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4-year-old kids first writings in English

The following pictures related to daily routines belong to some of my 4-year-old kids. Last week they surprised me trying to write in English to describe what they were drawing. They are used to write in Spanish what they are drawing, but this is the first time they do it in English. And it was spontaneously. Of course, they wrote the words as they sounded to them.

Enjoy their drawings and writings!

I wash my face and I brush my teeth:

I have breakfast:

I go to school:Los dibujos anteriores son de mis chicos de cuatro años. La semana pasada me sorprendieron intentando escribir en inglés lo que estaban dibujando. Suelen hacerlo en español cuando dibujan, pero es la primera vez que lo hacen en inglés. Y lo hicieron de forma espontánea. Las palabras las han escrito como les sonaban, por supuesto.

The Animal Boogie

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This is a wonderful video song based on the book “The Animal Boogie” : “Down in the Indian jungle, the children and animals are learning about actions like leaping, stomping, shaking and flapping while meeting different jungle creatures. From the best-selling book and CD, The Animal Boogie, illustrated by Debbie Harter. sung by acclaimed children’s performer Fred Penner.”

Esta fantástica canción estás basada en el libro “The Animal Boogie”:“En la jungla de la India los niños y los animales aprenden acciones como saltar, pisar, agitar, aletear mientras conocen a las diferentes criaturas que habitan allí. Está basada en el best-seller “The Animal Boogie” (libro y CD), ilustrado por Debbie Harter, y cantado por el aclamado interprete infantil Fred Penner.”

How to make your own flash cards II

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If you are a Linux user, here you are an upgraded template to make your flash cards. Now you can use any picture format, there is no number limit for the pictures to be changed into flash cards. Just copy them into “Fotos” folder and double click “Flash cards”. The pdf file will be created.

Download the template: Flash Cards II

How to make your own flash cards

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Here you are a template to make your own flash cards. Choose six pictures related to your topic. Copy them in “dibus” folder. Rename them into 1.jpeg, …, 6.jpeg And, after that open “plantilla.svg”. Your flash cards will be ready. Don’t worry about the original size of your pictures because with the template will be customize in the same shape and size.

Download the template: Flash Cards

The Mistery Box

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This is The Mistery Box. It can be used in many different ways to adapt it to your interests. In this case, we are using it to review the body parts. Here you are the “ingredients” :

– A nice box.

– Flash cards.

– Mp3 player.

– Kids!!!

Place the flash cards inside the box. Hide them well to make them difficult to find. Play the music. The kind of songs is up to you. I prefer relaxing ones, They pass the box while the music is on, and when the music is off, they stop. The kid with the box will look for a flash card. And we continue that way until the flash cards are over.

Before this activity, we can play as well to find out if the box is empty or full, if it is heavy or light , the sound it makes, …

Lapbooks

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After surfing the Internet to get some ideas, I have discovered Lapbooks and I love them! Now I’m thinking about how I could use them in my units. Here you are some examples:

Después de navegar por internet en busca de ideas, he descubierto los Lapbooks o Libros de solapas y me han encantado. Ahora ando dándole vueltas a cómo los podría incluir en mis unidades. Os dejo algunos ejemplos.