READER:

ELMER IN THE SNOW

“Hello! I am Elmer, the patchwork elephant”

One morning, Elmer met a group of elephants who didn’t look very happy.

“What happens? “, asked Elmer

“It is cold”, said one of the elephants

“It is not really cold, only a little bit more than the other days. You need a good walk to warm you up. Come with me”, said Elmer.

Elmer guided the elephants in a different direction.

“I am very warm now Elmer, thank you”, said one of the elephants.

“Come on, follow me there is something that I want to show you”, said Elmer.

A little later the elephants found a white site, everywhere was white

“SNOW!” they shouted

They had heard about snow but this was the first time that they saw it.

The elephants ran and played in the snow.

“It is really cold, cold but fun”, said one of the elephants.

Soon the elephants were sliding and crashing and falling and really enjoying themselves.

They didn’t notice Elmer quietly sneak away.

The elephants forgot Elmer until they heard his voice.

“Help! Help! I have frozen solid”, said Elmer.

The elephants stopped playing and went to find Elmer.

They found a stood white elephant.

“He‘s frozen solid” told one of the elephants.

Then they touched the white elephant and a piece fell of.

“It’s made of snow”, he said.

“I know where Elmer is, look there are his footprints, come one”, told one of the elephants.

The elephants followed his footprints and after they found him.

Elmer started throwing snowballs and the others did the same.

“It is starting to snow. It is time for us to go”, said Elmer.

The elephants came back to the trees and then at home.

When there were at home one of the elephants said, “snow is very fun but it is really cold. I want to came to the snow another day”.

THE END

ACTIVITIES ABOUT ELMER IN THE SNOW

Before reading the story I will ask these questions to children,

-          Have you ever been in the snow?

-          Have you ever seen a elephant?

While I am reading the story I ask them some questions, for example:

-          Do you know the meaning of patchwork?

-          What do you think is going to happen now?

STORYTELLING:

THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED A BLUE HORSE

 

“The artist who painted a blue horse” by Eric Carle.

I have chosen this book because I think that it is a very interesting story about the artist ‘life. This book is appropriate for children between 3 and 5 years old.

The vocabulary and grammar are suitable for young children because sentences are very short and simple. The structure of this book is favourable for children because it is repetitive, this is a good resource.

The illustrations are good and aproppiate for infant education, the pictures are a series of animals in bold colours.

This book is very useful for teaching children colours and animals. This book encourages their imagination.

This story gives all children confidence in their own creativity.

ACTIVITIES ABOUT THE ARTIST WHO PAINTED A BLUE HORSE 

While I am reading the story I can ask them questions to guess what is going to happen, for making predictions.

Also with this book I will do some activities with the children. For example, we will sing this song about the colours.

We will draw some pictures about the book and we will make some animals puppets.



THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

ACTIVITIES (Before, while and after reading)

1. Life – cycle of the butterfly

2. What food is good for us?

3. Make a fruit mural

4. Making a puppet caterpillar

5. Songs about the days of the week

6. Bingo about food with pictures

7. Write a food diary with pictures

8. Draw something about the story

By Nuria Martín Carrascosa & Alejandra Ibáñez Bernat

READER:

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Charlie Bucket is a boy who comes from a poor family, they haven’t got enough money to buy food every day. He lives in a small house with his parents and his grandparents.

His house is next to a famous chocolate factory called Wonka’s Factory.

Charlie spends most of his time dreaming about the chocolate, because he loves it. Every morning when he goes to school, he sees the Chocolate Factory and he wants to go inside.

ZOG

ZOG

This book is a really funny story, I think that it is appropriate for five - year - old children, because have interesting things about the dragons, magic, and things appealing for the children.

Also it has a good layout, the children are able to follow the story while they are looking at the pictures.

It has some difficult words but with the context and the illustrations is easy for the children, they can understand it. They need short and simple sentences and this book has them.

With this book we can teach values like friendship, fulfill their goals…

RESOURCES

There are some resources that we can be use with children:

http://www.winnie-the-witch.com/flash.php

http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html

http://wetellstories.co.uk/

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/