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STORY TELLING. THE TASTE OF THE MOON

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This activity was quite difficult for me because I never did before so I practised a lot. First of all I familiarizate myself with the book " taste of the moon" and with the animals illustrations. I decided to put the illustrations on the blackboard so I was stand also I adapt the story for small pupils, for that reason I repeated the same phrase at the end of the paragraph: " (animal) come and help" For me, the most difficult part was kept in contact all time with the children and use gesture and mime at the same time that I thought in english. Another important part in my story telling was involved children so at the beginning of the story they guess the story animals with some questions that I made with this dynamics the focus on story. MATERIALS: - Real animals photography - Laminated -Sticky tape -Wall

MAKING PUPPETS

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1. Find a clean sock that's long enough to cover your arm. A crew sock or a knee sock would work great for this! The sock can be any color you like. It can be fuzzy or plain. Jut make sure there aren't any holes.   2. Slip the sock over your hand. Once you the sock on, make a C-shape with your hand. Put your fingers into the toe part. Try to get your thumb into the heel part. If you can't reach it, tuck the sock into the groove between your thumb and fingers. Open and close your hand. Your sock should already start looking like a puppet. 3. Glue some eyes onto the sock. You can do this with a hot glue gun, fabric glue, or tacky glue. For the actual eyes, you can use buttons, pompoms, or googly eyes. You can also draw the eyes on with a marker. If you want, draw some eyelashes with a marker! 4. Add some other decorations. Your puppet is done at this point. You can still glue items onto it to give it more character. For example, you can glue some ya...

BENEFITS OF PUPPET PLAY

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Communication and Social Skills  Hand Puppets are an ideal springboard for developing speaking and listening skills . Children often communicate more easily with puppets, giving them confidence to express their ideas and feelings Shy children can become acquainted with others through the roles they take on Children are free to try on new personalities and take them off again, with a puppet on their hand, broadening their own in the process. Scary animal hand puppets like lions and sharks or shy ones such as a tortoise can help children master uncomfortable feelings Puppet play provides an opportunity to gain some control over their world by working out fears and frustrations.
THE RAINBOW FISH some activities that they need the other for do it. ex: football, basketball what wrong if you have everything (material) but you dont have partners FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS little kids. numbers,animals... THE LION AND THE MOUSE relation between these animals. find similarities between then THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE

MY EXPERIENCE IN DENMARK

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I was in Denmark for 6 months and I saw a lot of difference between the Spanish education system and the Danish system. First of all, in Denmark the student starts to read with 6 years old, before this age, the kids are used to play all time. In spite of that the kids have some books in their classroom so they can start to get acquainted with them. I took the first fotograph in a kindergarten school. Here we can see a small girl (3 years old) who "i reading" a book. In the other one, we can see another girl who is 7 years old. For me it was incredible because she reads perfectly ( Nonetheless she reads in Danish I  was astonished at the speed and agility that she has in reading). My personal conclusion is that as a future teacher , I should collaborate in the development of children in aspects such as motor skills, balance, coordination so that children can more easily acquire the reading and writing process in a future. ...

MAKING BOOKS

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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." Charles W Eliot I want to make a book about a soldier because I think he is an interest character for kids. I asked some question about the thoughts of the soldier so I taught the names of animals at the same time. I  used repurposed materials as much as possible which saves preparation time. I don't get hung up about precision and perfection. The more joy in the process, the more books you and your students will want to make. The more books they make, the more writing and learning will happen. TOOLS Scissors Maker pen Glue Purpurin Animals pictures TOPIC The book is about a soldier who is lost and the children have to find him. At the same time the children will freely ask the teacher about the soldier. The reading session is over with a teacher´s question about the thoughts of the soldier, so...

Adaptation Hansel and Gretel

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CLASSIC FAIRY TALES This story is for kids in last year of pre-school (6 years). At the end of the story, I explain some vocabulary. HANSEL AND GRETEL BY BROTHERS GRIMM Once upon a time, in a small village, a lumberjack lived with his wife and their children. They were very poor, they didn't have much money. One day, the children decided to go to the forest to find some food. The little girl was throwing pieces of bread along the way so they could come home. When the sun fell, they tried to found the bread crumbs but the birds had eaten them! They walked and walked and finally they found a big chocolate house so they decided to come in. When they opened the door, they found an evil witch inside. She would not let them go home until one day the children managed to escape from that sweet house. On month later, in the forest they rediscovered with their parents who wept with happiness and hugged their children.