Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts

Wednesday, 12 October 2016

Discovering English speaker countries!


Hi friends! On this post I’m going to talk about a project I did with 3 and 4 years old students.

As part of the AMCO routine, before starting the books, is ESSENTIAL let them know the puppets (pets) of each class. For the 3 years old class the pet is KELLY KANGAROO and she is from AUSTRALIA; FLASH THE FOX is BRITISH and is the 4 years pet.

I spent 3 days introducing the pets and discovering each country (or at least the most famous aspects) let’s get started, pick your luggage and come with us!!

I introduced both pets using a bit of “magic”. They were inside boxes and we have to knock in the box and count to ten to open it; once they did it, the pets came out bouncing and running so happy to see the kids.

Starting with Kelly, we talked about Australia, the typical animals we can find there like Kangaroos, Koalas, Sharks, snakes or Emus. Also we saw some pictures of the most famous places like the Opera of Sydney or the Uluru rocks.

Finally we colored Kelly and take our drawings home to show our families who Kelly Kangaroo was.

Here you can find some pictures of the kids coloring Kelly very enthusiastic!

           

As part of knowing Australia we sang and danced a song of the “native Australian Animals!
"here is a Sneak peek"!


4 years Old student’s pet is Flash Fox, a British fox so nice and friendly who showed us part of his culture like famous people as The Beatles, Queen Elisabeth II, Harry Potter, the Beefeaters, and Sherlock Holmes. Also we had the chance to “travel” throw the UK with the help of a video where flash showed us The Big Ben, the typical Red payphones, The Red busses, Stonehenge, the monster of lake Ness and the Tower Bridge .
 Here I post some videos of them discovering the UK!
To finish the post I upload a video of the giveaway of the kid’s material, in a really “British way” just like Sherlock Holmes!! Thank you very much for reading, hope you like it and enjoy as much as we did, Kind rewards
Teacher Sara!


Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Thursday, 21 April 2016

Our favorite animal books for kids

Happy book day!


We wanted to share with you a top ten list of our favorite animal-themed picture books for kids. We’d also love to know what your favorite animal books for young learners are! 


Here are our favorites!
While most of the books on this list are appropriate for preschoolers and younger, we like this one for preschool and up. Great for introducing and reviewing animals and clothing.

This book has beautiful, warm illustrations of baby animals. Turn the page to see the baby together with its parent.

Maisy has a lot of animal friends, so any Maisy book is great for talking about animals. This one introduces farm animals and farm chores. Young learners always love Maisy!

This classic lift-the-flap book introduces zoo animals and descriptive adjectives (heavy, big, tall, etc.).

Sandra Boynton’s books are written and illustrated with a sense of humor that kids of all ages enjoy. This is a great book for introducing farm animals and the sounds they make. 

This lift-the-flap book is another great one for introducing farm animals and the sounds they make. Toddlers and younger in particular will appreciate the large bright images and flaps.

Eric Carle has a lot of great animal books. We love this one because of the variety of animals and it is great for teaching actions, parts of the body, and abilities (“I am a giraffe and I bend my neck. Can you do it?”).

Perfect for bedtime, this book introduces zoo animals in an adorable story.

This lift-the-flap book isn’t specifically about animals, but Spot has a lot of animal friends you can talk about while looking for Spot. 

Another great one from Eric Carle (with Bill Martin), this book teaches colors while introducing a variety of  animals. Excellent for teaching the rhythm of English.