The Sneetches and other Stories

Hi kids + mums!

On this special day a reading of the classic Dr.Seuss children's story.
It has relevance today as we struggle with civility in matters of race, religion and politics.



You can find part of a brilliant translation by Anna Sarfatti on the following link:
books.google.it/books?isbn=8809024486

Learn Emotions!

Hi kids!

Did you like the Funny Faces Game?
My kids enjoyed miming a lot and learnt some new words about emotions and feelings...so now let's sing along!



Enjoy this other song as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNP5BzrBiOg
and then paint the following flashcards:

I'm

...and you? How are you? 

Why don't you try to write it...just look at the following game!

*remember to save the pictures before printing them!

Funny Faces Game

Hi kids!

"How are you today?" and you are supposed to answer by saying:
"I'm fine/tired/sick...thank you!...And how are you?"
Just mime it to your friends while they have to guess which emotion you are trying to describe, then ask another one the same question and go on with the chain!

If you want to play further, stamp and paint the worksheet below then match the faces with their corresponding adjectives.

"Not As Easy As the ABC"...but it's worth a try!

Hi kids,

today we can try to do this funny game in order to learn some school idioms:
match the below pictures to their corresponding meanings and you will find out how your English-speaking schoolmates define people and situations at school.

"Bookworm"
someone who reads a lot
(my sister is a bookworm and is always reading a book)

"Call the roll"
the teacher calls the names of the
students and expects them to answer whether they are there
(every morning before the class starts, the teacher calls the roll)

"Copycat"
someone who copies the work of another
(they called him a copycat when they discovered that he had copied
part of the test from another student)

"Eager beaver"
someone who works very hard and is very enthusiastic
(that girl was an eager-beaver and always came to class before the other students)

"Goof off" 
waste time
(my sister spent most of the week goofing off so she was not prepared for her test)

"Hit the books"
begin to study hard
(after playing all weekend I had to hit the books on Sunday evening)

"Teacher's pet"
the teacher's favorite student
(my sister was always the teacher's pet when she was in the first grade at school)

I guess you've done it because I know you are whizz-kids!
Which of these idioms would you like to be called?

This Is The Way We Go To School

Hi kids!

Back to school, back to our daily routines, back to our lucky lives!!!
Enjoy it and sing this nice song!!!



This is the way we go to school, go to school, go to school,
this is the way we go to school, so early in the morning

This is the way we dress ourselves...

This is the way we wash our hands...

This is the way we brush our teeth...

This is the way we carry our books...

This is the way we go to school...

New Year...Old Good Manners

Hi kids! Happy New Year 2014!!!

A new year has just begun...what a great opportunity to have new purposes and try to do better than before!

Time has come to show your parents and friends that 1)you can do it, 2)you can do it by your-self and 3)you can do it well!!!

But what?!? All that sort of things mum always reminds you and of course other people might appreciate and smile at!

Just try and life will become easier...won't it?!?

*l'utilizzo di questa immagine è stato gentilmente concesso dalla Interior-designer Daisy Diaz titolare di www.babybottega.com in Firenze e protagonista di una recente intervista sul blog http://www.mammeacrobate.com/casa/design-for-kids/1481-figli-buone-abitudini-poster-design.html

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*Special thanks to Daisy for her post dtd.12th Jan.2014 on https://www.facebook.com/BabyBottega