My Favourite Day- Christmas. (1º,2º, Story)

December 25th is Christmas Day. We celebrate Christmas in the United Kingdom. It's a holiday for most people, and there are lots of customs and traditions, and children get lots of presents! Listen to a boy talking about Christmas, and find out about some of these customs.

Santa´s Little Helper (1º,2º, story)

It's Christmas Eve and Santa's getting ready to deliver presents to boys and girls all round the world. How can he deliver all the presents in time? Find out how in Santa's Little Helper.

The snow man (1º,2º, story)

It's winter and everywhere is covered in snow. Katie and Eddie make a snowman. What's going on? Is the snowman waving at them?

Christmas Presents (1º,2º, make pairs game)

We love opening presents at Christmas. There are eight wrapped presents in this game. Can you match the words and pictures?

Christmas: Find the pairs (1º,2º, game)

What does Santa look like? Where will he leave your presents? Can you match these Christmas words and pictures?

LET´S DANCE!

Here are the dancing videos I promised you I´d post.

LITERACY CENTERS

Today we´ve been playing in different literacy centers:
a) Letter recognition

b) Word work:

c) Phonograms:

d) Reading corner:

e) Opposites

 d) Meaning, matching:

The Christmas Trip (1º,2º)

Kitty is going on holiday. Who is she going with? Where are they going? Answer these questions in the comments below.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

All the kids form CEIP León Felipe wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Whose Present?

Santa and Amy have a bag full of presents, but who are they for? Help Santa and Amy deliver the children's presents in time for Christmas.

The Busy Elf (1º, 2º, song)

Santa's a busy man at this time of year. It's a good thing he still has his elf to help him. Listen to a song about Santa and the busy elf.

Santa, Santa, high in the Sky (1º,2º, song)

In the United Kingdom children write letters to Santa, or Father Christmas. On Christmas Eve (December 24th), Santa travels with his sleigh and reindeer and takes presents to the children while they are asleep. Listen to a song about Santa.

Run Santa Run!

It's just before Christmas and Santa is getting fat! How can he take presents to all the children? He needs to get fit! Santa's going for a run. Can you help him run through the winter wonderland? How far can he run before he hits Christmas surprises?

Santa Snowball Shoot! (1º,2º, game)

Help Santa´s little elf to snowball the fake Santa and reveal our festive message to you.

UP ON THE HOUSETOP (2º)

This is the song that we have chosen to learn for the School Christmas Festival. Practise it at home too!

S-A-N-T-A (1º)

Christmas is coming! We are learning this song for the Christmas Festival that we will celebrate at school soon.
This song is great because it help us to review phonics as well as Christmas vocabulary. We are also learning this song in American Sign Language and we love it!

TOY STORY (1º)

Listen to this story and review the vocabulary related to toys.

TRANSPORTATION VOCABULARY GAME (2º)

Practice vocabulary related to transportation using this ESL Moonshot Game. Fun activity to learn to words like: taxi, school bus, plane, train and more. 

TOYS GAME (1º)

Keep on learning vocabulary related to toys!

TRANSPORTATION GAME (2º)

Practice Transportation Vocabulary  with this  ESL Vocabulary and Grammar Interactive Crocodile  Board Game for Beginners (train, truck, taxi, car, bus, plane  etc). 

TOYS GAME (1º)

Review the vocabulary of the unit and learn more new toys!

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Today is Thanksgiving Day! 

Thanksgiving day is a traditional celebration in the United States and Canada. In the United States this holiday is celebrated on the fourth thursday in November. In Canada, Thanksgiving day falls on the second Monday of October. Traditionally, Thanksgiving involves a large dinner with family and friends. (El día de Acción de Gracias es una celebración tradicional de Estados Unidos y Canadá. En los Estados Unidos se celebra el cuarto jueves de noviembre. En Canadá, por su parte, se celebra el segundo lunes de octubre. Tradicionalmente, en esta fiesta se reúnen alrededor de una mesa familia y amigos a compartir un banquete) 

This is the story of the very first Thanksgiving.

