A LETTER TO MY PUPILS

Dear students, 

You've made a great effort this term, that's why you deserve the best Summer holidays in the world. But, you know what? It's not necessary to go abroad, travel far far away, to have a great spare time. You already have everything you need to have the best Summer ever: a great family, a great town surrounded with beautiful natural places and a lot of friends. Just in case you don't know what to do, here you have some activities you can do to enjoy the following months ahead. 

HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

Love you, 

Teacher Ana 

SUMMER TIME!

Summer is coming and our most appreciated holidays too! It's time to put on our swimsuits, flip-flops, sunglasses and caps and enjoy the beach with our families and friends!

Do you want to know how Steve and Maggie spend their holidays together? Watch this episode and see! I leave you here another video with summer vocabulary!

Let's practice now! Play these interactive activities and check your knowledge. 

SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE HERE!

Summer holidays are just around the corner and this school year more than ever you DESERVE IT!!! You have been working a lot during this term, so you deserve the best holidays in the world! But just in case you'll need it, Spain is a very touristic place, let's review some vocabulary and expressions about summer and obviously....the beach!

Watch this episode of Steve and Maggie on Summer holidays. Can you recognize some summer vocabulary here?

Let's learn some words now about summer and the beach. Here you have a great video with vocabulary and pictures. 

Let's practice now! Play this interactive activity and check your answers! Listen carefully!

Now check what you've learned. Print or copy this worksheet about summer. 

AIR, LAND OR SEA?

We continue learning about transports. There are so many ways to get around these days, whether by air, water, or land. Can your child give each vehicle the correct classification? Watch this video and then try to classify the transports into LAND, AIR or SEA. 

Draw a BLUE line to match the sea transports, a RED line to match the land transports and a YELLOW line to match the air transports. 

OPPOSITES

Today we're going to review some opposites. Most of this words are adjectives, kids need to know them to enrich their speech. 

Listen to this song and then download the worksheet and match the opposites. 

ACTIVITY 

Look at the pictures. Match  the opposites. If you need it, listen again to the song. 

HOMOPHONES: UE, EW, U_E

In English, LONG U sound has two sounds: the first one sounds as LETTER U, and the second one sounds like double OO. Those sounds also have their own homophones. Watch these videos to find out more. 

Then make a chart where you have to write down this two sounds and their homophones. Like this one. 

THE WHEELS ON THE BUS

La canción The wheels on he bus es un clásico que siempre nos ha encantado. Esta canción incluye muchos sonidos necesarios para articular bien el inglés desde temprana edad. 

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town!

The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish.
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish, all through the town!

The people on the bus go chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, chat.
The people on the bus go chat, chat, chat, all through the town!

The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep, all through the town!

The babies on the bus go waa, waa, waa, waa, waa, waa, waa, waa, waa. 
The babies on the bus go waa, waa, waa, all through the town!

Descarga la canción AQUI.  

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Actividades

1. Pizarra digital

A través del siguiente enlace nos podemos descargar una aplicación para interactuar digitalmente con esta canción. 

Podemos bajarnos la versión para Windows o para Mac. Una vez instalada en nuestro ordenador nos aparecerá esta pantalla:

Si le damos al botón de PLAY la canción empezará a sonar, al mismo tiempo que en la imagen se vuelve animada. También podemos interactuar con el vocabulario que contiene para que nos muestre directamente a que se refiere cada acción descrita en la canción.

Además en el extremo izquierdo tiene la opción de mostrar la letra de la canción, para no perdernos y poder cantarla. 

2. Coloreables

Existen numerosos coloreables sobre esta canción. A través de los siguientes enlaces nos los podemos bajar para imprimir. 

Modelo blanco y negro con letra.

Modelo para dibujar dentro.

Modelo blanco y negro de frente.

Asimismo, existen coloreables para trabajar los colores como los siguientes que muestro a continuación. El primero es del autor Michelle Willow. Lo podéis descargar aquí. 

