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.

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! ;) 

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.

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.

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.

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!

Can you see a song? By Eric Carle

I have never imagined before how wonderful it is to SEE a SONG :-). 

Eric Carle discovered a way of doing so. 

In the following video, you will SEE a SONG and you will understand the importance of combining both art and music.

Children will love it, and will develop some artistic skills.

It's easy! Just try!

Listen and watch to this video and show it to your dearest ones!

Love,

Teacher Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

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.

This was Valentine's Day at school!

Hello everybody!! Last week we celebrated Valentine's Day at school. This is a beautiful day because we highlight friendship and love.
My students really enjoyed the day. We sang the song "Love is in the air", we created a dance for the song and also we made a lovely valentine's day card.
I'll show you some photographs right now.


Lots of kisses and Hugs,


Teacher Daniela.

Students from group B

Students from group A

Activities and Resources for FALL / AUTUMN

Autumn has just arrived in Europe, so I'm a bit depressed because it's clear that our holidays have finished,snif, snif :P he,he,he... Anyway, I also like Autumn! Beautiful colours, soft breezes, the rain ....and so on ;) It sounds romantic, don't you think so? ;-)


Today, I bring you different websites to find resources about FALL / AUTUMN.
You can use them wether in infant and primary Education. They're great!!


If you need posters and ornamets for your class, have a look at La Tienda del Profesor, where you will find excellent materials for this topic. Children will love the posters and stickers.

stickers available at LA TIENDA DEL PROFESOR // Pegatinas disponibles en La Tienda del Profesor

OTHER PRINTABLE RESOURCES AND IDEAS:

Family Fun

Creativity Portal

Autumn Games

DLTK

Activity Village

As a presente, here there is a nice and easy song called 10 little leaves, similar to the famous, ten little indians ;) 

Kisses and hugs,

Teacher Daniela Ayala.

Let's enjoy with our first week activities at School!

Hello!! I'm so happy! I have started school today at a new school and I feel really well :P I'm sure this year everything is gonna be perfect too! How about you? How was your first day at school?

During this week I've been thinking about some basic activities to be practiced with children during the first weeks of school, just to get in touch with them and make them feel confident with us.


It's very important to think about some tasks before children come back to school.
Are you ready ?


Today I propose this game for the first days at school. It will help you know what level your students have as well as having fun with them in the English class.
Have a look at each of the photos and click on them to read more information about this game.
Everything I show you here was bought at La Tienda del Profesor, in Madrid.
But... you can also buy things through the internet, in case you are not from Madrid :)


Calle Gaztambide, 9 
La Tienda del Profesor

Madrid 28015   Tlf.: 915 50 0079

SUMMER BRIDGE ACTIVITIES: GAME CARDS TO HAVE FUN WITH OUR STUDENTS. I'LL USE THEM DURING THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL!!!

There're also avaiable other levels, visit the website or click in the photo to know more info about this game.

On the other hand, you can also use SIGHT WORD WHEELS , A great resource to refresh vocabulary and practice a little bit more the English pronunciation and vocabulary.
It's a printable book that really helps you prepare different tasks and topics.
Click in the photo and read more information about this useful English resource.


Students love wheels, so I'm sure it'll work perfectly with your students.

I hope these ideas really help you to plan these first weeks at school. If you need anything just let me know writing a message in each article.

Have a fantastic week and remember to be as happy as possible!!

Love,

Daniela A. Ayala Molinari.

Teaching English with Maths crafts

Hello everybody! I've just came back from Holidays, We've been in Scadinavia visiting different and beautiful cities there.So now, as I have rested for a while, I've got a bag full of great ideas for you and your children :-D

English can be taught in many different ways. Today I'm going to concentrate on maths. It's important to transmit the information in a funny and easy way to get the main goal in our students: communicate in the English language.

As you can see in this photo, there is a number cut down. You can decorate it with stickers and also write the same number inside the big three :-). 

Moreover, you are teaching maths using crafts, isn't it funny and different? 

After finishing this project you can prepare a game with the numbers and why not? use them to decorate the classroom or your children's bedroom...

I have found this idea in this LINK, have a look at this to look for more information!!!

Have a nice week, let's start August with a big SMILE!!

Love,

teacher Daniela A. Ayala M.