WORLD BOOK DAY - The benefits of reading books

World Book Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event on 23 April, organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to mainly promote READING.

World Book Day is a celebration! It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of READING. In fact, it’s a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world.

So, talking about READING we want to explain the benefits of reading books: 

And now, some QUOTES about READING...

                  Let's read!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK?? 

• My favourite book is...
• I like adventure books
• I prefer romantic books

 READING IS A FANTASTIC WAY OF LEARNING A LANGUAGE

Reading strategies

 

ART & CRAFT class: COLOURS, SHAPES...

ARTS & CRAFT class 

CREATIVITY

What is creativity?

It is the ability to CREATE. 

It is the ability to use your IMAGINATION to produce original IDEAS, OBJECTS, or PROBLEM SOLUTIONS. 

It is the power to make something NEW or IMAGINATIVE.

ELEMENTS of CREATIVITY:

- Originality: thinking outside the traditional rules or habits to generate unique 'thinking'.

- Usefulness: turning your ideas into something practical and useful.

- Problem-solving: finding fresh ideas.

TYPES:

- TANGIBLE: examples: PAINTINGS, INVENTIONS, HANDCRAFTS, CLOTHES, MEALS...

- INTANGIBLE. Ex.: IDEAS, STORIES, SONGS, etc. 

COLOUR SONGS

Colours song by Smile and Learn

The colours song by Natural English

RAINGBOW COLOUR song by The Singing Walrus

FRUIT COLORS SONG by English Tree

PRIMARY COLORS SONG

SHAPES SONGS

SHAPES COUNTING AND CLAPPING by Dream English 

SQUARE, TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, STAR...

SHAPES songs by the Singing Walrus

2D SHAPES SONG by Hopscotch songs

SHAPES & COLOURS by ELF kids videos

THE SHAPE SONG SINGALONG by Barefoot Books

SESAME STREET VIDEO - A girl drawing lines

Kids in the Craft Room: Tape bracelets!

SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY - CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU song -

On February 14th we celebrate Saint Valentine's Day.

On that day we say I LOVE YOU to people we love (family, friends...). 

This year we are going to sing this song in class. In my opinion, that is one of the most beautiful LOVE SONGS I know. 

CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU (1967) by FRANKIE VALLI 

Other version of the same song. This time by the artist LAURYN HILL in 1998.

This song has been included in many films O.S.T., such as CONSPIRACY THEORY

 with Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts. 

OPPOSITES

OPPOSITE WORDS

THE OPPOSITES SONG

They are not the same. They are different. They are opposites.

 

Game or song??

Sing and dance!

MORE EXAMPLES OF OPPOSITES

Here there are some pairs of opposite words

ACTIVITIES

PREPOSITIONS

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

 

For older students...

Where is the bug in this picture?

EXAMPLES

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1. Where is the dog?

1. The dog is in the box. 

PREPOSITIONS SONGS 

Where is the monkey?

JUST SING!

Singing at least a song every day is a good way to practice your English 

So sing along songs! Let's make singing fun and easy!

 

 JUST SING!

WE ALL SING WITH THE SAME VOICE

IT'S GOOD TO BE ME!

 DON'T GIVE UP! BY BRUNO MARS

 WHEN YOU'RE SMILING by Leftovers Cuties