Friday is our science day and the kids love it! Sometimes we combine weird things in our sensory bin to see how they react and other times we do science experiments. Last week we made kinetic sand from 6 cups of sand, 2 tablespoons of dish soap (we used Fairy), 1 cup of corn starch,…
Five for Friday Linky Party – Ducky and the Gang
Check out what the other teachers did this week by clicking on the image below. This has been an amazing week! The weather was great (most of the time) and the kids and I had lots of fun! On Monday after work my boyfriend and I took a walk to a nearby island to see…
Five for Friday Linky Party – See What I’ve Been Up to This Week!
The beginning of the week was great – I finally had some free time to meet my friends and talk about their amazing trip to Mexico. We had some lemonade on a terrace by the sea in the city centre. It’s great to live in Helsinki, to be able to enjoy such wonderful places just…
If You’re Happy and You Know it Use Spoon Puppets!
Feelings and emotions is one of my favourite themes to teach. Apart from all the great resources you can find on Pinterest, there are also a lot of fun songs. If you have younger learners, then Super Simple Learning has the perfect resources for you. Apart from wonderful worksheets and drawing prompts, they have three…
Popcorn Pizza and What Is It Good For?
When I moved in my new apartment I bought my furniture from IKEA. Now I have tons of empty cardboard boxes that I don’t know what to do with. The lampshade came in two boxes, one of which looked like a pizza box, and it had a cardboard circle inside. Then I remembered that my…
The Parents’ Folder
A lot of parents have asked me what they could do to encourage their children to learn/speak English at home. Of course, the answer is learning through play, because games, songs, pretend play, and hands-on activities will always engage children more than worksheets, coloring pages, or repeating words. The former are means of promoting meaningful…