Happy Christmas!!!!

Season's Greetings

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WISH YOU....

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Mannequin Challenge 2016

The challenge of the Mannequin Challenge is to record a video with all the protagonists immobile, like in the middle of a frozen scene, just like mannequins.

For the Mannequin Challenge to be more impressive, the participants will have to use their ingenuity to remain still in the most dramatic or fun posture possible.

Thanksgiving Day 2016

Thanksgiving Day is an annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. In the US Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November while in Canada nearly one month and a half earlier (second Monday of October). Thanksgiving has deep roots in religious tradition, but nowadays it is primarily celebrated as a secular holiday.


Thanksgiving is a great time to be thankful and appreciate who you have and what you have. It is a time for families to meet, socialize and enjoy each other's company, sometimes the only opportunity in a year.

Autumn (Fall) Song for Children

This autumn (fall) song was written by me to be used as teaching material for kids in kindergartens where I give English classes for little children. The song is very simple and good for children of very young age who start learning English as their second language. You can use this song to teach about colors and the autumn season.

 

June, the sixth month of the year

June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. June contains the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the most daylight hours, and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. 

June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December, in the Southern Hemisphere and viceversa. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the traditional astronomical summer is 21 June.

World Environment Day 2016

World Environment Day (WED) is observed every year on June 5th to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. WED is the United Nations most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries.

The theme for 2016 is "fight against the illegal trade in wildlife for life”. Angola is the host country of this year.

May, the fifth month of the year

May is the month

of sunshine and flowers.

Birds in their nests, 

and one or two showers.

Games to play and kites to fly

or just looking at the sky.

We could spend a year this way

if the year were made of May.

Saint George's Day Legend

This is primarily the legend popular all over Catalonia. In Cappadocia – the region's name changes depending on the person asked, there was a dragon attacking the kingdom. Scared to death, the inhabitants decided to give two lambs every day to the dragon to satisfy its hunger and prevent attack on the village. But when the animals became scarce it was decided to send a person, chosen by drawing lots, and a lamb. When a family member was devoured by the dragon, the family received a rich compensation from the Kingdom's Treasury.

There are two versions of the legend at this juncture: the first one involves people getting tired of no member of the royal family being sent and therefore decide that the princess should be sent to the Dragon; while the second version says that one day a princess was chosen by drawing lots to accompany the lamb. In any case, on the way to the cave of the dragon, the princess found a gentleman or knight of the name Jordi (George) and he slew the dragon by stabbing his sword into it and rescued her. From the blood that flowed from the lifeless body of the monster was born a red rose which the gentleman handed to the princess.

The king offered the gentleman all the riches imaginable but he preferred that the riches be allocated to the inhabitants of the kingdom. In addition, a church was built in his name, from which flowed miraculous water that was able to heal the sick.

Therefore, in Catalonia, it is customary on 23 April for men give away roses to women, like the knight who addressed the princess. The women give the men a book, remembering the death and burial respectively of two great European literary personalities, Miguel de Cervantes and Shakespeare, and the Spanish notable literary personality, Inca Garcilaso.

Earth Day 2016

Joyful joyful we adore our Earth in all its wonderment

Simple gifts of nature that all join into a paradise

Now we must resolve to protect her

Show her our love throughout all time

With our gentle hand and touch

We make our home a newborn world

Now we must resolve to protect her

Show her our love throughout all time

With our gentle hand and touch

We make our home a newborn world

April, the fourth month of the year

April is the fourth month of the year, between March and May

She was born in April

The meeting is on the tenth of April.

We went to France last April.

April fool !

Hello spring!!

Kid Craft: 

Faux Tie Dye Spring Flower Window Display

Foto: Agustí Mariné

Saint Patrick's Day 2016

Saint Patrick's Day is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland. 

The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, and it is customary to wear shamrocks and/or green clothing or accessories.

My daily routine

What's the time?

It's half past eleven.

We have breakfast.

I talk about myself

Where are you from?

Toys to play every day

Listen and learn about these toys

English for little children. 2 Primary

Articles: a / an

There are only three articles in English: a, an and the.

There are two types of articles indefinite 'a' and 'an' or definite 'the'.