This week, our friend Ilinca from the blog Grumpy Dumpling shares one her favorite classroom activities for practicing colors and fine motor skills. Color recognition is an important skill that young learners need to practice. One way is to practice through hands-on activities that are fun and engaging. Here is an activity that my students… Read more »
The Eensey Weensey Spider Craft – Fine Motor Skills Craft
Act out The Eensey Weensey Spider with this Dramatic Play Set craft. Attach the pieces to clothes pins and a ruler to help kids develop fine motor skills and strengthen their hand muscles as they play along. They will have a great time as they work on the grip that helps when writing!
Valentine’s Day Craft – Stained Glass Hearts
Gather your art supplies to make this beautiful craft for Valentine’s Day. Our friend Caroline shares the step-by-step directions.
Science Friday – Foaming Snowmen
Recently, our Community Manager Sara visited a local elementary school as a guest speaker for the first graders weekly Science Friday. Here, she shares the Foaming Snowmen experiment they did together.
I’m A Little Snowman Sing-Along Activity
Recently, our friend Anna shared this fun activity to go along with the “I’m A Little Snowman” song. It was a big hit with her students, we hope your kids will enjoy it, too!
Who Took The Cookie? Simple Origami Craft
Our friend Caroline of Paper Cat English recently shared this origami craft to go with the “Who Took The Cookie?” song. Try making these paper cookies with your students or kids. When they are finished, have a picnic, sing the song, and find out who took the cookie!
12 Days of Animals DVD Giveaway
Update: The contest is now closed. We had a great time meeting friends from around the world! Thank you for participating. To celebrate the release of the Super Simple Songs – Animals DVD on March 17th, we’re giving away one copy of the new DVD every day for 12 days! To enter, look for the… Read more »
One, two, three, four, six. Making mistakes in the classroom.
I’ve had the opportunity to observe some great teachers of young learners over the years, and one little device that all of them used to some degree is feigning ignorance. It might be holding a potato and saying, “Mmm…I love apples.” Or in a delightfully silly way, forgetting the names of all the students. Or… Read more »
Teaching Older Learners With Songs
Our youngest learners will sing and dance all day long, all the while picking up vocabulary, grammar, and the rhythm of English naturally and easily. When they go home, the songs that they sang and played with in class will still be bouncing around in their heads. Songs are uniquely effective learning tools in that… Read more »
“Let’s Go Fishing” Game
These colorful fish come in upper and lowercase letters and numbers. Kids love to role play and use their imagination. Here’s a fun and easy way to learn or review letters, numbers, and colors by going fishing! Not only can kids practice motor skills by guiding the fishing line to the mouth of the fish… Read more »
