Easter time

We will celebrate EASTER on Sunday 20th and on Monday 21st.  

This is what English kids do during this time:

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Year of the Horse

Do you know what are the animals in the Chinese Calendar?

There are 12 animals and this is how they are set in order:

¿Sabes cuáles son los animales del Calendario lunar chino?

Hay 12 animales y así es como fueron ordenados.

SALVA, your English teacher

HAPPY NEW YEAR OF THE HORSE

Today starts the new Chinese Year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year of the Horse!

  

Hoy comienza el Nuevo Año Chino.

¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!

¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO DEL CABALLO!

¿Sabías que todos tenemos un signo en el horóscopo chino? 

Yo, por ejemplo, soy "caballo" en el horóscopo chino 

y en el nuestro soy "libra". 

¿Qué signos tienes tú?

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Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer (a Christmas Carol)

Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer

 

I know you can sing the Spanish version of this carol. 

Here you can listen to the English version. You have the lyrics to sing it loud.

If you want to see the full video, here you are the link to MissNina.com



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Season's Greetings / Felicitaciones

I wish you a

Merry Christmas, 

Happy Holidays,

and a 

Happy New Year 2014.

Os deseo Feliz Navidad, felices vacaciones y feliz año nuevo.

SALVA, your English teacher

CHRISTMAS FUN (6)

Visit this website if you want to play Christmas games for several hours.

 

 

So, this is your Christmas Mahjong:

 

Visita esta página si quieres jugar durante horas varios juegos navideños, 

como el del Mahjong navideño.

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CHRISTMAS FUN (5)

Do you want to drive Santa's truck?
It's not easy: the presents fall from it and you can get upside down.

¿Quieres conducir la camioneta de Santa?

No es fácil: los presentes se caen y puedes ponerte boca abajo.

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CHRISTMAS FUN (4)

Let's help Santa fly. Just drag and drop the moose. Then you'll see Santa flying. He has to put a present in the chimney.

Vamos a ayudar a que Santa vuele. Prueba a pulsar el alce y arrastrarlo hacia arriba.  

Cuando lo sueltes, Santa volará y tiene que dejar un regalo en la chimenea. Así que no te pases...

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CHRISTMAS FUN (3)

Light up the Christmas tree by connecting all the wires and light bulbs to the electrical source. You can rotate every wire and light bulb by clicking them.

 Enciende el árbol de Navidad conectando todos los cables y bombillas a la fuente eléctirca. Se puede rotar cada cable y cada bombilla pulsando sobre ellos.

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CHRISTMAS GAMES (2)

Help Snowman to look for and link all the couples in every level (Click on the picture).

 

Ayuda a Snowman a buscar y enlazar todas las parejas en cada nivel.

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CHRISTMAS TIME (1st, 3rd and 4th)

This is the week before Christmas.

Do you know the way the English people celebrate Christmas?

Christmas Vocabulary from Nines Picado

And here you can learn more about it:

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Christmas fun (1) [3rd and 4th Primary]

HO, HO, HO!

Can you smell Christmas?

Yes, it's almost here. Now you have to study a bit more for your exams and get ready for your holidays.

Can you find these Christmas words?

 

Merry Christmas!

Ho, ho, ho.

¿Hueles ya a Navidad?

Si. ya está casi aquí.

Ahora tienes que estudiar un poquito más para tus exámenes 
y prepararte para tus vacaciones.

SALVA, your English teacher

5th of November: GUY FAWKES NIGHT

What is Guy Fawkes Night aka Bonfire Night?

Who is Guy Fawkes?

When and where is this special night celebrated?

All the answers to these questions and many more, in this post.

First of all, you need a bit of vocabulary:

 

More vocabulary (part 2)

This is the moment to read a brief story.

If you want to understand what really happened on November 5th, 1605, please watch the following video:

Can you answer now to the previous questions? I think so. 

Well, if you need some more help, please watch  this video:

This is what happened last year in Manchester on November 5th:

I think you deserve some games to play now:

And finally, to close this session lest sing a Song (Fill the gaps):

If you want to know the answers and read all this song lyrics, just click HERE.

Most of the activities come from YouTube and EsolCourses.

More information and links at PrimaryResources.

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HALLOWEEN: Trick-or-treat, pumpkins, ...

Halloween is a festival celebrated around the world.

 Look at the next picture and learn new things about Halloween:

But there a lot of things you don't know about Halloween:

Can you name all the characters you can see in the next picture?

There are a lot of pictures of witches, but this is the most famous one: the Wicked Witch of the West.

You can watch her in a famous film: The Wizard of Oz.

Do you want to know the origins of witches?

And if you want to know how to prepare a "Jack-O-Lantern", just watch next videos:

Click on PATTERNS if you want some patterns to carve your own pumpkin. Then, you can print your favourite one.

Do you want to practice?

There are another activities to do in Halloween: apple bobbing, trick or treat, ...

Or trick-or-treating:

 

• And now, it's time to play some Halloween games:

    
 

• It's video time:

 

Disney's Skeleton Dance:

 

I'm a skeleton

 
The Skeleton Dance (Super Simple Songs)

 

Spooky, spooky

 

Halloween song

 

Simon's cat: Scary legs

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Christmas 1 [Game #4]

There are two Christmas related games when you click on these image:

Christmas Games

When the new page is open, just click on GAME

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Christmas conundrums [Game # 7]

There are only few days before Christmas, so I want you to play with these Christmas conundrums.

Right click here and you can already play with them.

Quedan pocos días para Navidad, así que quiero que juegues con estos acertijos navideños.

Haz click aquí y ya puedes jugar con ellos.

SALVA, your English teacher

HANGMAN for Christmas [Game # 6]

This is the classical game of Hangman. Try to guess the Christmas word:

Intenta adivinar la palabra "navideña" en este clásico juego del ahorcado.

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Christmas Wordsearch [Vocabulary #1]

Let's find out more words about Christmas in this page. 

Now, we have to look for the words in this CHRISTMAS WORDSEARCH:

Si no sabes qué significan las palabras de esta "Sopa de letras", puedes utilizar tu diccionario o buscarlas en esta página.

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MARIAH CAREY & JUSTIN BEABER: All I Want For Christmas Is You (Superfestive!) [Video #8]

Justin Bieber Duet with Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (SuperFestive!) (Shazam Version) :

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994 as the lead single from her fourth studio album, Merry Christmas. The song was written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, both of whom were also the producers.

In 2011, pop singer Justin Bieber also recorded a version of the song as a duet with Carey, titled “All I Want for Christmas Is You (Superfestive!)”, on his holiday album, “Under the Mistletoe.”

If you want to sing this song, HERE you can find its lyrics.

Si quieres cantar esta canción, AQUÍ puedes encontrar la letra.

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Season's Greetings

Click on the image to view this Season's Greetings. It's an Advent Calendar, so you only have to click on every day we're closer to Christmas Day and you can learn stories and vocabulary from Christmas in English speaking Countries.

From MacmillanEnglish.com

Haz click en la imagen para ver esta felicitación de Navidad. Es un calendario de adviento, que consiste en ir abriendo los días en la cuenta atrás hasta Navidad. Hay información entretenida y vocabulario de la Navidad en los países de habla inglesa.

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