LEARNING TOGETHER - WORKING ENGLISH LESSON AT INFANTIL EDUCATION WITH THE HELP OF THEIR FAMILIES. Part 2

LEARNING TOGETHER, ACTIVITY 4. “Excursions”.

In the vocabulary of infantil students, the animals have a fundamental importance. Animals are very motivating elements for children. They are part of our environment, attract their attention and let us play with their sounds.

In our school we work animals vocabulary with songs, videos, games and pictures. Also, part of our philosophy is that things that we are working with must have a real reference. Therefore, we usually plan visits to our enviroment, along with families to strengthen the content we are working.

Outings with parents are a good opportunity to practice English. Parents know the elements that we see in school and encourage their sons to use them. In these picture we can see an example of a visit to a nature reserve in Chirivel.

LEARNING TOGETHER, ACTIVITY 5. “Handmade color ensartables workshop”.

Handicrafts are a staple in children's education. They improve their motor skills, creativity and are a playful element at these ages. At school, for many of the hanidcrafts we make, we need the cooperation of the parents. We also took advantage of the need for this collaboration to work with families the fundamentals of the English language.

An example of this model of cooperation has been when parents have helped in the make of a handycraft of a necklace made of pasta. Students elaborated it in school and then they had it colored at house, naming the colors in English.

LEARNING TOGETHER. ACTIVITY 6. “Human Body”.

Another example of a shared handycraft is in the figure of a human body. In class we made the figure of a human body and at home with the family, they put the differents body parts, naming them in English.

LEARNING TOGETHER. ACTIVITY 7. “Bingo”.

Numbering is an essential element at early school. We introduce it in differents ways, some more manual, others more graphic and gradually we give the meaning and teach children to operate with numbers.

The game is a key learning axis. Makes learning meaningful, motivating and relevante for students. We work maths with numerous games and from different areas (English, physical education, etc.). One such game is bingo, where students have to check off the numbers written on a tablet and win the one with all the numbers crossed .

To work with families, we give students a card with numbers which they play bingo at home, the only requirement is that must be taken into account that parents have to name numbers in English.