I have written a couple of blog posts about using puppets for storytelling, but I only briefly mentioned peepers. I think they deserve a bit more attention, because they are so versatile and can be transformed into anything you want. Let’s say that you want to teach kids about family members – you can decorate…
What I Have in My Teaching Suitcase
I have recently attended a webinar presented by author and storyteller Mary Jo Huff. The theme of the webinar was storytelling and teaching literacy with the help of puppets. The next day I met Stella, one of my teacher friends, and talked about the webinar. A recurrent idea that I’ve stumbled across was this “teaching suitcase”….
Top 5 Fun Writing Activities for Children
Crystal Roman, blogger and caring mom of beautiful daughter, wrote a guest post about her top 5 fun writing activities for children. Let’s see what she has prepared for us! —————————– Education of your child starts from early years. The modern world has many non-standard techniques offering a child to start learning at the age…
The Benefits of Process Art
With so many websites, social media accounts, apps, and books, sometimes I feel bombarded by craft ideas. There are amazing crafts that you can make with kids, but what ever happened to process art? Sometimes we see something cute online that we want to create with the kids, but most of the time the crafts…
A Fun Game to Practise Food Vocabulary
“Do You like Broccoli Ice Cream” from Super Simple Songs is one of my kids’ favorite songs. They love singing about nutty food combinations or come up with their own. When we were learning food vocabulary for this song we played a game the children loved! It goes like this: First, print the song flashcards…
A Game My Kids Are Crazy About
I’ve seen this game played a bit differently, but I modified it so it works well for English learners. My kids are now practicing basic words in English and I’ve been looking for fun ways to keep them engaged. The cool part about the game is that you can use different vocabulary every time, but…