Mother Goose day

Mother Goose Day observed in appreciation of old nursery rhymes, is celebrated in on May 1.

Who was Mother Goose? The term has been traced to Loret's 1650 La Muse Historique in which appeared the line, Comme un conte de la Mere Oye ("Like a Mother Goose story"). Two French Queen Berthas have been conjectured as a "Mother Goose" but there is no traceable evidence that either was the reference in Loret's remarks.

In 1697 Charles Perrault used the phrase in a published collection of eight fairy tales which included "The Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Bluebeard," and others.

Celebrate Mother Goose day at school or at home with these hands on activities:

Choose a nursery rhyme that is familiar to the children. Find the "pieces" needed to tell the story. Put them in a basket and put the words to the nursery rhyme or a brief outline of the story in it. These can be used independently by the children to recite the rhyme

Print worksheets for children to colour and decorate.

Pointing to a picture when it is mentioned in the rhyme helps to associate the picture and the sound of the word, also expanding the child's vocabulary.

Size characters from some nursery rhymes.

Colour and cut out the pictures of a nursery rhyme. Glue the pictures in order onto a sheet of construction paper or use them to make a mini book.

Seek out Mother Goose Rhymes which have finger play actions, and teach them to the children.

You can check some online activities here:

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/n3.htm

You can listen the most traditional nursery rhymes here:

www.kids.niehs.nih.gov/musicchild.htm

www.kididdles.com/lyrics/allsongs.html


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Teachable moments

What is a teachable moment?

Definition: A teachable moment is an unplanned opportunity that arises in the classroom where a teacher has an ideal chance to offer insight to his or her children.

It is not something that you can plan for; it is an opportunity that must be sensed by the teacher.

The Encarta also defines it as a moment of educational opportunity. A time in which a person, especially a child is likely to be particularly disposed to learn something or particularly responsive to being taught or made aware of something.

I have my lesson plans, my monthly plans, my yearly plans. I respect the standars in my classroom. But I try to make advantage of all the teachable moments that arise at school.

Yesterday for example we started reading the Gingerbreadman in 5th form. I hadn't planned to introduce any phonetic symbol there. Just read the story, make some predictions about the ending, comprehension questions, etc

But it happened that children began to ask about the "G" sound. The beginning sound in Ginger. So they started a discussion about if G sounds like Gummy or Jar. Sounds like Giraffe or Guitar.

So, after reading and doing what I had planned, I introduce "G" sound and its phonetic symbol.

Now I am planning some ideas for next class. I feel lucky when I can notice these teachable moments in class.

See you around!

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Taste the fun- Free grammar game

Taste the English grammar flavour!

As a teacher of English as a foreign language I believe that teaching grammar through games actually works.

Motivation is the key. Intrinsic motivation refers to the internal factors that encourage us to do something. Most young learners will not internally decide what they want to learn grammar. They don't understand the concepts of why it is important, so these external factors will not affect them much either.

Instead, intrinsic motivation can lead encourage them to play games.

This is a game I made for one of my group of students. They love boardgames and the learned a lot while having fun.

Hope you and your kids taste the fun!

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J is for Jesus

We are celebrating Easter at home. We believe Jesus is the reason of Easter. 
He died for our sins and now He is alive!

We started a letter a week with Catalina, my niece, so I decided to begin with J is for Jesus.

We talked about Jesus and told Him how much we loved Him.

We made some worksheets and crafts.

I let her choose her favourite art crafts to complete the worksheets and she choose golden glitter and brown paper.

I will be adding more pics asap

Download J is for Jesus letter J

Download J is for Jesus dotted J

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Have a wonderful day!

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More easter freebies! -Easter 1,2,3

Filefolders are a fun way to introduce, review and practice different skills with your kids. This filefolder aims to help your children identify, name, associate and consolidate numbers from 1 to 10

Components:

• mats for sorting
• cards with numbers
• envelope to store the pieces
• tags and labels to assemble the filefolder
• follow up worksheet

Happy Easter!

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Newbies! Noodles and Spaguetti felt food packs!

N is for Noodles

What can we do with noodles ?

Patterning noodles: first orange, then green

N is for noodles

Estimate and sort by colour

Count noodles

Role play

Waiter: Good day. Are you ready to order?

You: Yes, please. I'd like some spaguetti.

Waiter: Would you like some cheese?

You: Yes, please. Thank you.

Waiter: Your order will be ready in ten minutes

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