HALLOWEEN BOWLING

I've got a fun Halloween-themed activity for you today! 

It is called HALLOWEN BOWLING. Children would  practise counting while they are having lots of fun.

What we will need:

- a small pumpkin (to be use as a ball)
- a black marker (draw faces)
- 10 bowling (plastic glasses, plastic bottles, cans, rolling paper, toilet paper, ...)

USE YOUR IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY!

Let's count and play!

POEMS TO CELEBRATE THAT AUTUMN IS HERE

To celebrate that autumn is here. I will like to share with all of you some poems as part of morning routines. 






Poetry is a great way to reinforce grammar concepts like parts of speech and punctuation.

BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL: COOPERATIVE GAMES

The beginning of the year is always a good time to carry out games or activities to ensure the cohesion of the groups. Although the majority of students already known each other, sometimes there are new students who needs to feel part of the group. Cooperative games would help these students to feel that they belong to a group in an active way without competing.

Some Spanish games

El lápiz colaborativo (a partir de los 4 años )

En grupos de 4 0 5 participantes, se ha de compartir un lápiz tensado con diferentes hilos; tantos hilos como jugadores haya en cada grupo. El objetivo es realizar un dibujo entre los participantes de cada grupo tensando y destensando los diferentes hilos. Para eso, será necesario decidir conjuntamente los movimientos que se requieran. Además de sincronizar las diferentes intervenciones y tener muy en cuenta las aportaciones de los compañeros. El resultado dependerá de la paciencia, las habilidades y el trabajo en equipo.

El infinito cuento o historia (a partir de los 3 años)

Hacer un cuento o historia como grupo-clase. Cada persona debe añadir una o dos frases  a partir de  donde la persona de delante se haya parado. El juego termina cuando todos los alumnos han participado. Incluso se pueden hacer varias intervenciones. Dependiendo de la edad de los alumnos, la maestra o los propios alumnos pueden reescribir su historia o cuento. 

Juego del paracaídas (a partir de los 3 años)

En el patio de la escuela, en el aula de pscimotricidad o gimnasio, se extendie un paracaídas y los alumnos deben cogerlo en sus extremos y tirar una pelota en el centro. Su objetivo es que la pelota no caiga en el agujero del paracaídas. Para aumentar su dificultad se pueden añadir más pelotas.

Do you know more cooperative games? Could  you share with all of us?

FREE APPS FOR TEACHING: KINDERLIME FOR CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOL

Do you want to increase the communication in an easy way between teachers and parents? 

This is the perfect TEACHING APP are you looking for. This app offers Newsletters, Photos and Emergency Notifications for Childcare. If you would like more information visit this website.

What can  you do with Kinderlime app? 

- SNAP Photos

- Child PORTFOLIOS and ROSTER

-  Instant COMMUNICATION 

- Incident REPORTS

- Increase RETENTION and ENROLLMENT 

- Send NEWSLETTERS, UPLOAD PHOTOS and send them to parents

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APPS FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

LE SON DES LETTRES MONTESSORI -

Phonics in English, Spanish, French & Italian

By Les Trois Elles Interactive

This new app is designed by iPhone and iPad for children between 3 to 6 years old. It cost  4,49 € . 

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This unique application based on the Montessori method, Montessori Letter Sounds works in 4 steps:

1. From the age of 3: “I spy” to play sound games.

2. Around 4 years old: “Letter sounds” to memorize the letter sounds and shape.
3. Between 4 and 5: “Mix and match” to bring together the two first steps.
4. Around 4 1/2 years old: “Sound it out” to write their first words using a moveable              alphabet.

The aim of this application  is ensure progressive learning through the 4 steps. 

In each step, children will find a learning activity and a game to help them put their learning into practice. Self-correction is encouraged throughout the app to increase self-confidence. The system keeps track of marbles won by each player. Marbles are used to unlock games and levels and to stimulate learning. 

• For further information visit: ¡Tunes Preview

SENSORY PLAY AND SCIENCE WITH CORNFLOUR AND WATER

During my work placement in a Pre-School in the South of England I saw how with only cornflower and water and a bit of some paint or food coloring kids have lots of fun! It is very easy and quick to made. I totally guarantee that they will really enjoy! Give it a go and let me know what you think!

What you will need:

• Plastic or metallic recipient or box
• Cornflower(the one I used is from Lidl but you can use others)
• Water
• Paint or food coloring  (looks more colourful and attractive for children)

How to make it:

Goop is one of the easiest play recipes to make at home or in the school. All you need is cornflour  and water. There are some recipes that suggest mixing one part cornflour  with two parts of water. In the Pre-School and I don’t measure the ingredients at all when we make this. Simply pour a recipient or box the  cornflour and then adding the water very gradually until it all mixes together into a soup-like consistency.  It will go hard when you try to stir it, but go runny when you stop putting it under pressure.  until it all mixes together into a soup-like consistency. We also added a little liquid food colouring but that’s optional.

IMPORTANT:  You  want to make sure that your cornflour is actually derived from corn. That may sound like a weird thing to say but some manufacturers will label a box as cornflour or cornstarch but in fact the flour is derived from wheat. If you use wheat based flour your mixture won’t have the same properties as goop.

goop - Movie Maker

WHAT IS JOLLY LEARNING?

Jolly Learning is an independent British publisher, with the commitment of creating and developing educational material to inspire children to learn and be the best they can.

During my work placement in  a Pre-School in the South of England, they carry out a programme called " Jolly phonics" to teach literacy through synthetic phonics. I thought it was really useful this programme to learn English as a second language so I decide to share with all of you. 

What is Jolly Phonics?

Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. Each sound has an action and a song. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups as shown below.

Letter Sound Order

The sounds are taught in a specific order (not alphabetically). This enables children to begin building words as early as possible.

How does Jolly Phonics work?

Using a synthetic phonics approach, Jolly Phonics teaches children the five key skills for reading and writing. The programme continues through school enabling the teaching of essential grammar, spelling and punctuation skills.

The five skills taught in Jolly Phonics

1.Learning the letter sounds

Children are taught the 42 main letter sounds. This includes alphabet sounds as well as digraphs such as sh, th, ai and ue.

The letter sounds are split into seven groups.

2.Learning letter formation

Using different multi-sensory methods, children learn how to form and write the letters.

3.Blending

Children are taught how to blend the sounds together to read and write new words.

4.Identifying the sounds in words (Segmenting)

Listening for the sounds in words gives children the best start for improving spelling.

5.Tricky words

Tricky words have irregular spellings and children learn these separately.

Also in this website you will find:

JOLLY GRAMMAR

JOLLY MUSIC

                                

JOLLY PHONICS IN SCHOOLS

NEWSLETTER SIGN UP

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

 For more information on Jolly Phonics visit his website.

FUNDACIÓN DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA: SÍLABAS- SYLLABLE

Aprende las sílabas con este juego. Sílaba es cada una de las divisiones fonológicas en las que se divide una palabra. Es la tercera menor división de la cadena hablada. (Tradicionalmente se la había definido como "golpe de voz" en una palabra, definición considerada por los lingüistas como obsoleta e inoperativa). 

Para más información visita: OnlineFreeSpanish.com

ba-be-bi-bo-bu                         

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ma-me-mi-mo-mu

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sa-se-si-so-su 

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FUNDACIÓN DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA: JUEGO DE LAS VOCALES- VOWELS

Con este juego los niños van aprender las vocales. En fonética, una vocal o monoptongo es un sonido de una lengua natural hablada que se pronuncia con el tracto vocal abierto, no habiendo un aumento de la presión del aire en ningún punto más arriba de la glotis. Esto contrasta con las consonantes, donde hay una obstrucción o cerrazón en algún punto del tracto vocal. Las vocales se consideran silábicas; un sonido equivalente, abierto, pero no silábico, se denomina semivocal.

CLICK ON THE IMAGE- VOWEL GAME

FUNDACIÓN DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA: JUEGO DE MEMORIA- MEMORY GAME

Infantil - juego - la memoria

Ejercita tu memoria con este divertido juego. Tienes que encontrar la pareja de cada carta lo más rápido que puedas. Así que estruja tus neuronas y demuestra que eres un ganador. Con este juego, además de escuchar un montón de distintas palabras en español, debido a la repetición y al ejercicio de atención que deberás poner, te será muy facil aprender muchísimo vocabulario y su correcta pronunciación.

                             

 OnlineFreeSpanish.com - Juego de Memoria - Memory Game

FUNDACIÓN DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA: AUDIOLIBROS-AUDIOBOOKS

Infantil - audiolibros

El cuento es una narración breve de carácter ficcional protagonizada por un grupo reducido de personajes y con un argumento sencillo. No obstante, la frontera entre cuento largo y una novela corta no es fácil de trazar. El cuento es transmitido en origen por vía oral: escucha y lectura. 

Con las TIC, se han creado nuevas formas, como los audiolibros.

  

      

FUNDACIÓN DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA: COLORES- COLORS

Infantil - Los colores 

El color es una percepción visual que se genera en el cerebro al interpretar las señales nerviosas que le envían los foto receptores de la retina del ojo y que a su vez interpretan y distinguen las distintas longitudes de onda que captan de la parte visible del espectro electromagnético.

                                                            

LEARN  COLORS WITH THIS GAME!

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BOB THE BUILDER: PARENTS

 In the parents section of the Bob the Builder website you will find information about Bob the Builder including; broadcast information, fun activities and games you can do with your little builder plus find out about live shows and events in your local community.

A new addition to the website is their competition page. Each month we will be giving Bob’s most valued fans the chance to win some fantastic prizes - so be sure to get your entry in! For further information click in here.

WEBSITE- BOB THE BUILDER

WEBSITE- BOB THE BUILDER

WEBSITE- BOB THE BUILDER