Welcome to our Blog

Hello my friends!! We are students of the second level of Childhood Education. We study the cognitive, emotional, social and sexual development of children. Also, the autonomy, the habits and the routines. We organise activities for children, such as songs, stories, games,... in English and Spanish. In this blog, we offer interactive resources in English to use with children. Furthermore, we will prepare some group dynamics and we will also deal with some interesting English speaking countries festivities and customs, such as Halloween, Christmas Holiday, Valentines Day, Easter and Father´s Day and Mother´s Day. Thank you very much for visiting our blog.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

MLK's Day

Who was MLK Jr? What do you know about him?

Click on this link and find out why Americans across the US celebrate 
 the national holiday that honors the life and work of Martin Luther King Junior. 

I was wondering if you could make an interactive presentation as good as the one below. Which topic would you choose for the preschool stage?

  Martin Luther King Junior interactive image


Source: thinglink.com via Blair on Pinterest

Friday, February 22, 2013

Motivating learning

Hello, I am Soraya, here I leave a video about the importance of storytelling in the infant stage.

Enjoy it and practice it with the children.






Sir Ken Robinson talk about creativity in children

Hello, I´m Soraya, here is a funny video we saw in class of expression and communication.
Sir Ken Robinson talks about creativity in children.
Enjoy it!






Thursday, February 21, 2013

Saturday, February 16, 2013

It's that Time of the School Year Again ;-(

Yes, exams. I'm sorry. Try to focus on what you'll get after so much effort and pain. I happened to come across by pure chance with this presentation about EFFORT and what it takes to succeed.

Another cute presentation comes now. Will some cultural shifts in our fast changing world have an impact on our learning as educators? How can we start thinking differently about the learning process?



Thursday, February 14, 2013

English for Little Children

This is a really good Spanish website meant to teach English as a foreign language.
  ‘English for Little Children’ is excellent for children to learn basic English vocabulary. It is very appealing to young children because it is attractive and very interactive. There are 2 levels, one for the younger classes and another for slightly older children.




http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htm


Little Explorers  is the English - Spanish version of a Picture Dictionary with links. 1,436 illustrated dictionary entries!


Happy Valentine's Day


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More St. Valentine's links here


Saturday, February 09, 2013

The Tree

I would like you, dear students, to see this tree-device as a metaphor of your learning process.

 Visit this link to find out what the tree is about.

 The tree is a helpful unifying device linking theory and practice. The BRANCHES represent what the student needs to learn, the TRUNK represents what the student brings with them to the learning context and the ROOTS represent the theories to be considered in teaching.