Stories, stories, stories...

"Once upon a time...........": Magic words which open the door in children's imagination. A good story enriches our pupils'minds, they are motivating and they can learn vocabulary. We can find some on these sites:

Stories
Storytime
stories for everybody
short stories

English short stories

English Reading short stories

The Very Hungry Caterpillar booklet

the Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Story

This is a lovely story that children really like, you can find some activities in the booklet to work with them
Enjoy it!!!

Material for your classroom

Nowadays we have a lot of materials, the Book Publishers give us them, but sometines you have to prepare your own material. In my opinion it is better to preprae them in foam more than construction paper. In foam the have more durability.
You can see some in my album :"Decorating the classroom"
or you can obtain more information in these sites : foamy blog
If you want to buy materials: Foamygal or tree house

Decorating your classroom

The classroom is place where your pupils and you spend most of the day. If it is cloudy,rainy,snowy or sunny, what you must have clear in your mind, is that the classroom has to be the most wonderful place in the school. It must be relaxing, quiet and warm, because it is the place where children have one of the most import process of their lives, which is the process of learning. And you as a teacher has this privilege to lead and guide them in this process, so make your classroom a happy place, decorate it , and let the sunshine in it, even if it is rainy outside.

Mother's day is coming

On Mother's day , your pupils will want to make a card or something special, may be you can get some ideas from here Mother's day crafts

The Story of Mother's Day


The earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods.
During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday".
Celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter), "Mothering Sunday" honored the mothers of England.
During this time many of the England's poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers.
A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.
As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the "Mother Church" - the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm. Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration.
People began honoring their mothers as well as the church.
In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle hymn of the Republic) as a day dedicated to peace. Ms. Howe would hold organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston, Mass ever year.
In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.
Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. It was successful as by 1911 Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May.

Songs " the wheels on the bus"

Teaching with Music


Take advantage of the power of music and use it in your ESL classes.


Songs are wonderful for teaching vocabulary,whatsmore they are highly motivated, one of these songs are:" the wheels on the bus"

You can see the video and listen to the song and you find activities and ideas in this site to reinforce vocabulary

And if you want to listen to more songs "Click on the dog and you will see.......

Songs