow ;).

A very big hug from me,

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Head and Shoulders: Karaoke

Morning everyone! 

I've been looking for different videos which support my English lessons. Today it's the turn of this one, a very famous song: Head and Shoulders. I'm sure you all know this song and you all have danced it too.
 But this one is different... From my point of view, it is a modern version of the song; Our students will be excited dancing and singing this karaoke version of Head and Shoulders.
Would you like to watch the video? Clic in this LINK then!!!

Have a nice day, and do not forget to move your body! ;)

Kisses and hugs,
Daniela A. 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!

Welcome Spring! I'm a very hungry caterpillar

Hello, helloo!!! How are you today? I wish you are all great! ;)
Spring is here and we can do different interesting activities in our class.
I'll show this nice video to children from 1st cycle. It's an interesting song, specially for those ones who are studying science ;).

Have an excellent week!!
Love,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

Happy Easter!!

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

Learning the ABC in the 1st Cycle of P.E

This a present for my students of 1st cycle of Primary Education.
I hope you like it too.
Muaks,
Daniela A. Ayala M.

A great song to learn the numbers from 1 to 100

This is a lovely way to know and learn the numbers from 1 to 100.

My students from 1st grade love this song, and of course me too :P

Let's sing learn together!!