Sunday, February 15, 2009

Let's Sing A Long with English Songs.....!

1. Alphabet Song

A-B-C-D-E-F-G
H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P
Q-R-S
T-U-V
W-X
Y and Z

Now I've sung my ABC's
Next time won't you sing with me?

Wanna play the song? Click play button in the player below


Wanna download the song? Click the link below!
Download Alphabet song

2. BINGO

There was a man who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-O
B.I.N.G.O.
B.I.N.G.O.
B.I.N.G.O.
And Bingo was his name-O

Wanna play the song? Click play button in the player below


Wanna download the song? Click the link below!
Download bingo song

Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Giant Potato Story

Dear All,
Do you still remember the Giant Potato story which I demonstrated in the class? Do you still remember what kinds of classroom activities that I did when I told the story to you all. If you are curious to know the complete script of the story...here is the text:


The Giant Potato


Once upon a time there was a man called Mr. Fry. He loved potatoes. He ate potatoes for breakfast. He ate potatoes for lunch. He ate potatoes for afternoon tea. He ate potatoes for dinner.

One day, Mr. Fry got a parcel. It was from his brother in Peru. Inside the parcel there was a very strange potato. It was very SMALL. It was very ROUND. It was very YELLOW. There was a note in the parcel. It said:
'Plant this potato in a very big hole in your garden. Don't water it'
Mr. Fry was very excited. He went into his garden. he dug a very big hole in your garden. He planted the potato. The sun was shining. it was very hot. So Mr. Fry picked up a watering can and water the potato. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning and it started to rain. The rain poured down. Poured down. And the potato started to grow. It grew BIGGER and BIGGER and BIGGER. And the leaves started to grow. They grow WIDER and WIDER and WIDER. Mr. Fry looked at the enormous plant. He was very hungry. He thought enormous plant is the same with enormous potato. So he held the top of the plant and he pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So he called his wife, Mrs. Fry, to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So Mrs. Fry called her son, Peter, to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. Peter held Mrs. Fry.
They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So Peter called his sister, Barbara, to help.
Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. Peter held Mrs. Fry. Barbara held Peter. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So Barbara called the pet to help.
Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. Peter held Mrs. Fry. Barbara held Peter. The pet held Barbara. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, and suddenly, out come the potato. It was ENORMOUS. It was the biggest potato they have ever seen.

'I'm hungry', said Mr.Fry. 'What's for dinner?', 'Potatoes,' said Peter and Barbara




Well, that's the complete story of the GIANT POTATO. You can improvise or change some details of the story as you like. There are so many follow up activities that can be done after the students listen to the story interactively. Any Ideas??


The story was quoted from Teaching Children English - Vale and Feunteun

Friday, February 13, 2009

Old MacDonald Had A Farm

Dear Smart Guru...

As we have discussed in our class that song can be one of the interesting ways to motivate our students to learn english. Here with, I have Uploaded one of the most famous english song among children all over the world. You can download the song, get the flash cards and find the activities related to the song.



Click the play button to listen to Old MacDonald Song!





Old MacDonald song is one of the famous song among children in English Speaking Countries. It is also widely used in English classrooms all over the word. The song is so attractive and funny that make children love it. When dealing with songs, the activity is not just sing along with the whole class, but there are much more activities that can be used as the follow up activities. In this Blog, I have uploaded the song, the lyric, flash cards and also some worksheet for classroom activities. Hopefully it will be useful for you all.

If you want to download the song for your own usage, you can use this link: Download Song. And to sing along with your students, you can get the song lyric from this link: Song Lyric.

The followings are things that can be done in the classroom after you sing along with your students:
1. You can teach your students some vocabularies related to the Old MacDonald song by using these Mini Flash Cards
2. You can play crossword with your students by using this Worksheet
3. You can teach your students about number by using These Pictures
4. You can teach your students different animal sounds by using this Worksheet
5. and you can check your students vocabulary knowledge by using this Classroom Activity

So, by knowing the above-mentioned activities, it is expected that you can create a fun and interactive english class that make your students feel comfortable being in your classroom.

Enjoy the experience and don't forget to give your reflection on the comment column below.

Cheers


The materials for this topic are compiled from: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try