My shadow

Have you ever seen your own shadow? Can it have different sizes or shapes?

But, what is a shadow?



Now that you have learnt about your shadow, watch the video on the poem Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about it.




And here you have the whole text, in case you want to read the poem while you listen to it...

But why reading again today Stevenson's poetry? Because we are celebrating the 160 anniversay of his birth. Isn't it great to read him again as we are fans of his children's poetry?

Cell phones In The Classroom

Have you got a mobile phone? If you have it and most of your classmates have also one, ask your teacher to use it for learning!!! And then tell me about it!

Here you have some ideas to give to your teacher...





Via @marett

Welcome again!

We were all waiting for this day: Happy back to school day!

Summer is great but SCHOOL is even greater! I wish you a very merry school year!!

If you want to make your own film, visit the website ImageChef

Lots of fairy tales!

Read and listen to a traditional fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood!





You like listening to stories, don't you? I know some people who have been recording lots of stories too. Then listen to your future teachers telling more fairy tales! Wow!

Sleeping Beauty
Snowhite
Peter Pan
The Ugly Duckling
Aladdin
Cinderella
Goldilocks
The Little Mermaid
Sinbad, the Sailor
Beauty and the Beast
Pinocchio


And another version of Little Red Riding Hood

And more coming soon!

Europe Day

On We like English blog we have always fostered plurilingualism and pluricultarilism. So we specially love this year's poster for the celebration of Europe Day.

My favourite mix: people, places, cultures

And in our mix, we also have languages... because we like learning lots of them . Do you remember? At leats two foreign langauges! How many are you learning?

But we should remind our leaders to improve a fairer world for all too.
What does Europe do for the world? Read this story of Mathias and Amadou and learn about Europe and Africa's co-operation.
And teachers can find the teacher's guide here too.

World Book Day

It would be a great way to celebrate World Book Day if you decided to read an English author! Why not?

For example, what about Roald Dahl? I'm sure you have heard about his fabulous stories for children.




And this is my suggestion, The Twits. It's such a funny book on two strange hairy characters...Here you've got a trick of the Twits, but you will find many more in the book.

Come into the House of Commons!

Have you ever been to London? And have you ever been in the Houses of Parliament?

Now, you can see some of the wonders of this building going on virtual tours here. And why not visiting the House of Commons? What do you know about this Chamber? Learn here too.

Click on the picture if you want to go into the House of Commons!

Rabbit or hare?

Has the Easter Bunny brought you Easter eggs? Happy Easter!

Play and learn about rabbits and hares here:

Felix loved animals!

Today we celebrate the life and work of Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente. He was a doctor but he loved animals so much, just as you do, dear children!

I know you love animals and nature. So, please, follow Felix's example and take care of them!

Last winter days...

Now that winter is about to finish, let's make the last snowman of the season! And, before we take off our winter clothes, let's check the vocabulary on winter clothes.

So play and learn, as we like learning English!

1st March!

Today, here in Eivissa, we are celebrating the Balearic Islands' Day. But we aren't the only ones in the world celebrating their day. It's Wales' Day too!

1st March is Saint David's Day, patron saint of Wales.

What do you know about Wales? Click on the picture to learn more about this country in the UK.


In Wales they speak English but they have got their own language, like here in Eivissa.
Do you know the name of the language of Wales? Try to guess it from the web.

Who else has the same dream?

Let's see another example of fighting for ideas and freedom peacefully.

Nelson Mandela has the same dream as Ghandi and Martin Luther King.

"No one is born hating another person"

Now try to understand the different things that, according to Mandela,we don't naturally hate people for.

"Man's goodness is the flame that can never be extinguished"

Is peace your dream too?

Every 30th January we celebrate the School Day of Non-violence and Peace.

Why? Because we commemorate the day when Mahatma Ghandi was killed. He believed in non-violence to fight for human rights.

And in USA they observe another day in January as a date for peace, 15th January, because Martin Luther King was born that day in 1929

But, what do they have in common?
They stood up against things that were unfair... but peacefully! They had a dream and they fought for it with non-violence and peace.


Now, listen and learn on Martin Luther King Jr.:



Martin Luther King had a dream, a dream of peace.Is peace your dream too?

Wintertime

Happy winter!





I'm happy to go back to school, and you? It's fun to play computer games to learn English when it's so cold outside! So, let's start once again!

First of all, watch this short story: Spot's winter sports. And pay attention to vocabulary on winter!




Then, you can make a snowman:


Now try to find some winter vocabulary in this wordsearch:



And, of course, you can colour online too: