Do you think English is difficult?

At school, there is a boy from Bulgaria. His name is Konstantin and he is in 6th level. He reads in Bulgarian language: numbers from 0 to 10; days of the week and months of the year.

No more monkeys...

This is a funny version of the song 'No more monkeys'.
Specially for First Level students.

5 monkeys were playing on the bed                         2 monkeys were playing on the bed
1 fell off and bumped his head                                  1 fell off and bumped his head
Mommy called the doctor and the doctor said       Mommy called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    No more monkeys jumping on the bed
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    No more monkeys jumping on the bed
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    No more monkeys jumping on the bed
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    No more monkeys jumping on the bed
That is what the doctor said                                      That is what the doctor said


4 monkeys were playing on the bed                         1 monkey was playing on the bed
1 fell off and bumped his head                                  He fell off and bumped his head
Mommy called the doctor and the doctor said       Mommy called the children and the children said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    Yes more monkeys jumping on the bed
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    Yes more monkeys jumping on the bed
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    Yes more monkeys jumping on the bed
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    Yes more monkeys jumping on the bed
That is what the doctor said                                      That is what the children said


3 monkeys were playing on the bed                         Yes more monkeys jumping on the bed
1 fell off and bumped his head                                  That is what the children said
Mommy called the doctor and the doctor said       Yes more monkeys jumping on the bed
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    That is what the children said.
No more monkeys jumping on the bed                    Oh we’re gonna keep on jumpin, yea?
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
That is what the doctor said

Here is a link to the CD. And to complete this entry, here is the video. That's all!

Students book report worksheet

Students in the second level are reading books. After reading a book, they have to complete a book report worksheet. Here is an example for this book:

Title: Where Is It?       
Paperback: 20 pages
Dolphin Readers Level 1
Publisher: OUP Oxford (30 Dec 2004)
Language English
ISBN-13: 978-0194400848
Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 14 x 1 cm

Book Report

You can find more free activities in this link.

Nursery rhyme. Humpty Dumpty

We start with this famous 'Nursery Rhyme' a new series in this blog.
Our students know 'Humpty' and here you can watch and listen to the story.



Here you can read the story.

Here you can colour on line and print your picture... And you can look for more activies with help.

To learn more about pets.

Some animals live with us at home, they are called pets. They may be a goldfish, a kitten, a puppy...
This game helps you to know more about pets.



This one is a bit more difficult... but it's also an interesting story. 'Pets at the animal shelter'

Words and pictures

This is the title of a picture dictionary for children. You can find near 1.000 words with different types of letters (CAPITAL, small) to read, some questions and activities... related to four topics:
- Our House
- Our School
- Our Town
- Nature

Of course, there is an alphabetical index. It's also available in Spanish and French.

Rooms of the house

If you click here you can listen to the names of the rooms in a house.

And  here is an easy game with parts of the house. 

Five little monkeys... jumping on a bed.

This is the song with the video.



And we've got the song too. Coming soon!

At the zoo

Have fun with this story... in the Zoo.

It's Carnival

You know what a mask is.(listen to)






This is a costume. (sound)

This is a carnival float.









These are carnival beads, for Mardi Gras.

And this is a carnival parade. (sound)

Head, shoulders, knees and toes song.

Here is Ann again. She helps us to learn this easy song.

Specially for teachers...

I'm sure you can find here something 'new'.

LINK for classroom language

Skiing in the snow...

Some pupils from our school were yesterday (Saturday 13th February) in Javalambre, learning to ski.

You can see these pictures. It was a foggy and cold day.

This is an animated story of the ALPHABET.

There are 26 (twentysix) letters in English.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Here's an alphabet. Read it and if you like... Make your own English Alphabet

Read this book.

Hello!
Now you are learning about the farm animals.
Here is an on-line book.
Have fun!

By the way... this is a goat

Clip art courtesy of www.aperfectworld.org

Try this game.

Here you can play series... with farm animals.

All the colours... or nearly.

TEACHER: - Do you know the colours?

YOU: -Yes, I know.

You can see and read the colours.

Are you (parents) looking for a picture dictionary?

These picture dictionaries (2+, 3+, 4+, 5+, 6+ years old) are colourful books and a good shopping.

You can find them in Spanish bookshops (12,5€) or in the internet.

ALPHABET

Una buena forma de practicar la pronunciación del alfabeto inglés
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/phonemic-chart

Link with games!

Here goes a link for children http://www.thekidzpage.com/

Reading... and singing the days of the week

Read and complete the days of the week. And here there is an easy song. Read and listen to this song:

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

These are the days of the week, the days of the week

Which day is your favorite day?

Sunday is the start of the week

Then comes Monday, Tuesday too

Wednesday is the middle of the week

Thursday, Friday, Saturday too

These are the days of the week, the days of the week

Which day is your favorite day?

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

These are the days of the week, the days of the week

Which day is your favorite day?

The song is from LINK and we bought it in iTunes.

Days of the week

Here you can learn and practice the days of the week:
Sunday - Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday




You know Ann Cullen. She is an American teacher and founder of Cullen's Abc's (if you want to see more videos).



Bye!

My weekend in London

Pablo O. is a school mate in 3º.

Last year he was in London (the capital of The United Kingdom) with his parents.

He took these photos...

My London weekend