Tools for teaching English Infant Education.

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OCTOBER 2021

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TOOLS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH IN INFANT EDUCATION

Phonologial Awareness

1- 5th October-7th October

• Presentation.
• Get your doubts out.
• Where are we in the Curriculum?
• Type of "language"
• School Timetable.
• We must take the most of the little time we have.

• Planning a class: How much time should I spend on each item? & What do I teach? & The same for the different ages?
• Tools and games for using in class. Songs, rhymes, chants, poems, activities.

• Routines and the Assembly: What can we do?
• We are going to teach a class.
• We must be artist teachers.
• Tricks
• Festivals.
• Families.

• Apps

PLANNING

3- 17th-19th OctoberDesign 4 sessions for an Infant Education class with activities you choose and a story as a center of your project.

2-14th October STORIES AS A SOURCE OF CONTENTS I

• Choice of story
• How to tell it
• How to develop it
• Which project to choose

PLANNING

4- 21th October DEVELOP YOUR PROJECT.

It is the first time for everything

We are Early Childhood Education teachers but we have never taught English.

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We are English teachers but we have never worked in early Childhood Education.

HOW DO I FEEL?

4 YEARS OLD

5 YEARS OLD

3 YEARS OLD

Now they are very clear about how the class works and we have to introduce new things so that the routine continues to be the tool that helps us to fix the content and not the boring part of the class.

The dynamics of the class are very well established and it is easier day by day. In the first term we continue to use the same routines in songs etc, and then expand on them. The stories can also be more complicated.

In this course the most important thing is to attract their attention so that the English class is attractive and fun for them and that when they enter the class they shout: Teacher!

SAME WAY, DIFFERENT STEPS

CONTENTS • In the second cycle of Infant Education, pupils will be introduced to a first approach to the foreign language. METHODOLOGY • The working methods will be based on experiences, activities and play. • Educational content organised in areas…globalised activities that have interest and meaning for the children. Routine situations in daily life in schools will be the backbone of these activities. EVALUATION • Assessment will be global, continuous and formative. • Direct and systematic observation, the main assessment technique. • To identify the learning acquired, the pace and characteristics of the pupil's evolution.

curriculum

• Develop communication skills in different languages and forms of expression. AREA Languages: communication and representation. OBJECTIVES 1. Use language as a tool for communication, representation, learning and enjoyment, and for the expression of ideas and feelings, and to value oral language as a means of relationships with others and as a means of regulating coexistence. 2. Express emotions, feelings, desires and ideas through oral language and through other languages, choosing the one which best suits them. 3. Understand the intentions and messages of other children and adults, adopting a positive attitude towards language, both their own and that of others. 4. Understand, reproduce and recreate some literary texts, showing attitudes of appreciation, enjoyment and interest in them. 5. Be introduced to the social uses of reading and writing, exploring how they work and valuing them as an instrument of communication, information and enjoyment. 6. To approach the knowledge of artistic works expressed in different languages and to carry out activities of artistic representation and expression through the use of different languages. 7. Be introduced to the oral use of a foreign language in order to communicate in classroom activities, and show interest and enjoyment in the classroom and show interest and enjoyment when participating in these communicative exchanges.

curriculum

• The language we use must be focused exactly on the content we teach. • They need to be exposed to the language but at the same time feel that they are beginning to understand the "weird" language that the teacher speaks.

type of language

In the school timetable, it is better to place English classes in the first hours but not before recess because it is their lunch break. If it is not possible in the early hours, it is better to place them in the first hour after recess.

where to place classes in the school timetable

• 176 School days.
• 34 hours of English (more or less) in an ordinary schoo.
• What can we teach in this time?

enough time?

The class is at playground time

The class is at lunchtime.

We must take advantage of time.

The class can start at the front of the line and ends with the children being handed over.

WHEN DOES THE ENGLISH CLASS START, is developed and finish?

Assembly Games Story-Festival-Project Phonics Good bye

HOW TO DISTRIBUTE TIME?

1 hour

30 min / 30 min

HOW LONG DOES THE CLASS LAST?

ORDINARY SCHOOL

PLANNING A CLASS

5 years old

• 5 hours and a half.

4 years old

• 4 hours and a half.

Assembly Games Story-Festival-Project Phonics Good bye

HOW TO DISTRIBUTE TIME?

3 years old

• 3 hours and a half.

HOW LONG DOES THE CLASS LAST?

BILINGUAL SCHOOL

PLANNING A CLASS

Fancy dresses

Role plays

Outdoor activities

Controlling behaviour

tricks

ACTORS SINGERSPAINTERS

we must be artist teachers

• We can celebrate:
• Halloween.
• Thanksgiving.
• Christmas.
• Saint Valentine.
• Saint Patrick.
• Carnival.
• Easter.
• May day.
• Mother’s day.
• Father’s day

FESTIVALS

As the time we have in English class is so little, an ace in the hole that will never fail us is to BE ROUTINE. We have to REPEAT every day what we want them to learn.

routines/warm up

We must repeat daily the song or rhyme for an extended period of time that we want the pupils to learn.

3 years old

We must repeat daily the song or rhyme for an extended period of time that we want the pupils to learn.

3 years old

songs

chants

chants

chants

• PASS THE .... (CHANT?
• PASS THE FLASHCARD AND SAY IT EVERY TIME.
• JUMP, TOUCH AND SAY
• WHAT TIME IS IT?
• BINGO
• MIME
• COMPLETE THE CHART

• ROUND THE CIRCLES
• THE HUNGRY MONSTER

• STOP TEACHER!
• READ THE LIPS
• RACE
• LOOK FOR THE TREASURE
• HIDE FLASHCARDS
• MEMORY GAME
• HIDE AND SEEK
• ACTIOS-WOW ENGLISH
• ONE POTATO, TWO POTATOES
• SIMON SAYS
• WRITE A LETTER WITH STRAWS
• DICE
• FLY SWATTER
• HOOPS
• PUT IN ORDER A STORY

games

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Look for the colors.

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Look for the colors.

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Be faster.

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Be faster.

• Go to the parents' meetings, introduce yourself and tell them what the classes are going to be like and what goals they are going to achieve in each class.
• Encourage them to give them the books they are working on in class at Christmas or for their birthday and also to see the cartoons in English and if they know English, speak to them in this language.

families

phonics

wordwall

educaplay

app seesaw

An incredible resource for vocabulary, structures, rhymes and even songs. Each book lasts one term or two depending on the project we create around the book.

stories as a source of contents.

pete the cat i am rocking in my school shoes

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I am rocking in my school shoes.

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I am rocking in my school shoes.

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I am rocking in my school shoes.

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I am rocking in my school shoes.

dear zoo

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Dear Zoo

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Dear Zoo

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Dear Zoo

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Dear Zoo

brown bear

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Brown Bear

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Where's Spot?

pete the cat and his four groovy buttons

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His four groovy buttons

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His four groovy buttons

Teacher_Beatriz

Be enthusiast and creative. Motivate your students with activities where they feel safe and they have fun. They can learn the English you can teach in one hour a week, it seems little English, but if you choose it well, it will be a lot. Prepare more activities than you need, and be clear about your time and you will always be in control of the class and avoid misbehaviour.

Teacher_BeatrizCEIP Varia

Thank you!