Sea Animals

This is a video where you can practise the numbers and the name of these sea animals:

OCTOPUS, WHALE, MERMAID, SHARK, EEL, TURTLE, SQUID, JELLYFISH, CRAB and FISH

After wathching the first video, you can practise them by listening to the song in the second video.

Story time: The Rainbow fish

Here is a video with sound effects and music in which students from America narrate the story of "The rainbow fish" by the author Marcus Pfister. I think it´s a lovely story and the video is beautiful. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. If you go to the link underneath the video, you will access to some actvities related to the story.



the Rainbow fish activities

The Animals Went In 2 By 2

Hello, kids,
here is a new song for you to listen to and learn. It´s a very nice song in which you will practise the name of the animals. It is about the story of the ark in the Bible which you all probably have heard of before.
I hope you all enjoy it! Underneath you have the lyrics.



The Animals went in Two by Two

The animals went in two by two, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in two by two, hurrah, hurrah.
The animals went in two by two,
The elephant and the kangaroo
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

The animals went in three by three, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in three by three, hurrah, hurrah.
The animals went in three by three,
The wasp, the ant and the bumble bee,
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

The animals went in four by four, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in four by four, hurrah, hurrah.
The animals went in four by four,
The big hippopotamus stuck in the door,
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

The animals went in five by five, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in five by five, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in five by five,
By hugging each other they kept alive,
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

The animals went in six by six, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in six by six, hurrah, hurrah.
The animals went in six by six,
They turned out the monkey because of his tricks,
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

The animals went in seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in seven by seven,
The little pig thought it was going to heaven,
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

The animals went in eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in eight by eight,
The turtle thought he was coming late,
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

The animals went in nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in nine by nine,
Marching up in a long straight line,
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

The animals went in ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah,
The animals went in ten by ten,
The last one in was the little red hen,
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain,
And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain.

Story telling

Esta vez me gustaría hablaros sobre un recurso educativo con muchas ventajas y que es el de la lectura de cuentos ¿Cuáles son esas ventajas?

Un niño/a aprende mejor cuando se está divirtiendo. Los libros, con sus dibujos, y sus situaciones amenas son una manera bonita de enseñar a nuestros hijos no sólo a leer y escribir bien, sino a valorar la importancia de la lectura como forma de aprendizaje de valores y cultura general para toda la vida. Los cuentos transportan a los niños a un mundo imaginario de ilusión en el que en realidad no se está dejando de aprender sobre la propia vida y sobre la moralidad y ética por la que nos regimos.

Todas estas ventajas son perfectamente adaptables al aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras a través de cuentos infantiles en inglés. A través del ilimitado número de cuentos en lengua inglesa, que podemos encontrar en librerías y por internet, los niños/as van a aprender la lengua con todo lo que conlleva (vocabulario, gramática, expresiones, valores, razonamiento, destreza lectora y de comprensión, la cultura arraigada a dicho idioma...).

Hay muchos cuentos como los que nombraré a continuación, que se convertirán en educadores de nuestros hijos/as (alumnos/as) y que se transformarán en recuerdo entrañables para toda una vida. No sólo pasarán a ser parte de ellos, pero también de nosotros, los mayores. Como ya os conté en otra entrada, yo nunca podré olvidar cuentos como los de Beatrix Potter o las aventuras de Winnie de Pooh que mi abuela me leía cada noche. Las grandes historias y cuentos nos marcan y cobran vida en nosotros a través de como nos comportamos y quienes somos ya que marcan nuestra experiencia y por lo tanto nuestra identidad.

Ejemplos de libros que recomiendo entre un sin fin de opciones que tu mismo puedes buscar y seleccionar son:

• The very hungry caterpillar, by Eric Carle
• The bad-tempered Ladybird, by Eric Carle
• The rainbow fish, Marcus Pfister
• The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson
• I will not ever never eat a tomato, by Lauren Child
• Rumble in the Jungle, by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz
  

Cuando no es posible poseer los libros en cuestión, siempre se puede recurrir a internet, donde hay muchísimos cuentos online que tienen tanto el cuento escrito como sonido y alguien que va leyéndolo en inglés. Algunas de estas páginas puedes puedes encotrarlas en mi sección "aprende inglés en estos enlaces" que se encuentra en la parte izquierda. Además, estos cuentos son muy útiles cuando los propios padres no saben el idioma y no pueden leer adecuadamente los libros con y para los niños/as.

I hope you enjoy reading, and that the stories I have metioned help you both teachers and parents in the learning process of your children,
my best regards

ABC

let´s learn the alphabet with these songs!!

Parts of the House (part 2)

Sing along the parts of the house!

Learn about Egypt!

Aquí tienes algunas páginas sobre Egipto que quizá quieras explorar. Hay muchos textos en inglés sobre su vida, religión...y también muchas actividades ¡Espero que lo disfrutes!

Here are some websites about Egypt you might like to explore. There are many texts in English explaining about their life, religion...and also many activities. Hope you enjoy them!

Ancient Egypt
Tour Egypt for kids
British council: Ancient Egypt

Parts of the House

Una casa tiene, principalemente, cuatro clases de habitación: dormitorio, cuarto de baño, cocina y salón. Aquí hay un dibujo de una casa para que puedas comenzar a aprender algunas de las palabras más importantes relacionads con la casa (recuerda que pinchando sobre la imgen puedes ampliar el dibujo y verlo mucho mejor, y además puedes imprimirtelo para colorearlo si quieres).

A house has mainly four types of room: Bedroom, Bathroom, kitchen and living room. Here is a picture of a house so that you can start to learn some of the main words related to the house:

(I have taken the picture from the next book: cuderno de repaso, inglés fácil, 2º de P, Longman, Clare Tipping rimaria, 2007)