Books - Livres

This week we were talking about the family and with the small children we read a book about 2 children - a brother and a sister - that were looking for a missing sheep. It is a book by Usborne, books that are usually only sold in England. I was very happy to find one of the books here in Paris, since the quality is great and the level is good for teaching English as a second language. Those parents that have been asking me where they can buy which books, please let me know if you are interested in further information of such books and I will see what I can do biidhnillah.

Cette semaine, nous avons parlé de la famille et avec les petits enfants nous avons luun livre sur 2 enfants - un frère et une sœur - qui étaient à la recherche d'une brebismanquantes. C'est un livre par Usborne, des livres qui sont généralement seulement vendus en Angleterre. J'ai été très heureux de trouver l'un des livres ici à Paris, puisque la qualité est très bien et le niveau est bon pour enseigner l'anglais comme langue seconde. Les parents qui m'ont demandé où ils peuvent acheter des livres (ou tout le monde qui estintéressé), s'il vous plaît laissez-moi savoir si vous êtes intéressé par plus d' informations de ces livres et je verrai ce que je peux faire biidhnillah.

Week 07.03 - 11.03.11 The family

Our new topic is the family. The children will learn the words:

mum, dad, brother, sister, baby brother, baby sister, pet and friend.

This time I'm using resources that I did myself, so none of it is available on the internet. However you can find some nice activities here:

http://genkienglish.net/familygame.htm (attention, 3 words, the children don't know and others that we will do are missing, but no problem)

http://genkienglish.net/picturebookfamily.htm

The song we will sing is called 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRCN4NC2yxw

A nice book is "Hello, I am Lily from New York City" (for the older children)

http://www.abcmelody.com/fr/collections-3369/hello-i-am-lily-from-new-york-city.aspx

Notre nouveau sujet est la famille. Les enfants apprennent les mots:
mum, dad, brother, sister, baby brother, baby sister, pet et friend.
Cette fois, j'utilise seulement les ressources que je ai fait moi-même, mais vous pouvez trouver quelques activités ici:
http://genkienglish.net/familygame.htm (attention, 3 mots, les enfants ne savent pas et d'autres que nous allons faire sont manquantes, mais pas de problème)
http://genkienglish.net/picturebookfamily.htm

La chanson que nous chanterons s'appele 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRCN4NC2yxw

Un beau livre est "Bonjour, je suis Lily de New York City" (pour les enfants plus âgés)
http://www.abcmelody.com/fr/collections-3369/hello-i-am-lily-from-new-york-city.aspx

Texte pour la chanson:

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

Four little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped her head.
Papa called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

Three little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

Two little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped her head.
Papa called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

One little monkey jumping on the bed,
He fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the Doctor and the Doctor said,
"Put those monkeys straight to bed!"

Weather game - jeu

http://www.genkienglish.net/weathergame.htm

This link brings you to a game with the exact vobaculary that we learned. However there are 2 expressions that we didn't learn yet (fine and a beautiful day), but the child will learn to differenciate between them while playing the game.

I wish you all a HAPPY HOLIDAY!!

Ce lien vous amène à un jeu avec le vocabulaire exact que nous avons appris.Cependant, il ya 2 expressions que nous n'avons pas appris encore (fine et a beautiful day), mais l'enfant apprendra à différencier entre eux tout en jouant le jeu.

Je vous souhaite de bonnes vacances!

What's the weather like

Our new topic is the weather. We have already started last week. Here are some links that may be useful for you:

Notre nouveau thème est la météo. Nous avons déjà commencé la semaine dernière.Voici quelques liens qui pourraient vous être utiles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyUAvodj0dA The children love this song and video / Les enfants adorent cette chanson et la vidéo: Itsy bitsy spider

A picture book with the vocabulary we are using can be found here / Un livre d'images avec le vocabulaire que nous utilisons peuvent être trouvés ici: http://genkienglish.net/picturebookweather.htm

Cartoons related to weather can be found on youtube, for example / Dessins liés aux conditions météorologiques peuvent être trouvées sur YouTube, parexemple

Disney's Aladin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ugfxg5u7Gc

or Tracy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq_z69ByfE0&feature=related

New Topic

Just on a quick note .. we have started with the Coccinelle and Girafe the topic "winter clothes" - les vetements d'hiver.

New vocabulary:

hat

scarf

boots

coat

sweater

put on

take off

The book that we have with this, can be looked at here:

http://www.genkienglish.net/picturebookclothes.htm

Snowman activity

This activity can be downloaded here: http://www.first-school.ws/t/ap/snowman_ap1c.htm (good scissors practise)

Week 3.January - 7.January 2011

The holidays are over and we are returning to our schedule.
In english we will continue with our winter and snowman topic. This week we repeat our snowman theme to slowly continue with the topic "winter clothes" next week inshaAllah.

This week we will (for example) talk about the cold weather, build our own snowmen (key vocabulary: snowman, head, body, hat, scarf, buttons, carrot), learn a small poem with the older children:

Head ball,
belly ball,
bottom ball,
Done!
Building Mr Snowman
is always lots of fun!

We will watch the cartoon Frosty the snowman (ATTENTION; only until minute 4:36!!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeVaj4zkWy0
because after this the christmas topic starts, so if you watch with your children at home, please stop at 4:36 min.

Here is another video that describes exaclty our activities and vocabulary for the week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESgy65Hjpbk
for those who like to work with the children at home and like crafting, you can try to build a snowman made of paper like in the video.

I wish us all a great start into the second trimester
Salam alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh