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Oct 17

5 SPEAKING building activities in your class one-to-one.

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When we “we face” a class with one student teachers often all we “costar” a little encourage speaking. Usually when we have a group in class, conversations are much more dynamic and generates debate, but when we have a single student should be us who we guide you in speaking, offering resources to speak.

In today's article, I leave you 5 fomentes activities for the speaking in your class one-to-one. I am sure that these activities your students will not have excuses to talk 😉

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Jul 17

10 English tricks to review this summer. Infographic.

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photo credit: Shawn Harquail Catch me if you can! via photopin (license)

Many have asked me what I recommend you to go over your kids this summer, If you must buy a book for a particular subject, a book for a specific ... Whenever I say that every child is different, each child has different needs and can not generalize.

My recommendation is that, If your child has gone well during the course, Refresher seek a book they like summer, it is pleasant, but to continue doing things and not lose the routine. If you have been lax in a particular subject, then you can look for a book specifically for this.
Last summer I left a post with you 6 Book review. Here you can get some ideas for your kids do not lose routines and go over a little.

If you only want to work on a specific issue like the spelling, you can download These booklets totally free.

Decidáis what decidáis, I leave you 10 English repaséis tips for summer, both a book and own resources.

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May 17

How to improve English literacy.

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photo credit: woodleywonderworks extra credit via photopin (license)

What happens when you have not worked since childhood education literacy as it should? How can we make our students write correctly in English?

These are questions that many parents and teachers make me. Most schools use methods such as Jolly Phonics phonics to teach their students, but there are schools that completely forget this competition and, logically, When students arrive at primary encounter a serious problem: students do not know the English phonetics and literally write what they hear.

The problem is that once you are immersed in the maelstrom of contents, exams, duties, etc., representing primary, it is almost impossible to spend time working phonetics as we should. What can we do, then, to get our kids write and read correctly in English?

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Sea 17

15 Tips for managing tantrums. Infographic.

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Tantrums are one of the topics that bring head to parents. Surely as a parent, you may have faced more than one, and as profe profe ... like tantrum that time one of your students while you take care of others 27 Unforgettable is ...! 😉

This week I prepared an infographic with 15 fundamental keys, from my point of view, to manage best tantrums.

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Sea 17

10 Experiments to leave your gawking students.

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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

10 FREE chips to work the spelling in English.

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photo credit: Dany_Sternfeld Conference via photopin (license)

Lately many are moms and dads who are asking me chips and templates to work at home the spelling of certain words in English.

You know that the methodology used in iKidz It is much more based on the game and interacting with the elements, that repetition, but it is true that sometimes it is necessary, especially at home, you to profit to work this way. Especially, because we talk about a fairly routine task that does not require specific pedagogical skills.

Today I leave 10 tabs so you can work the spelling at home with the kids. these tabs, above all, They are focused on kids in 5 years and 1 primary, because as you will see, I used lowercase letter linked. If your small of 4 years is motivated and has begun to familiarize themselves with tiny you may also be useful.

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09
Oct 16

6 Speaking to promote activities in class.

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photo credit: Merlin Corner Zoe // Jos Watergraafsmeer via photopin (license)

If you are profe English insurance that one of the main problems that you encounter is to make your students speak English.

We usually teachers "burden" because we do not get our students to express themselves, and when they do often end up doing in their mother tongue. You must keep in mind that it is normal in the world. For them to use a language that is not yours is complicated, and how to do it when not motivated or appeals.

Therefore, in today's post I leave 6 activities to encourage speaking in class and get your students begin to loosen, even a little! 😉

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Jul 16

How to teach English to kids in 2 years old.

Last week I received an email that could not make me more excited. It comes to Ade, a reader and follower of my Youtube channel, that the next course will face a great challenge: teach English to kids in two years in a country with a totally different culture than ours.

In your email, Ade told me that I was not sure how to deal with class, and what resources to use with very young children. Therefore, although today's post is particularly aimed at her, I hope that, all that next year we enfrentéis a similar challenge to help you.

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10
Apr 16

8 fundamental keys about feeding your children.

This week I count with a very special collaboration on the blog. I had wanted to talk about nutrition for a long time and its importance in the development of children, but obviously it's not my field. That is why I asked Mª Carmen Díaz Ruiz to give us some advice on this topic., both as a professional and as a mother.

Carmen is a Certified Naturopath, Diploma Nutritionist and Chiromassage Therapist. He develops his professional activity at the Centro Belleza y Salud situation in Madrid.

I leave her!

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