Tomorrow is the 8th of March - the holiday which is celebrated in many countries as the holiday to honor all women but especially our mothers. There are so many craft ideas to do with your kids to prepare some nice presents for this holiday. Here are some.

Winter Projects with kids (part 2)

Making a poster for the parents.  
Christmas is coming. So little time left for the preparations. But we've got a little more than a week for creating and crafting!

I always try to do something fun and creative with my students before winter holidays. And they've started to ask me if we are going to do something special this year. 
Last year with students of the 5th and 6th classes we were making Christmas cards for the parents, and the youngest students prepared a poster for their moms and dads.
 Here what we had

Winter Projects with Kids

Winter is a great time for creating different projects and crafts with your own kids just as well as your students. So let's look at the possible ideas. No matter what you choose - don't forget to have fun!

Poetry for Kids

Here I've chosen some poems for you to use at the lessons. They are easy and fun. Don't forget to use some moves - your students will love them! 

Two little hands

Two little hands go clap, clap,clap

Two little feet go tap,tap,tap

Two little eyes are open wide,

One little head goes side to side.

Winter

Winter Activities and Vocabulary

Finally winter came. And even the first snow has pleased our eyes. So get ready to discuss winter and everything connected to it with your students.

Seeing the Music

The activity is called  “Seeing the Music”.
The aim of the lesson was to review the vocabulary about emotions and past verb forms. Also the task for the Ss was to listen to three short melodies, draw the images of what first came to their minds or the emotions which occurred while listening to the melodies.

Classroom contract

CLASSROOM RULES

I can truly say that it was the first time when I heard about classroom contract not long ago. Of course I have rules for the students which they have to follow while at my lessons , but it was totally new idea for me to write these rules as a contract.

So, I have decided to apply this idea in one of my groups. Unfortunately it is far from the beginning that I teach this group of students, so I can’t say that this is the forming stage, but I think that it is never too late to have improvement. 

Running Dictation

RUNNING DICTATION

Recently I have tried a new activity at the lesson. 

We use all kinds of dictations at the lessons, but ‘running dictation’ was unknown activity for me before.

I have tried this activity with my 6^th grade Ss. They are always ready for new ideas and are very conscious in completing tasks.

I have chosen two texts (which were connected with our topic – past habits and childhood memories, using past simple and the phrase “used to”).

quick Games at the Lesson

Quick Games at Any Stage of an English Lesson

From time to time as an English teacher you might find yourself in situations when your students are tired or uninterested during the lesson.

It can derive from the lack of interest in the topic in question, or they can be simply tired of work or because of other reasons. In my opinion and based on my experiences if it is not too urgent to study the language material you deal with, it is better to give up and shake the lesson up with a game that tends to be rather relaxing and entertaining than demanding.

Here are some easy games that require hardly any or zero preparation.