O podemos recurrir a los siguientes trabajando cada color individualmente. Para descargarlos haz click aquí: Book of colours

Además podemos bajarnos el siguiente PDF de Kizclub para colorear tanto el autobús como los diferentes elementos que componen la canción. Una vez coloreados se pueden recortar para jugar con ellos, de forma que al reproducir la canción, por ejemplo, tendrán que levantar el recortable correspondiente a la estrofa que esté sonando de la misma. 

3. Manualidades

Buscando en la red he encontrado esta curiosa manualidad para hacer nuestro propio School Bus con una huevera de cartón. Es una actividad muy sencilla para niños de Infantil. 

Los materiales que necesitamos son los siguientes:

- Tapa de una huevera de cartón.

- Una cartulina negra.

- Pintura amarilla o roja.

- Dos trozos de cartón redondos para las ruedas.

- Pintura negra. 

- Pegamento o cola. 

- Recortes de revista de personas para el interior del autobús. 

- Encuadernadores de latón (opcional).

Para realizarla seguiremos las instrucciones que expongo a continuación:

- Corta la tapa de una huevera de cartón. Dibuja la silueta en la cartulina negra que posteriormente recortarás.

- Colorea la tapa de amarillo. 

- Mientras que se seca, colorea los trozos redondos de cartón de negro.

- De la misma manera, mientras que las ruedas secan, pídeles a los niños y niñas que recorten a personas de revistas para decorar el interior del autobús, pegándolos por la parte de atrás de los huecos o en las ventanas. Si tu tapa de la huevera no tiene agujeros, recórtalos o dibújalos con un marcador negro.

- Tapamos el autobús por la parte de detrás con la silueta recortada de la cartulina negra,  adheriéndola con pegamento o cola. 

- Pegamos las ruedas (si queremos que las ruedas giren como en la canción podemos adherir encuadernadores de latón. 

- Escribimos en la parte superior del autobús SCHOOL BUS. 

¡Y listo! Ya tenemos nuestro propio autobús. Una vez que cada niño o niña tenga el suyo, podemos repasar el vocabulario aprendido señalando las diferentes partes del mismo al mismo tiempo que cantamos juntos. 

4. Flashcards

Podemos trabajar el vocabulario de la canción de igual manera a través de las siguientes flashcards. Nos las podemos descargar aquí. En ellas se asocia el sonido, forma o acción con los elementos de la canción.  Podemos usarlas para jugar al juego de Guest which one is missing! Este consiste en pegar todas las flashcards en la pared, pedir al niño que sustraiga una y la esconda, mientras que el resto de la clase tiene los ojos cerrados. Una vez hecho esto, los compañeros tienen que adivinar que flashcard es la que falta. De esta manera ejercitarán la memoria al mismo tiempo que se aprenden el vocabulario.  

5. Interpretamos la canción

A través del siguiente enlace aprende como interpretar la canción The wheels on the bus, es muy fácil y a los niños y niñas les encanta.  

WHAT DO YOU SEE? TRANSPORTS

Let's keep learning about transportation. In a few weeks, we could be able to move around Spain again! Would you like to review transportation vocabulary with this song? Listen and repeat the vehicles you see. 

To build statements, we have to join some specific words. We go traveling by... learn how to say how you travel with this song. 

What do Steve and Maggie have to say about all this transportation thing? Look and see another adventure of him. 

Practice your learning playing the following game. 

FANCY TO TRAVEL AGAIN?

What is your favorite way to travel? Do you prefer to travel by car or by train? Plane or a boat? Fast transports of the slow ones? Watch this video to see the means of transport. 

Can you remember the names of all the transports? Check your memory with this game. 

If you want, you can do these worksheets. Can you match the shapes with the transports?

Do you feel like coloring? Can you paint your favorite transport with lots and lots of amazing colors? I'm sure you can! Let's be original! 

THE ANTS GO MARCHING

Today's our lovely Spring creatures are the ants. What an incredible insects! They are strong hard workers and really organized. Play this song to see how they daily have fun in their lives. 

Can you count all of them? Here's a worksheet to practice some counting. 

  

Once you know the numbers, try to join them properly to complete the drawing. 

 

SPRING LITTLE CREATURES: BUTTERFLIES

Now that we can go outside to have a walk, I challenge you to count as many insects as you can. In Spring all this little creatures go outside to find some nectar in the beautiful flowers.
Play this song to learn the names of three of this little buddies. 

