“Recognizing that food is more than sustenance—it is an expression of culture, heritage, and creativity.” Chef Vikas Khanna We really liked cooking panellets in the school; we shared moments with other children and we got to meet new friends but our favourite part was eating them. There were 5 different panellets Talking about these flavours, […]
OUR FAVOURITE PANELLET Llegeix més »
“Every kid has a bug period” E.O.Wilson In Alicies we are fascinated by invertebrates. Now that we know what a “bitxo” is and that we are much more precise in naming them, it was time to learn the names in English for our little zoo. We already knew some of the names thanks to the
INSECTS AND OTHER “BUGS” Llegeix més »
“Languages aren’t just made of words. They’re modes of looking at the world.” R.F.Kuang Talking about teeth we also talked about what happens when a tooth falls… For most of us it is “Ratoncito Pérez” who comes and leaves a present under our pillows while in other houses it is “la fada de les dents”.
“Language is best taught when it is being used to transmit messages, not when it is explicitly taught for conscious learning.” Stephen D. Krashen In a book, someone found an article that made us wonder… How long can a person live? Reading an article, we discovered that the oldest person living now is an English
FROM THE OLDEST PERSON TO THE LONGEST PAPER Llegeix més »
“Learn how to cook—try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless and above all have fun.” Julia Child As you know, Tanits have a very important mission: organizing the autumn activity of making “panellets”. We agreed on the recipe but… can we recognise that same recipe in English? We had a set of dessert
PANELLETS: READING RECIPES Llegeix més »
”If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” J.K. Rowling As you know, once a week we read books in English. We decide the book we want to read from the English library where we can find books of all kinds of genres: picture books, comics, short adapted novels, magazines, cook
ENCOURAGING READING Llegeix més »
“Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning.” — Fred Rogers As you know, we are the “20 Pack,” and we’ve been doing lots of fun activities related to this number. We discovered that half of 20 is 10, and we explored different ways to represent it. We had a great time playing
PLAYING WITH NUMBER 20 Llegeix més »
“A true flag is torn from the soul of people. A flag is something that everybody owns, and that is why they work” Gilbert Baker During all September we have been working on flags. It all started when we used flags to reflect on the countries where people speak English as a first language. We
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” – Oscar Wilde We are now Tintins and one of our routines is reading in English every week. We read some books in English last year but we never thought about how they were
DISCOVERING THE ENGLISH LIBRARY Llegeix més »
“La fuerza del equipo reside en cada miembro. La fuerza de cada miembro es el equipo”, Phil Jackson. Després de tot el que hem investigat i treballat per millorar el jardí i, malgrat que encara ens agradaria continuar fent coses, arriba un dels millors moments… Compartir-ho amb les famílies! Ens preparem pel tancament recordant tot
COMPARTIM EL JARDÍ AMB LES FAMÍLIES Llegeix més »