Real Teaching Experience

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!

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!

Teel Me and I'll Forget

Whenever you come across a new word that you don't understand, here in a blogpost or in a book/article, pull out a dictionary and look it up!

Don't ask the teacher, be autonomous and find out the answers for your questions. 

It takes time but that's the way to learn almost everything you need for your English classes and for your daily life.

How to Talk about Children: Common Expressions

engVid and quiz

The Peanut Butter and Jelly Song

You already knew the song? No? Let's watch and find out how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and then we'll sing the song.

BTW, have you ever seen that woman in the video before? Does her name ring a bell? Clue: pay attention at the very beginning of the video.

Here's another funny video from the same woman. Now, write a comment on this post and tell your classmates about her, who she is, where she works, what's her job......

The 5 Stages of Learning

Dear students, this time we are going to think and reflect on the stages of Learning.

First, watch this funny video and try to identify what an average student or teacher would say in each of the 5 stages of learning.



After watching the video, take a look at this interactive presentation, it's quite illustrative of the learning process, now seriously ;-)

The ideas and images for this post comes from David Mearns wonderful blog. His post is worth reading!

Emotional Intelligence

I can't help sharing this video with you, dear students.
It's in Spanish, you won't have any problem with vocabulary or pronunciation so enjoy! It's really interesting.

If you feel you want to learn a little bit more about the Develoment of Emotional Intelligence in Young Children, click on this link.

Redes - Aprender a gestionar las emociones

• Redes - Aprender a gestionar las emociones

Activating Empathy in Teachers

Dear students,

I was just wondering if you have  ever watched the short animated film For the Birds.

First leave your comments below on this issue, then click on this link and find out what we can learn from it.

What Teachers Make

Dear students, this is a video-listening activity I have just cooked up for you.

Allow me to introduce you to Taylor Mali first. He is a "slam poet". You don't know what slam means? Click on this link and find out what slam poetry is about.

Taylor Mali is one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement and one of the few people in the world to have no job other than that of poet. 

Listen to his slam poem and do the activity below. 

Do you think he has ever worked as a teacher? What's your guess?  Why?
Check here if you were right.

 

Our answer

TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN

This is a really neat and useful presentation. We will use it as a reference to develop teaching skills.