I am an English teacher from Cantabria. I love Ireland, a friendly country where I had a great time as a student. That's why the name for my blog was taken from one of the most popular fairies in Irish folklore.
This blog is ment to be a source of useful activities and interesting tools for my students. I hope you enjoy it!
With this traditional greeting from Edinburg I wish you a very Happy 2013 full of health, harmony and joy. Listen to traditional Scottish melodies.Click on the piper to enter the castle.
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Auld Lang Syne, a traditional poem used to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight:
Here you have a few tips to help your kids with their English at Christmas. Las vacaciones son una excelente oportunidad para practicar inglés con
los/as más pequeños/as de la casa. Aquí tenéis algunos consejos y
sugerencias.
Today is Boxing Day, a traditional British holiday dating back 800 years. Boxing Day in the United Kingdom is the day after Christmas Day and falls on December 26. Go to pages 22 and 23:
It's also known as St Stephen's Day. Learn more about this festivity:
The
Scottish love a party, and celebrations usually involve traditional
Scottish music (bagpipes and fiddles are the most popular), Celtic
lyrics, and Scottish highland dancing.
The
Scottish love a party, and celebrations usually involve traditional
Scottish music (bagpipes and fiddles are the most popular), Celtic
lyrics, and Scottish highland dancing.
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, a
national holiday honoring the early settlers and their harvest feast
known as the first Thanksgiving.
The history of Thanksgiving:
Play a game at Activity village site. Arrange the family
members around the table, respecting their preferences of what and who they like
to sit next to, or avoid:
Universal Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November every year in
most of the countries. Pocoyo partners with UNICEF to support Universal Children's day:
We all have the right to a free, quality education that will enable us
to be citizens with a concern for the respect of human rights around the
world.
Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared a harvest feastin 1621. That was the first Thanksgiving. Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of Novembrer. Take a virtual tour abroad the Mayflower:
Diwali is a colorful holiday celebrated by Hindus in India and all around the world in
October or November. Diwali will next be celebrated on 13th November 2012. Learn more about this festival: