Last week we celebrated el Dia de Sant Jordi by making dragon bookmarks/puppets I had found on Ideas Para Peques at http://ideasparapeques.es/category/sant-jordi/.
I went to Poundland where I got 48 wooden pegs for £1, and I found the rest of the "ingredients" in the school art cupboard: green and red paper, plastic eyes and paint/ felt tips.
I told them about Cervantes, Don Quijote and Shakespeare and the tradition of giving roses and books to each other on St George's Day in Catalonia.
The activity was useful for us because it helped:
- taking turns, asking and answering questions - the dragons were our puppets and they could open their mouths and speak in Spanish (we even did some shadow role plays on the IWB)
- reinforcing the place of the adjective: they had to write "un dragón verde" on the spikes or the wings
- writing the date "23 de abril"- no capitals in Spanish!
The activity took us about 15-20 minutes.
Hi Erzsi, you have some really great ideas when it comes to teaching children. I'm currently teaching my 2 nieces English and I try to make it as fun as possible because I think that's the best way to learn. I think I'll use the dragon idea and get them to write some English words on them. Recently we've been playing "Veo Veo" in English and created our own English board game based on "Oca Oca".
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for the post.
Johnny