TRANSPORTATION VOCABULARY GAME (2º)

Practice Transportation Vocabulary with this ESL  Memory Game (car, truck, plane, train, subway, bike, walk etc) . This memory games has audio, images and text which makes it possible to practice spelling, reading, listening and word recognition. 

Vowel Song 2 (1º,2º)

A great song to learn the rule "When two vowels go walking the first one does the talking", about long vowel sounds.

The Vowel Song (1º,2º)

A simple song and video to help practice short vowel sounds. When young children begin to learn how to read three letter combinations (CVC), it really helps to learn with a song :)

No, You Can´t! (Story, 2º)

Review the structures "Can/can´t" with this story. Enjoy!

I Can Jump (Story, 2º)

Review the structures "I can.../I can´t..." with this story.

Respondiendo a una pregunta...

¿Es mejor profesor de inglés un nativo?

Storytelling: "Room on the Broom"

Estibi came today to our school to tell us a story. It was great! We loved it!

Trick or treat bags (1°)

Today we've finished tour trick or treat bags!
They look like monsters...

Black cats...

Or pumpkins...

Pumpkins, witches and ghosts!

Halloween counting song!

Trick or treat bags (1°)

Today we've started making our trick or treat bags for Halloween. We have a lot of fun!

Stirring our brew!

Popular Halloween song for children, Stirring Our Brew with lyrics.

Happy Halloween from the storybots!

It's a fun, freaky frightfest in the graveyard when the StoryBots trick-or-treat to the Halloween beat!

Halloween is coming!

It's "Who Took The Cookie?" with a super simple Halloween twist! Find out who took the candy with this chant. 

Carving pumpkins!

Carving pumpkins is a great tradition! Learn how to do it while reviewing the parts of the face!

Room on the Broom.

On October 29th, Estibi, a great storyteller (http://talesfromtheboxstorytelling.blogspot.com.es/) will come to our school to tell us a fantastic story created by Julia Donalson and Axel Scheffler (http://roomonthebroom.com/).

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is coming and we are so excited about it that everyday we practice some of the vocabulary related to this festival. Here comes one of our favourites songs. Have fun!!

Numbers 1-100 (2º)

Review the numbers from 1- 100

Shapes: Square, Triangle and Circle (1º,2º)

Review the shapes with this song, have fun!

Numbers 1-20 (1º)

Review the numbers form 1 to 20 with our favourite rap.

Alphabet (1º,2º)

Review the letters of the alphabet and their sounds!

Months of the Year (1º,2º)

Review the months of the year with this song.

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (The Body Revision, 1º, 2º)

Sing along with this super simple version of the classic kids song, "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes." 

THE FIVE SENSES

Review the five senses with this video.

HUMAN FACE (1º,2º)

Review the vocabulary of the parts of the face. Enjoy!

FARM ANIMALS (1º,2º)

Learn and review the farm animals. Have fun!

Vegetables (food, 1º,2º)

Learn and review some vegetables vocabulary with this lessons. Enjoy!

FRUIT GAME (Revision fruits, 1º, 2º)

Learn and review some fruit vocabulary with this lesson. Have fun!

ALPHABET CROSSWORD (1º,2º)

Alphabet Crossword is a simple puzzle and vocabulary exercise. The game progresses from A to Z, teaching the child some common words associated with each alphabet. Kids have to fill the crossword puzzle by clicking and dropping the words in the corresponding blank spaces. Through this puzzle game, kids will build and expand their vocabulary as they learn new words, their spellings and their pronunciations.

COLOR THE SHAPES (1º,2º)

A perfect coloring game that is designed to teach preschoolers geometric shapes like rectangle, square, circle, triangle etc. In this game, kids have to choose a particular color from the palette and fill the shape, which is being asked in the question, with that color. The game will help kids a lot to identify and differentiate between different colors. Besides that, they will learn about different geometric shapes, thus gaining knowledge of a fundamental mathematical skill.

ADJECTIVES AND ANTONYMS (2º)

Practise the use of the adjectives and antonyms with this game. Enjoy!

