Hi guys, since it’s Herbstferien I am taking the opportunity to update my blog. And this lesson took place in June! But it was an interesting lesson taken from Eric Carle’s book «Slowly, slowly, slowly, said the sloth». I personally find this book rich in animal vocabulary, introducing different animal names to children. After the …
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English for Kids : The Mixed-up Chameleon by Eric Carle
«The Mixed-Up Chameleon» is a story about a chameleon who wants to be a little bit of everything, a seal, a flamingo, a giraffe and so on. It is a colorful book and the illustration of a confused chameleon appeal to little children. I made a little ‹mixed-up puzzle› game with all the animals in …
English for Kids : The Greedy Python by Eric Carle
We are continuing our Eric Carle’s series in our English for Kids group in Wettingen. The main character this week is «The Greedy Python» with an astonishing appetite. As usual, we begin with our welcome song and a new song called «Baby Shark» by Pinkfong. Kids will go crazy over this song, I promise. After …
English for Kids : Pancakes, Pancakes
A hands-on lesson learning the ingredients of making pancake and actually making one! Eric Carle’s Pancakes, Pancakes is perfect for little ones› first cooking lesson. Besides making a real pancake. We made a paper plate pancake and decorated it with berries (dot labels). To introduce them to the alphabets, I used a pan, spatula and …
English for Kids : From Head to Toe
This lesson is part of our Eric Carle series. I chose the book ‹From Head to Toe› as it is an action-filled book with familiar animals. Children can imitate the actions and move around during story time. As always, our English lesson’s activities are planned according to the theme. For craft session, we made a …
English For Kids : The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
This week’s lesson is all about spiders!! I used Eric Carle’s «THE VERY BUSY SPIDER» as the theme story. Those who read to their little ones would be familiar with Eric Carle or at least his distinctive collage illustration style. This book is about a spider who was so focused on spinning her web that …
Wettingen English Playgroup? Wettingen English Learning Group? English for Kids?
Few months ago, a friend of mine approached me and asked if I am still offering English lessons for kids. It has been some time since I last did English classes due to the arrival of my two children. Well, I always had the idea of starting an English playgroup in my mind, especially for …