Last day we learnt about bees, today is butterfly's turn. Do you like butterflies? I do. They have lots of amazing colours. Listen to this song and see.  

    

Now it's time to work. Do you know how to draw and color a beautiful symmetrical butterfly? There are two steps: drawing a butterfly sketch and then color it! 

Hope you have fun!

STEP 1

  

STEP 2

 

BEES ARE COOL

What amazing creatures bees are! It's Spring are bees are full of work. The fields are plenty of flowers, so they can collect the nectar to make sweet and tasty honey. 

Sing along and act out this songs! 

Have you ever go to a picnic and some wasps wanted to eat it through? Watch this episode of Peppa Pig to see what they did in that situation. 

Here an activity! You only need a piece of paper, a pencil and some crayons. Listen, see and draw a wonderful bee! HAVE FUN!

GEOMETRIC SHAPES

Today we'll review the geometric shapes in English. Play this video below to refresh this vocabulary. 

 Here are some activities to play and learn. 

 

To sum up, I leave here some printable worksheets to keep practicing at home. 

 

A COLOR OF HIS OWN

Listen to this wonderful story about animals and colors and think... what is the real color of chameleons? They really don't have a color of his own... Is it a problem or is it a great opportunity to be really awesome?

Hope you like this story. Here's an activity to do at home. You just need to print or draw in a piece of paper this chameleons. 

 Then follow this steps:

1. Color each chameleon with a different color. 
2. Find a suitable place to hide them at home. (If the chameleon is brown, you can hide it on a table or at the floor!)
3. Ask your mum, dad, sisters or brothers to find them! The person who finds more chameleons WINS!

THE BABY IN THE BATH

How exciting is having a warm and playful bath! Today we're going to learn new vocabulary, rhymes and expressions at the same time we learn how to stay clean at home. 

Listen to the song below and see how this little baby enjoys his lovely bath.  

Do not forget to clean properly your body parts. Look and see how to do it!

Fancy to take a bath? Not yet? Listen to this story about a baby that changes his mind about how important is daily hygiene. 

Then have fun with this interactive game! 

WILD ANIMALS STORIES

Do you remember our friend Steve? We used to play Steve and Maggie TV videos on the classroom. Today we're going to see the stories about wild animals from our friend Steve. Just relax and see these episodes... how many animals can you see?

Can you draw your favorite wild animal on a piece of paper? I'm sure you can! I wish I could see it! If you need some inspiration, watch this video. 

BEAUTIFUL COLORS!

Today we're going to review the colors! How important they are! They make us feel so happy! Can you imagine the world without colors? It would be so sad... 

Let's start listening to this song! What is your favorite color? 

Then we're going to visit our friend the frog. Click on the picture and see how she colors the rainbow. 

After that, let's play a little bit. Can you guess the colors?

Finally let's see this video from Steve and Maggie TV. Hope you like it!

HOMOPHONES: IE, IGH, I_E

Today is Phonics day. We're going to review the letter "I" homophones. As we usually do, we're going to start with a couple of songs, just to warm up. 

Then we're going to play. Click on "Play as a singer player". 

 

At the end, write a chart like this in a piece of paper and classify the words you learn (7 of each group) in the videos above.

WILD ANIMALS II

Let's have fun with wild animals! Watch this video and see how they life in their natural environment. 

 Then sing this song and act it out. Stand up, walk, jump, skip... and stop as you hear the song. 

Here are some interactive activities to keep practicing!
 

  

 

BANANAS FOR LUNCH

Listen to the song first. Click on the story to listen. Then do the activities suggested.

PHONICS: ZACK THE RAT

Let's practice some Phonics today with this lovely book. We're going to review simple letter sounds from the third first stages of learning. 

First of all, let's review the basic letter sounds with this video. 

Then, open this link and read the story. Try to read of repeat the words you see there. Click on the words to listen to their pronunciation. Imitate those new sounds, how do they sound on you? Weird? That's fun!

Now, do these activities. Complete the words with the missing sounds. Have fun!