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…
Peepers – Why Are They So Useful?
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…