Today is one of the most pleasant holidays -

March, 8 is women's holiday, a holiday of spring and attention to the woman.

The 8th of March is a great official holiday for all women. It began in 1909 by women in New York streets who asked for better working conditions. Women’s Day is not celebrated in Great Britain. The British celebrate another wonderful holiday in spring. It’s called Mother’s Day.

The International Women’s Day is one of the most favourite holidays among Russian women because there is a nice tradition to congratulate and give bunches of spring flowers and presents to our mothers, grandmothers, sisters and all women on this day. In the morning men go to the shops to buy flowers and sweets. They also help to do the housework and cook something delicious for dinner. Children help their mums to lay the table and wash up. All members of the family are well dressed.

The 8th of March is the day when women are happy and they smile and thank their families because they can take a break and relax and forget about their everyday routine, about cooking and looking after their families.

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.

System of education in Great Britain

 

Here are some videos which I found very useful for my lessons of Countrystudy. This week we speak about System of education in England and I thought that  it would be more interesting for students to watch a video than to read a plain text.
Thanks to British Council for great videos!

Happy New Year Song

Dear Friends!!

Last year I have found this great song on Youtube. I want to share it with you. I hope your students will enjoy singing it just as much as my students did! Happy Holidays!!!

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!

O.Henry The Gift of the Magi

Here's another literature story which my students like to discuss. There are so many serious points to dwell on: love, devotion, secrifice, support, happiness. I thought you'd  enjoy this story. Especially if to read it in this time of the year with Christmas coming up.

THE  GIFT  OF  THE  MAGI

by O. Henry