Concious English learning.
Your children know that they are doing activities to learn English. It is fantastic as they can see the importance of learning and recognize their own progress.
One problem: dificultness maintaining motivation.
What activities can you do if this is your case?
- Using flashcards
listen, point and repeat
Run, touch and repeat
Take one out and guess the missing one
- Simon says touch something... (red)
- I spy with my little eye something... (Green)
- Sing songs
- Read stories
- Copy poems.
- Read the sentences and complete them with the correct colour (e.g.: The sky is ____)
- Correct the spelling mistakes.
- Cut out the letters of the colours, shuffle and organize again.
- Sort animals by colour.
Unconcious English learning.
Your children think that they are coloring, sewing, etc., but you know that they are learning English.
What activities can you do if this is your case?
- Color by number worksheets.
- May I borrow your... (yellow) crayon, please? (Interact with them in English).
- Dress a doll.
- Make plasticine shapes in different colours.
- Mixing water colours (they usually love the magic of science).
- Making bracelets with beads (interact with them and describe the beads).
- Sewing buttons to customize garments (interaction again).
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES FOR PYP TEACHERS
Mixing primary and secondary colours.
Understanding colours and moods through culture.
Write a ‘Colours ‘ poem.
Human races.
Human race: Pantone human colours.
Colours in safety signs.
Meaning of colours in flags.
International maritime letter flags.
