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dijous, 27 de març del 2014

Some board games

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Practising English with some Board Games

“…board games can teach important social skills, such as communicating verbally, sharing, waiting, taking turns, and enjoying interaction with others. Board games can foster the ability to focus, and lengthen your child's attention span by encouraging the completion of an exciting, enjoyable game. Even simple board games offer messages and life skills: Your luck can change in an instant — for the better or for the worse. The message inherent in board games is: Never give up. Just when you feel despondent, you might hit the jackpot and ascend up high, if you stay in the game for just a few more moves".

There's a list of some board games we've been playing:

- Snakes & Ladders
Test your spelling and have a bit of board game fun with this game.

- Who is Who
The object of the game is to be the first to determine which card one's opponent has selected. Players alternate asking various yes or no questions to eliminate candidates, such as "Does this person wear glasses?" The player will then eliminate candidates by flipping those images down until all but one is left. Well-crafted questions allow players to eliminate one or more possible cards.

- Scrabble
Playing this game we practice vocabulary, spelling and writing. and we have some fun!

Let's play a game!

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Guess Who's Under The Blankets

This is a funny game that once we played with the oldest ones and it was really funny!

In this game, players take turns being the guesser. The guesser goes out of the room while the other players each hide under a blanket separately. They might sit in weird positions and place pillows around them to look like someone else. They also can make a few dummies out of pillows and other objects and cover them with blankets as well. When everyone is well hidden under a blanket, they all shout, "We're ready!" Then the guesser comes in and tries to decipher who is under which blanket. The players are very quiet. The guesser may not touch the blankets, but can listen, feel any warmth coming from them, and even say funny things to try to get the players to laugh. When the guesser thinks he knows who is under which, and which are dummies, he tells them his guess. When he says,"That is my final answer", everyone bursts out, and the guesser sees which ones he got right. That is one round, and the guesser switches and it is repeated.

Let's sing!

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If you are happy and you know it!

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands... If you're happy and you know it clap your hands

If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it, if you're happy and you know it clap your hands

If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet

If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it, if you're happy and you know it stomp your feet

If you're happy and you know it wiggle your nose If you're happy and you know it wiggle your nose

If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it, if you're happy and you know it wiggle your nose

If you're happy and you know it say hooray, If you're happy and you know it say hooray

If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it, if you're happy and you know it say hooray

If you're happy and you know it do all four If you're happy and you know it do all four

If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it, if you're happy and you know it clap your hands, stomp your feet, wiggle your nose, say hooray.

dimecres, 26 de març del 2014

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A funny story

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"The Gruffalo"

“A mouse took a stroll in the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good."

And so begins the story of a quick-witted mouse as he encounters a host of predators who seem to think he might make a tasty treat. As he ventures deeper into the deep dark wood, stumbling across a hungry fox, a not-so-wise owl, and a sinister snake, spinning ever-extraordinary yarns about the scary gruffalo, he quickly realises that the hungry beast he has been talking of isn't imaginary after all.

A wonderful story

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"Guess how much I love you"

This is the story of two Nutbrown Hares, Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare asks Big Nutbrown Hare the titular question, "Guess how much I love you?", and the book continues as the two use larger and larger measures to quantify how much they love each other in answer to the question. The story is simple, but effectively shows the love the two share for each other.

dilluns, 24 de març del 2014

Tangram

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The tangram puzzle consists of seven flat pieces and a collection of simple outline diagrams or silhouettes. The pieces—which form a dissection of a square—consist of two large triangles, one medium triangle, two small triangles, one square and one parallelogram, and they can be made of wood, ivory, metal or some other material. The diagrams can be pictures of objects, landscapes, animals or even human figures in various positions. The objective of the puzzle is to place all seven pieces on a flat surface (without any pieces overlapping) to form the same shape as one of the diagrams.

One day we practised Tangram and learnt how to build some figures and learnt some related words to each figure we did.

Holy Week: Paper Chain Calendar

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Young kids usually have only a vague sense of time. They probably know that an hour is longer than ten minutes, and a week is shorter than a month, but it’s difficult for them to gauge time’s passing. Making a paper chain calendar can help.

What to do:

1. Pick a date in the future that has some meaning for your child, for example, the first day of school, the date a relative is set to come visit, a birthday, or the start date of a favorite activity. We choose April 12, when Holy Week Holydays start for children.

2. Pull out your calendar, and with your child’s help, count the number of days until the event you’ve chosen.

3. Give your child the construction paper strips and explain that each strip stands for one day. Together, count out the correct number of strips (one for each day until your event), then help your child make a paper chain, by gluing the end of each strip together to form a link, then adding the rest of the links to form a “chain”.

4. Hang your chain in your child’s room, or in a prominent place. Each day, allow her to remove one link from the chain. As the days pass, this will give her a visual picture to associate with the numbers she sees on the calendar.

Spring story for children

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It's February, which means its cold outside. But things start to cheer up when the birds help a young groundhog find her shadow...

The Science of Happiness

IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT!

We've all heard it - the more successful you are, the happier you are. But what if it was the opposite? What if being happier, actually made you more successful?

Act or draw!

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Actionary!

