Friday, 21 February 2014

Many ways to teach, many ways to learn

Many ways to teach, many ways to learn
By Kathleen Kampa Vilina
magictimekids.com
Practical activities: songs, chants, movement, CLIL, hands-on activities.

Let's warm up: Arms, Arms

Skeleton Dance --> Shoulders --> elbows, knees, feet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx9arxAW_1Y

SSIMPH: Songs stuck in my hand

Rhymth /i/, rhyme /ai/

Eight pathways of learning, many ways to learn
MI Pizza: http://magictimekids.com/2013/09/27/using-multiple-intelligences-in-the-young-learners-classroom/
http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=46272

Interesting stories: Fancy Nancy.

CCBA: Catch children being amazed.

How can you encourage your students: Great, Fantastic, You did well, Oh Yes.

TRR: Total Physical Responses. 

Using Fingerplays: Shapes chants

Celebratory Chant: We did it! We did it! We did it today!
                                 We did it! We did it! Hip! Hip! Hooray!

Cards collection: Cards, please. Here you are.
                          Cards, please. Here you are.
                          Cards, please. Here you are.
                          Thank you very much.
(Melody: Skip to my lou)
CLIL: Content and language Integrated Learning.

Colors: mix primary color --> secondary color
red + yellow --> orange
red + blue --> purple
Yellow + blue --> green
Red + yellow + blue --> brown

Story with colors: Pete the cat  - Eric Litwin

Animals and positional words through MI: egg -> catterpillar -->chrysalis --> butterfly

Music: Sasha on Sanna Longden's CD www.folkstyle.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMBaNwb7lXo

Star: what you remember

Transitional Songs:
Come and Sit in front of me
Find a friend
Let's make a line
Let's make a circle
Cards Please
We did it!
Open your book!