I See Something Blue (1º, 2º)

"I See Something Blue" is a super simple, super fun colors song for kids.
Time for a family road trip! Playing the "I See Something Blue" game is a great way to pass the time and talk about all of the things you see around you. Look for blue, yellow, red, and purple objects with the family as they drive through the countryside.
Play the "I See Something Blue" game at home by looking around the room between verses to find and identify items in different colors. 

LOMCE

El primer enlace es un comparativa de la ley vigente LOE y la reforma que entra en vigor en la Comunidad de Madrid en el próximo curso escolar

 El siguiente enlace lleva a una serie de artículos de Juan José Reina, inspector y evaluador experto EFQM.

HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS!

Enjoy your holidays and keep on learning English with our blog!

What Does The Fox Say? (1º, 2º)

Clothing vocabulary and phrases 2 (clothes, 2º)

This is the last video in our "My Clothes" series. It covers 12 clothing vocabulary and 2 basic structures, listed below:
1. I have a cap.
2. I have a jacket.
3. I have a scarf.
4. I have a sweater. (all singular)
5. I have glasses.
6. I have pajamas.
7. I have gloves.
8. I have jeans. (All plural)
9. Long, brown pants
10. Short, green shorts.
11. Pretty pink dress.
12. Very colorful swimsuit...

Clothing vocabulary and phrases (clothes, 2º)

12 articles of clothing or accessories are used in several different patterns:
1. My coat is green.
2. My shirt is pink.
3. My t-shirt is blue.
4. My skirt is blue. (All singular)
5. My boots are brown.
6. My mittens are red.
7. My shoes are blue.
8. My socks are green. (All plurals)
9. Rain boots on my feet.
10. Earmuffs on my ears.
11. Underpants on my HEAD?!
12. A hat on my head. (location)

What do you wear? (clothes, 2º)

This video contains vocabulary related to "clothes". All words are introduced in a LISTEN and REPEAT pattern and followed by a blank review to allow students to practice. Vocabulary include:
hat, boots, cap, coat, dress, earmuffs, glasses, gloves, jacket, jeans, mittens, pajamas, pants, rain boots, scarf, shirt, shoes, shorts, skirt, socks, sweater, swimsuit, t-shirt, underpants. 

We´re going camping! (outdoors, 1º)

Enjoy this "Let´s go Pocoyó!" episode. They´re going camping!

Match the Kit (Game, Clothes, 2º)

Look at the football players. What are they wearing?

Days Of The Week (1º,2º)

Days of the Week is an interactive lesson in which kids will be introduced to the names and sequence of the seven days of the week. The short and simple lesson will be followed by 3 practice exercises. The first exercise is a memory game which will encourage kids to learn and memorize the sequence of the days. The second exercise will further reinforce this knowledge by way of a simple matching and sequencing game. The third exercise will test kids' knowledge of the weekdays through a simple question-answer round. 

Colors (2º)

Color Factory is an exciting coloring activity that lets your child's imagination soar and helps build their artistic skills. It is a fun mix-and-match coloring game that not only reinforces the concept of basic colors, but also teaches kids the technique of color combination to create new colors. Kids will enjoy hours of endless fun as they follow the color recipes to make new colors and paint the pictures. In this game kids are playing to learn and learning through play! 

Indefinite Articles : a,an (2º)

Articles: Indefinite articles: a, an.
The words a and an are called articles.

We use 'a' before the naming word starting with consonants.
Example: A girl, a dog, a bag.

We use 'an' before the naming word starting with vowels.
Example: An apple, an owl, an igloo.

We use 'a' or 'an' when we talk about one person, animal or thing. 'A' or 'an' show only one thing.
We say 'a dog' when we talk about one dog.
We say 'an apple' when we talk about one apple.

Months Of The Year and Seasons (1º,2º)

 Learn about the months of the year in this lesson and practice with simple exercises to recall the names and order of the months.

What color is it? (Game, 1º,2º)

Review the colors by playing this game, have fun!