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May 19

Cooperative learning keys. Infographic.

How are you? I know it took a lot of months without posting on the blog. Many have written me thanking me for the articles and asking me to publish something new, so, I'm here!

As you know, one of the keys to my academy methodology, iKidz, cooperative learning is. Although we at iKidz, we made our “own adaptation” this methodology, because our class groups are 8 students.

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Sep 17

How to Learn English short vowels.

photo credit: Ewan McIntosh Catriona doing her iPad phonics via photopin (license)

Phonics learning English is essential. If the basis for this are not well established, the process of literacy not develop properly.

Most children do not read English properly because they have not followed a proper method of learning phonics.

There are countless phonetic learning methods, but as you know, one iKidz, We develop our own materials according to the needs of our students. iPhonics is the method through which our kids learn. Through this, children learn starting with the simplest units, up to the most complex.

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Sea 17

10 Experiments to leave your gawking students.

photo credit: Erik Schepers The "bioscoop" for stones via photopin (license)

photo credit: Erik Schepers The “cinema” for stones via photopin (license)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems that these weeks of Science is the thing. In the previous post, I spoke of a legendary series that is great for teaching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering y Mathematics), and this week I'll leave 10 experiments that you can find on YouTube, Moreover English! 😉

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Feb 17

A different way to teach STEM.

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photo credit: kcolwell 257/365 Future Scientist via photopin (license)

If you are profe, surely you will sound the term STEM, or rather, abbreviations. STEM is an acronym for the English terms Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

This term was coined in the 90 por la National Science Foundation (NSF), and merely serves to group 4 large areas of knowledge in working scientists and engineers.

It related to this concept was developed a new way of teaching, together, Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology. This form of education was called "Education STEM".

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Jan 17

In iKidz we want to share our dream with you.

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After several weeks of break in the blog, between the Christmas holidays and various events, back to the load with a post of those that come from the heart.

I am sure that 2017 It will be a great year, and so I want to start it by sharing with you a project I am putting all my energy.

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Dec 16

10 different ways of using the Tablet or iPad.

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photo credit: flickingerbrad student_ipad_school – 250 via photopin (license)

Surely more than one occasion has used the Tablet or iPad as an educational resource. There are many possibilities that these devices offer us to improve education and, above all, to motivate our students.

But beyond applications, the Tablet and iPad have other potential uses that are sure your students leave open-mouthed.

In today's post I leave 10 ideas to use the Tablet differently in the classroom.

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Sep 16

5 fun ways to learn vocabulary.

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photo credit: BRODY STAR via photopin (license)

The course has already begun, cole the early days have passed and the kids start to get used to the routines that parents blessed you were throwing so much.

For our part, the teachers are deeply involved in the frantic pace of the first week course. looking resources, preparing our classes, and meeting our new students.

This week I decided to write a post about a topic that I think is fundamental when we refer languages: learning new vocabulary. But not learn anyway, 'Learn in a fun way!!

I leave 5 ways to learn vocabulary effectively and fun and, of course, not only in English, in any language.

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Jul 16

4 Games to learn English irregular verbs.

4 activities to learn irregular verbs in English

If your child has not had to learn the table of irregular verbs for school, I assure you will have to do so soon. I think it's one of the things I dislike most children, but it is so fundamental, they have no choice but to learn if they want to make proper use of language.

This week I start in iKidz intensive summer courses, as you know, in iKidz always we adapt to the needs of our students. Therefore, during this first half of the activities in which we focus is on learning verbs. One of my students in grades 5 must return in September with the board learned the full, so let's see if we can take a class handle 😉

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Jun 14

Apps breaking barriers between analog and digital.

photo credit: Matteo Bagnoli via photopin cc

photo credit: Matteo Bagnoli via photopin cc

There are many times when dealing with parents of my students issues related to the use of new technologies in the education of their children. Most often it agrees with the fact that new technologies are very attractive for small and generally tend to help your learning and entertainment. But it is also true that there are still skeptical parents to the use of new technologies to believe that the use of these will not let their children develop real skills related to the real world.

Today I want to address this issue because I believe that in this case we can not speak or white or black, but rather a gray scale we can take depending on our goals and interests.

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May 14

68 Songs to practice English with your child.

photo credit: Philippe Put via photopin cc

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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