05
Jul 15

10 FREE web pages to read English.

Now yes! Your kids have started their vacations and sure you're squeezing your head thinking what you can do with them all day ...

Surely you've decided to take them to a summer camp, or have not been forced to leave them with grandparents. In any case, You may well be looking for books or resources to go over this summer.

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19
Apr 15

Apps and songs to work hygiene habits in English.

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Teaching children hygiene habits can be difficult, especially when it comes to very young children. It seems that the kids what to eat something after having been playing with the earth do not care too, and to say what it costs some brush their teeth ...

So today I bring some ideas to work hygiene habits with the kids. The general ideas will serve to work hygiene habits in any language, yes, resources and applications are in English 😉

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16
Nov 14

4 reasons for learning English movies.

4 apreder reasons for English movies

Movies are one of the tools used in language learning, especially when we refer to the process of teaching and learning of adults. But for children are also a very effective learning tool.

When a teacher makes a movie to his students not to fill the class and to be left alone, in most cases ... Generally, drawings or videos have an educational purpose.

Today I'll tell you the 4 Main reasons that movies are a good tool in language learning. Further, this applies both to learning of your children as to yours and, on the other hand, for those of you not yet manejáis well with English you can come in handy for practicing with your kids.

Camera ... action!

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26
Oct 14

How to learn English with themed activities. Halloween.

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photo credit: Nenortas Photography via photopin cc

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.

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05
Oct 14

4 Fall Crafts for learning English.

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photo credit: Joya Z via photopin cc

The fall began just over a week ago and you probably already have observed the first signs of this romantic season.

Today I want to talk to some Crafts we can make with the kids during this time with two clear objectives:

  • Become familiar with the features of this station.
  • To practice English in a fun and funny.

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10
Aug 14

6 Apps to play and read English.

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photo credit: Oscar_Shen via photopin cc

We are in the middle of August, but that does not mean the kids leave to go over what they have seen during the course. Unlike, Now we approach the start of the new course the ideal is to review the concepts worked during the year in order to start with a solid foundation.

A good way to "work" is through reading. Thus, Children go over vocabulary, pronunciation and those somewhat older, read during the summer.

Today I will make a review of 6 Apps for you to practice English in a fun and dynamic as you read with the kids.

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11
May 14

68 Songs to practice English with your child.

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photo credit: Philippe Put via photopin cc

On previous occasions we talked about the importance of play during early childhood education. The game favors the development of the social skills, mental and physical, besides being a natural and spontaneous way of knowing the world for small.

As we saw in the previous post in this topic trying, There are many types of games that we can use for teaching-learning kids, one of these types are the corporal games, that are included in the songs, topic that will be discussed at today's post.

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27
Apr 14

Key points about the bits of intelligence.

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Image courtesy of Freerangestock

As many of you know, the past 30 of March, I had the privilege to participate as a speaker in the I Congress of Educating Learning Childhood Education, you can see the video Youtube, or if you prefer, check presentation Slideshare. One of the topics, for matter of time, I could not try was the theme of the bits of intelligence. While I talked about some games you can make with bits, You can see them in detail in the post, "The game. Key learning of the smaller ", we did not see how to make them and how they should go to the kids to really be effective and efficient, so I wanted to dedicate this post to this topic.

The theme of the bits of intelligence is a controversial topic that every teacher has spoken at some point in their career. Some assert categorically the effectiveness of this method, while others say it is not as effective as outlined.

En este post, My goal is that all know what are the bits of intelligence and you are capable of making them yourself. Further, I want to tell you first hand as has been my experience using them in the English classroom.

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12
Apr 14

Smile and Learn. A new way to work reading.

You know that one of the points that usually try my post is the use of new technologies in the teaching-learning process, and not just in the classroom, also at home.

There are many applications that help us work the direntes areas with small house and my, personally, I like to stress upon the applications for language learning, especially English. In fact, the last week I spoke of an app in which I have the pleasure to participate as an educational consultant.

Today I asked my friends Smile and Learn, of which I already talked in the past Education Congress Educating Children to Learn we explain firsthand what their stories and above all provide added value.

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SMILE AND LEARN

I think no one better than them to tell you first hand all the characteristics of these stories.

I leave with them!

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06
Apr 14

Children´s Day Map. How and why to develop an educational app.

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A month ago I was at home thinking how I was going to pose the paper What weeks later would I do at the I Congress of Early Childhood Education of Learning by Educating, and I realized that one of the things that I wanted to deal with during that hour and a half was how to work routines in the English classroom.

I thought about how I work routines in my classroom, I thought of songs, in games, rhyme, in routine calendars, I even thought about making a routine calendar and illustrating the process to share it with you. But I wanted to go even further and I said to myself: "Why not an app for children to work routines with the tablet or computer? Further, if made this type of app I will be able to use it in my classroom ”And… let's get to work!

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