Class activities

There have been interesting activities for this literature course.

Supermarket

How can we teach the different types of fruits to the children?

At the university we spoke about the correct method of teaching English.  For teaching the fruits we can make the fruits and the money with colours, papers etc.

Also  the teacher must explain the vocabulary that the children need.

The children can imagine that they are in a supermarket. The teacher can divide the children into two groups, one group is the customers and the other group is the cashiers. The customers can ask the cashiers the prices of the different fruits.

                                                                 

Dictionary

At the university we talked about creating a class dictionary. This is a good way for the children to learn and remember the glossary that we are teaching.

If the children are small, we can draw an image  and write the word for it. It is a good idea that the children make their own dictionary.

Chocolate cake

I've seen this video in class, This is a simple story, and it is very funny because Michael Rosen who is  telling it is very expressive. The story is about a mother who makes a fantastic chocolate cake. At night the child is very hungry, and he eats the chocolate cake. The next morning his mum gets very angry.

I recommend  the following video:  

Literature book

I want to share with all of you the book that my teacher recommended in the first class of literature. The book is called 500 Activities for the Primary Classroom. The author of the book is Carol Read.

In the first unit we have read and done interesting activities. In these activities you can learn  how to teach the literature in an optimal way, taking into account the age of the learners.

From my perspective the recommended book is ideal for this topic, and in my opinion  I would  have liked to use the book more.

I think the book is very interesting and we can learn fun methods for teaching literature.

Reflections Unit1

Hello!

Today I am going to speaking about some reflections that I had in the literature classes. 

Every person is different and we must be aware that every teacher is different. A teacher has different facets or abilities and it's important to use them in the opportune time. In a class there are many students of different cultures. Each student is unique and all the students form a class.  

Nowadays English is very important because the world is very globalized. Learning new languages opens doors of communication and  learning. 

English is the language we must teach and it is very important that the children learn to listen to it and speak it. The teacher or the parents have to use their voices, gestures and  miming. 

You can use differents tools: 

• Songs
• Games
• Tongue twister 
  
• Storytelling

Things to consider: 

1. Create a clear context
2. Do some activities 
3. Ask children about the activity. They can express their opinions. 

REFLECTIONS

What is literature? 

When I think about the meaning of literature I remember one definition of a teacher:

 Literature is the art of writing down the experiences, the beliefs and the feelings in a beautiful way. 

Years ago when I was a child, I loved to read because I liked the emotion of submerging in the story and I imagined the main characters, the wonderful places etc. Now the feeling is even better than when I was a child.

We must help the children to love literature, because they can travel to magical worlds, and if they read books their imagination grows.

Thanks to the literature, children can learn a lot of vocabulary and improve their empathy, their friendships, their moral values etc.