Last week, we were working on Great Authors presentation. We had to introduce our author to the audience. Although, we should follow a defined structure, each group was able to introduce his own author in a really personal way. There were customs, videos, music, books, etc., that were associated with them. Definitively, the whole group […]
Read MoreGood morning everyone! I hope you are all enjoying our comments. For my second post I decided to talk about Julia Donaldson. This week in class we had the opportunity to know more about some English authors that write books for children. In my case, I had to look for information and I got very […]
Read MoreHi everyone! Today I would like to present you an awesome tool, that thanks to Raquel we discovered during one of our last lessons, Jazz Chants. However, in order to understand its multiple benefits and utility, I consider that it would be appropriate to deal with another issue before: the connection between music and our […]
Read MoreLast week I attended my first seminar lesson, in which we shared our personal experiences in reading, since the very beginning we started to meet letters until today. In my case, one of my favourite films (those that we watch and watch thousand times), the book lover Matilda, was a really strong influence in my […]
Read MoreWhen we saw in the seminar the video of a class doing a jazz chant, I was surprised about the “strange” letters in the room, so I want to search about what language is this and why Jazz Chants are there. Finding at home for more Jazz Chants, I discover that this language is Filipino […]
Read MoreThis time I would like to share with you a general impression I had when talking about our reading experiences during the seminar time. This class was devoted to reflections on our reading experiences since we had our first book contact until now. First of all we were talking in small groups about those things […]
Read MoreGood morning everybody! In this new post I´m going to talk about the main difference between fingerplays and nursery rhymes, then I will give you some examples of each one and I will give you some resources too. This week we have been working in class with fingerplays, but at the beginning I can´t find […]
Read MoreHello everyone! I hope you enjoy my post and make you reflect! Reading is a very important aspect of our lives, it is a source of wisdom where people can walk through different paths and discover a lot of new things. It is said that reading is living a parallel life, in which you can […]
Read MoreDuring these weeks we have been working on the issue of “Storytelling” in our class “Exploring children’s literature in English” with Rachel. What is Storytelling? Storytelling is narrating a story in a different way (with gestures, sounds, songs, etc.) and always from a narrative point of view. It is a technique that we can use […]
Read MoreHello everybody again! Last session was very interesting for me. We had the opportunity to know some children’s literature authors that I have never seen before. Some of them had really famous works but I did not know the writers. All of them are very good at their jobs and they have won important literature […]
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