Thursday 31 January 2013

Interactive Atlas with videos

Here you have a fantastic interactive atlas to learn about countries and culture. This atlas will help you with your project about capital cities:

Thanks to Karen Ogen for sharing it.

Prague, the city of the hundred spires

Prague is called the city of the hundred spires. A spire is a kind of pyramidal structure on the top of a building.

Here you have information for our project about Capital cities.
1.- Prague at National Geographic for kids:


 







2.-  Glass blowing:



Tuesday 29 January 2013

Children around the world

Read some real life stories,  play games ...


School day of Non-violence and Peace

School day of Non-violence and Peace is celebrated on 30th January in  Spanish schools coinciding with the anniversary of Gandhi's death.
Pablo Picasso painted peace doves. Look at his painting "The dance of youth". How many people are dancing?
 
Click on Picasso's painting and read how people from around the world celebrate this day.
You can create your word-poster with wordle:
 


Sunday 27 January 2013

Mozart's birhtday

Mozart was born on 27th January, 1756 in Austria. Learn more about him:


Travel around Europe with Mozart:

Saturday 26 January 2013

Can you say peace?

Can you say peace? is a children's book that brings many nationalities together. Different children from different parts of the world ( from India to American, then Japan, Australia, Mexico, Iran, Russia, China, France, Ghana and Bolivia) share their word for peace. 

 

Have a look inside the book at the Amazon site:


Friday 25 January 2013

Peace Day songs

Imagine a world of peace
Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0

Wednesday 23 January 2013

Maurice the mole

Help Maurice the mole survive different weather conditions:


Rainy day

What do you do on a rainy day?


What is he/she wearing?


More activities here:
http://www.wikisaber.es/Contenidos/LObjects/Macmillan_bb2_actE/index.html

Sunday 20 January 2013

Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King Day is celebrated in the USA on the third Monday of January. He was a leader of the civil rights movement in 1960s America.
Read a book about him at mightybooks.com:


Listen to the song 




Saturday 19 January 2013

Activities about weather

What is weather?
Here you have some activities to learn about weather:

Looking at the sky:


Read the story "Ali and the magic carpet" and follow him on his magic carpet journey to different parts of the world:



Friday 18 January 2013

Describing position

Look


Describe the location of an object:


Move the mouse:


Write some sentences about Teddy's position:



Thursday 17 January 2013

Prepositions of place

Play with Edmo and Houdini...


Fill in the gaps and check your answers:


Where are the animals?



Monday 14 January 2013

More places in town

Here you have more activities to learn the names of places in a town:
1.- Match the pictures to the words


2.- Welcome to smiling town:


3.- Places in town.


4.- And more activities at MacMillan site:



Saturday 12 January 2013

My neighborhood

All around my neighborhood, there are many places to go. Read the story:


Read the clues and guess the words in this game:



My new town

In this game you can build your own town.  Build the roads, add water, grass and pavement to the town :



Wednesday 9 January 2013

Places in town

 Learn the names of some public buildings at learning chocolate site:
 
Here you have a fantastic interative book by Mrs Haquer:






Sunday 6 January 2013

New Year's resolutions 2013

Christmas is over and the New Year has begun. Have you got any resolution (personal plan) for 2013? 
I'm going to...
- Be nicer to my brother/sister/friends
- Eat more fruit
- Do my homework better
- Syudy more/Practice my English

 
Listen to Carlos mentioning his New Year's resolutions.


The favourite toy

What's your favourite toy?


Play "The messy attic game" and learn to listen and find objects:




Saturday 5 January 2013

How toys have changed

Look at the toys from the past and toys from now, see how they changed:


Identify similarities and differences between what toys are made of now and what they were made of in the past.


What are the toys made of?


The Three Wise Men

Today 's January 5th, the most magical and special night for kids. The Three Kings (The Magi) are coming  tonight.
I guess you are excited and nervous ...  and sleeping is difficult for you but you have to go to bed early to make sure they are visiting your house.
I hope they bring you what you wanted.


 Listen to this Christmas carol, "We Three Kings of Orient are":



Friday 4 January 2013

Winter songs

Listen to these songs to learn about winter season:
1.- The colors of winter
 

2.- Winter song
3.- The seasons song

 

Thursday 3 January 2013

How do animals spend the winter?

The weather gets colder and leaves fall off the trees. Winter is here.
Learn how animals spend winter:


 Why do birds migrate?


Match the animals and descriptions of what they do in cold weather:

 

Find the top ten hibernating animals:



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