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Teach children languages ​​or new vocabulary through thematic activities is a great way to create a specific context, so the child to focus on what he is learning.

Themed activities can be used for almost any block vocabulary. I use them a lot because I used to catch the attention of children and, further, arouse interest. These activities, provided they are well silvery, you start introducing vocabulary and children end up asking the rest.

In today's post we will see what is a thematic activity, Now coming Halloween night, one of the parties most famous Anglo-Saxon origin, we will raise an activity that you can make with the kids that day, plus some songs that you consolidéis concepts.

What is a thematic activity?

When we talk about a thematic activity, we refer to an activity or group of activities based on the same theme. For instance, activities that you raise makes a weeks in this post They are themed activities fall.

Such activities are excellent for learning new vocabulary, You can even put into practice in the mother tongue to improve speech and communication skills of small. Some of the benefits of thematic activities are:

• They are great to work together after reading a book or have presented new vocabulary to children, for example, bits intelligence. In fact it is fine to have ideas of thematic activities because teachers generally have the curriculum divided into thematic.
• Such activities are great to work off events, like Halloween, the vacations, Carnival, etc. Since they are very representative events for children.
• Further, They are very well because we can choose activities that suit the tastes of the kids, so that we encourage them and we capture their attention.
• As we have seen in our first point, these activities we are very good for children to learn vocabulary related to a topic specific.
• But also, They can not only serve to build new vocabulary, We can also use these activities to learn new skills.

Our subject today is… ¡Halloween!

• Caritas Halloween

The activity that I will make is super simple, the kids will love and, further, You can reuse 😀

What you need is: colored construction paper, pencil, eraser, colored pencils, scissors and adhesive Velcro.

The first thing we do is draw and cut pumpkin, with younger children you can trim it you, but seniors can do it themselves.

Once we have the pumpkin, We draw colored construction paper in different parts of the body that occur to us. Mainly parts of the face because what we are doing are faces Halloween!

When we have well shaped and colored cut them out. Once you may have all the elements we put velcros, If you have time and want to do "super-duper-phenomenal" You can plasticize before glueing.

It is important to always do them in parts one side of the Velcro and other pumpkin, to always marry.

Look you everything you will learn the kids with this game!

vocabulary: eyes, nose, mouth, ears, feet, hat, hair, boy, girl, face, pumpkin.

spatial concepts: top, bottom, above, below, middle, side, left, right, high, low. You can ask questions like: Do the eyes go at the top or bottom of the pumpkin? Do the feet go above or below the pumpkin?

follow orders: You can platear the kids a sequence of actions so that they will learn to do things in a certain order in English, for example: First, put on the nose. Then, put on the eyes.

Answer questions: the game need not comprise placing pieces, You can also play answer questions, for example:

• What piece do you want next?
• What does your pumpkin still need?
• Where are you going to put the nose?
• What are you doing?
• Who is the boy?
• Who still needs a nose?
• Whose is this?
• How many ears does he have?
• How can you tell this is the girl pumpkin?
• When do you brush your teeth?
• What do you do with your eyes, ears, nose, mouth, feet?

If you want to complete your class dedicated to Halloween a fabulous way to do it is with songs. You know that children love and consolidaréis the concepts that you have worked. Coming up next, I leave several:

• Shake Dem Halloween Bones

With this song you repasaréis body parts with the help of a terrifying skeleton :s

• Five Little Monsters

Sure the kids this song by heart are known. I leave the version of Halloween.

• Spooky Spooky

One of the many songs that disponéis to learn the vocabulary of Halloween.

• Halloween Night

A real Halloween song to learn the scariest words!

I hope these activities and songs the kids pass it phenomenal as they learn vocabulary related to this celebration.

You know that if you have other ideas I'd love that compartierais Us.

Thanks for your time.

A hug,

Cristina

"The real persons are full of imaginary beings"

Graham Greene

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