Where is?

Whenever I want to introduce my youngest pupils to the rooms of the house, I play this song. With memorable moves and yeahs, it always proves to be a success.

Where's Grandpa?
In the dining room.
What's he doing?
He's eating fish.

Where's Simon?
In the living room.
What's he doing?
He's watching TV.

Where's Suzy?
In the bathroom.
What's she doing?
She's having a bath.

 Where's Stella?
In her bedroom.
What's she doing?
She's reading a book.

Where's Grandma?
In the hall.
What's she doing?
She's opening the door.
And going to the kitchen.

 

How many?

This is yet another old song which is great for learning numbers and plurals. It's always enjoyed by my youngest pupils:

How many, how many, how many?
Ten girls, ten girls.
How many, how many, how many?
Nine boys, nine boys.

(Eight windows, Seven doors, Six footballs, Five bikes, Four chairs, Three tables, Two rubbers, And one ruler.)

Thanksgiving Day 2024

As a warm-up, I asked my Class 1 pupils what made them happy and what they were thankful for in their lives. Their family members who always spend time with them, play with them or make some delicious food for them, their home, toys, pets, food, water and air were just some of the things they mentioned. 

Then, I asked them to imagine we had a holiday to give thanks for all the things we've got and asked them to share how they would celebrate it. 

Later, I showed them a short video about how the Americans got the idea to start such a holiday, and, since in two groups I only had my tablet with me, not everyone was able to see everything at the same time, so we compared what we saw and completed the story.

As a follow-up, I asked them to draw their hand and use each finger to draw what they were thankful for in their lives, and here's how they did it.

PS We've shared the videos with our eTwinning friends.

EQL 2024

The eTwinning European Quality Labels (a total of 17453) for 2104 projects carried out during the 2023/24 school year were awarded on 12 November 2024. I'm proud to say that the projects I collaborated on with my pupils are among them:

• Inspiring Museums and
• We Learn Together, We Grow Together.

My Favourite Sandwich

Both groups of my Class 4 pupils accepted my suggestion, prepared their favourite sandwiches at home, brought them to school, presented them to their classmates, and finally enjoyed eating them together.

Exemplar Lesson Plan

I am happy that the lesson plan about the weather I carried out last year with my Class 4 pupils has been commended in the international competition organised by Eduka Publishing Company.

The promotion of the Collection of all winning and commended lesson plans was organized on 24 October at the Book Fair in Belgrade.

Sing a Rainbow

The all-time favourite song about the colours of the rainbow enjoyed and sung by new Class I1 pupils: