Wednesday 1 February 2012

Week 4 : The always expected storytime !


Have you heard kids say  I do! I do!  when you finish reading a story and you ask  " Is there anybody who wants to read  ?  Yes, children enjoy reading  and acting stories out. They are all " little readers" and " little artists" who enjoy " reading time " and  " acting time " .They have a great advantage, I think. They like doing things, to be considered, to have a sense of belonging,  and  they want to participate, even though they  may not be the best readers or the best actors or actresses, they just want to participate... They have an inner motivation that we, teachers , feed with the activities we propose in class, our attitude towards teaching and our sense of caring. They are in the right moment, the right age and the right place to acquire the language in the best possible way, to identify the sounds of the foreign language and differentiate them from the sounds in their own language , to utter words with a good and understandable accent, to start recognizing words, reading them silently and aloud and to start writing the words they have already learned.  As time passes, they are not going to be only isolated words, but phrases, sentences and paragraphs As children,"  they play, learn and grow together." After all, they are the center of the class and we are the effective guides who help them attain their learning goals.

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    1. Hello Rade :

      Thank you so much for your comment. I appreciate hearing from you all . I also believe that children have a lot of energy and enthusiasm and that they engage easily. I will post again on the four skills .I need a favor. Could you please comment on my blog again ? I was answering comments and I must have done something wrong, and now your comment is deleted. I cannot access your blog, either. I would value to hear from you again. Sorry for this inconvenience.

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  2. This reflects my philosophy about learning. You learn by doing and kids realize that and yearn for that sense of achieving something! Which stories have you read with your kids? Here is one more that they might like: http://www.deannamolinaro.com/

    Have they had the chance to create stories of their own? This can also be done on the internet as a continuing story on a blog, for example, or using http://www.dfilm.com/moviemaker/

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    1. Hello Anna !

      Thanks a lot for your sites. I checked them and they are so good. I specially liked the one on moviemaker. Children will enjoy the sensation of being the "creators" of their own movies. If you work with older students there is a site that you may like.It is a magazine with news articles for young kids.It is at http://www.youngzine.com

      See you online.

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