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.

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.
;)

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!!! ;)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Halloween Activities to be done in your English class!!

Hello friends!!,

I can't believe Halloween is here again!! Have you planned anything for this great festival?

I'm thinking about these three activities to be done in the  first and second course of Primary Education. Of course they can be put on practice in other levels too.

I believe my students will love them. I'd like them to participate in the lessons, so we will also sing a scary song, hahahahaha!!!

1.- Colour different scary Halloween pictures using the Whiteboard.

2.- Download the game "I Spy" and make your students guess what Halloween character you are talking about...

3.- Sing a learn a Halloween song.

I hope you all love these ideas ;). Remember to share the link, please!!

Have a scary and special Halloween Party!!

Love,

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Studying the Present Continuous Tense

Hello!!! Some of our students have difficulties when studying the English grammar. Tenses are confused! At that point we need to give them reinforcement and teach the tenses in many different ways.

I think this video will help our students to understand the use of the Present Continuous Tense.
Use it in your lessons and you will see!!!

Have a nice day!!!

A big hug!,

Daniela Andrea Ayala Molinari.

Practicing the Ordinal Numbers with the Whiteboard!

You can learn the Ordinal Numbers with incredible games on Turtlediary.com

Today, I've been looking for different online games for kids, and I've decided to show you these websites with different games to learn the Ordinal Numbers.

This is an example of many other activities you can find at http://www.harcourtschool.com

It's a graphic way of learning, and of course it will be easier to remember the different pronunciation, written form and numbers.

Children from different ages can play these games and you can guide them to do their best in every game you find useful.

Just clic in the images and you will access to the different games I've found on the internet.
Please, share this article!

Enjoy the week!,
Love,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.


PS: See you on Facebook!!!

My first creation with Infogr.am

Hello there! This is the first time I use infogr.am, a nice way of showing text, pictures and videos.
I have to thank En La Nube Tic, an incredible website with lots of good resources for teachers, because people who work on this project are always helping us to improve our daily lessons and they also give us some clues to use the ICT's in education.

So, here is what I have just done!! I'll share it in the other blog so if you want you can share it with your friends too.
Have a wonderful weekend!!
Love,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Phrasal verbs: break down | Infographics

Infographic available here: http://infogr.am/Phrasal-verbs-break-down

Healthy Habits in your life! CLIL

To be healthy is one of the most important things in life. We, as teachers, have to make our students understand the importance of doing exercise, eating appropriate food and so on.
With this LINK you can show some basic things that are important to be healthy and see how our heart works.

Enjoy the week!!

Lots of kisses,
Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

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.

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.

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.

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!!

Irregular Verbs learning Game!!

Hello!! I can't be happier!! I've just found on the internet this great wheel game. I'm sure all my students will appreciate it!! It's easy to use and ideal to teach grammar and irregular verbs in our English class.

You can visit the website and add this to your favourite resources list.

Just click and play!!