This icebreaker youth group game is a cross between pictionary and charades. Firstly come up with a list of pictionary style words to use. Try to use words that might be easy enough to draw and act. Divide the group into teams and give each team some paper and some pens. The leader who is running the game stands in the centre of the room, situated in between all of the groups. Then each team sends a volunteer up to the leader and they then get each player to roll the giant dice in turn. Then give all the players the first word from the list. The players will then go back to their group and act or draw the word. Once someone in their group guesses the word correctly, they go up and roll the dice again and receive the next word. The first team to get through the complete list of words wins!

Some games to play

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You are probably familiar with the exceptional benefits of playing a game. Regardless of one's age and physical ability, games are considered to be those types of recreational activities that people select to try in order to increase their mental and/or physical skills while enjoying the excitement.

Here are some games we have played:

- Blind Man's Bluff

Take some keys and put them in the metal bowl, and place it under a chair. Everyone makes a wide circle around the chair. A Person is blindfolded, and sits in the chair, armed with the Newspaper/Nerf Sword. The Blind Man must defend the keys, if he connects with someone that person is either out, or sent back to start again.The objective is to sneak up and get the keys from the bowl, back to the starting area, without being hit. The successful sneaker gets to be the next blind man. It can be played in turns, or all at once, which makes for fast competitive sneaking. A leader can also direct, selecting one or more child to attempt at the same time.

- Birdie on a perch

Teens should pair off into partners. One teen will be the birdie, the other the perch. You might want to suggest that the person who is the birdie needs to either be somewhat smaller or the same size as the perch. All of the perches make a circle and walk counter-clockwise. While all of the birdies make a larger circle around the perches and walk clockwise. After a few seconds call out "Birdie on a Perch!" and the partners must find each other and the birdie must jump onto the back of the perch. The last pair to find each other is out. Continue until there is only one pair left. For a bit of your own entertainment, call out different walks for the teens to do. Such as: walk like a bird, a ballerina, run way model, ninja, etc.

Recommended books

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Some days we read and represent little story books. Reading aloud to children is a wonderful shared activity and it's an important form of stimulation.

When we read, our children hear us using many different emotions and expressive sounds, which fosters social and emotional development. Reading also invites children to look, point, touch, and answer questions — all of which promote social development and thinking skills. And children improves language skills by imitating sounds, recognizing pictures, and learning words.

Here there are some of the books we've been reading:

- A taste of the moon, by Michael Grejniec.
A book so magic and delicious as the full moon. The animals that live in the jungle show us how the things we share always taste much better.

- Butterfly butterfly, by Petr Horácek.
Lucy sees a beautiful butterfly in the garden, along with a bright green beetle, a brilliant blue dragonfly, some red ladybugs, and many more flying and crawling things. But when will the radiant butterfly appear again? Petr Horácek uses his trademark saturated hues and simple shapes to create an enticing view of the world of colors.

- The very hungry caterpillar, by Eric Carle.

This early work by a premier author marked an exciting breakthrough in the traditional children’s book format. Carle uses clever cutout pages to depict a caterpillar eating his way through the calendar week. Caterpillar also brilliantly displays Carle’s ability to integrate a concept (days of the week), scientific information (the life cycle of a caterpillar), and an appealing story.

- My Daddy is a Giant, by Carl Norac.
The pride of a young boy who is growing up just like his daddy is evident in this look at their closeness. Clouds nap on this father's shoulders, birds nest in his hair and his hurricane sneezes blow the water in the sea away. This book perfectly captures the perspective of young readers, to whom most adults are giants.

- The Little Red Hen, traditional fairy tale.
The little red hen decides to plant some wheat, but the lazy cat, dog and rat won't help her! This book is a perfect introduction to fairy tales for preschoolers - this hardback book contains lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children.

The body

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Let's learn about the parts of our body!

Schools usually introduce the body parts as a basic lesson so that a child is more aware of his own body at the preschool and first grade level. They also do it to increase a child’s vocabulary. To reinforce that, we've done a mural painting outlining our body and matching the body parts words on it.

And here's a funny song for you! Let's dance and sing!

We hope you enjoy it!

dijous, 20 de març del 2014

JA ÉS PRIMAVERA!

DONEM LA BENVINGUDA A LA PRIMAVERA!

ADÉU HIVERN!

dilluns, 17 de març del 2014

A new song!

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Last week, with the little ones, we learnt a new song called "Teasing Mr Alligator".

...and we did a monkey mask too!

We hope you enjoy it!!

dijous, 13 de març del 2014

Quant duren els embrassos d'altres animals?

EMBRASSOS D'ALTRES ESPÈCIES:

L'embràs d'una dona dura uns 9 mesos, té el nen dins la panxa durant 9 mesos fins que el nen ja està a punt per sortir. Però no totes les espècies d'animals hi estan el mateix temps:

els elefants hi estan 22 mesos ( casi dos anys).
els gats hi estan uns 2 mesos
una girafa hi està 15 mesos
un ós uns 8 mesos
una rata uns 24 dies ( ni un mes)
una zebra 1 any
...
ja veieu que cada animal necessita el seu temps!!! ( a més dins la panxa de la mare s'hi està molt bé!)