Have you ever noticed children listening to a story so attentively that the classroom is completely quiet? Or have you ever noticed children participating in a story so actively that everyone in the class wants to contribute? If so, then you've witnessed the 'magic of story time'!
Monday, 21 January 2019
Monday, 22 October 2018
8 Strategies for Preschool ELLs' Language and Literacy Development
Source : Karen Ford , colorincolorado.org
Early childhood education can play an essential role in preparing young English language learners (ELLs) for later success in school. Children who have an opportunity to develop basic foundational skills in language and literacy in preschool enter kindergarten ready to learn to read and write (Ballantyne, Sanderman, & McLaughlin, 2008).
But how can early childhood educators know if their programs are providing children with the skills they need? This article will describe some of the methods and strategies that research has proven effective in preparing young ELLs for kindergarten.
Saturday, 21 April 2018
Monster cookies! - An alphabet class game
Cut out a
monster from cardboard and cookies with the alphabet letters. Ask students to
take turns at feeding the monster cookies. How many alphabet cookies can the
monster eat? Perhaps divide the student into 2 teams and give to each team 5
minutes to feed the monster. The students have to name the letter of each
cookie while giving it to the monster.
Haunted pillows! - A vocabulary class game
Print
and cut out the faces of different Halloween characters from a haunted house;
zombie, Dracula, skeleton, etc. Stick these faces in popsicles and place them
underneath some pillows in the classroom. Ask the students to take turns
picking up the haunted pillows to reveal who is hiding underneath. Prompt the
students to say out loud the name of the character they reveal.
Wake up the dinosaurs! - An alphabet class game
Cut out from
carton paper 26 fossils or eggs and 26 dinosaurs. On each one of the fossils /eggs write the
lower case letters of the alphabet whereas on the dinosaurs the upper case
ones. Hide the fossils/eggs in the classroom and place the dinosaurs in the middle
of the room. Ask the pupils to wake up the dinosaurs by finding the fossils/eggs and
match them to the right dinosaurs.
Sunday, 25 March 2018
Exercises from Education.com
Eduction.com is a very popular site that provides teachers with useful worksheets, games, activities, lesson plans and in general numerous resources to enhance their teaching.
An indicative example is the following Word search.
Spring into learning with this fun Flowery Word Search. For more engaging spelling activities, go to Education.com!


An indicative example is the following Word search.
Spring into learning with this fun Flowery Word Search. For more engaging spelling activities, go to Education.com!
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Common Time-Out Mistakes and How to Solve Them
Source : Alisa Bowman , www.parents.com
Could this classic discipline technique actually make the situation worse? Learn what experts recommend, including a new and improved five-step technique for giving time-outs.
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