Classics for Kids

Classical music helps students to think more creatively, and stimulate the mind. It can also help teachers meet the educational objectives of their students.

Classics for Kids offers lesson plans and teaching resources that give educators and families practical plans and activities that use classical music to help children learn (composers, games, music, resources for parents and for teachers...)

(Source; Classics for Kids)

Visit:

http://www.classicsforkids.com/

YouTalk TV @YouTalkEnglish

Canal de YouTube orientado al aprendizaje del inglés que confiere una especial importancia a la pronuniciación y la fluidez en el uso de esta lengua, de una manera entretenida.

https://www.youtube.com/user/YouTalkEnglishNow/featured

Es especialmente curiosa la lista de reproducción que se refiere al inglés de algunos personajes famosos hablantes de español, tanto del mundo del espectáculo como de la política.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaNMsL7Umzwsp-Z5qeweoxqT2UYIitYqA

El canal está asociado a un blog al que se accede desde este enlace:

https://www.youtalk.es/blog

En Twitter:

https://twitter.com/YouTalkEnglish

En Facebook:

https://twitter.com/YouTalkEnglish

Talking about fall/ autumn

In this ESL (engVid) video lesson you will learn some basic vocabulary related to fall or autumn.

The Zinn Education Project

The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in classrooms across the USA. 

For more than ten years, the Zinn Education Project has introduced students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula.

Their website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period and grade level. The teaching materials emphasize the role of working people, women, people of color, and organized social movements in shaping history.

(Source About The Zinn Education Project)

https://www.zinnedproject.org/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ZinnEdProject

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/ZinnEducationProject

Wonderville.org (@wondervilleca)

Wonderville is a MindFuel program. Established in 1990 as Science Alberta Foundation, MindFuel is a registered charitable organization that creates innovative alternatives to traditional learning resources focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

With over 220 interactive games, videos and activities, this online environment is designed to help students learn and teachers teach.

By providing teachers with curriculum-aligned tools and resources, science and math classes suddenly look different. Wonderville’s games and activities are based on real-world problems that ask students to think critically, ask why, and develop inspired solutions.

(Source Wonderville.org)

Visit:

https://wonderville.org/

Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Register of good safeguarding practices

Throughout 2018, we celebrate our diverse cultural heritage across Europe, at EU, national, regional and local level.

Cultural heritage also includes traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts. Intangible cultural heritage is an important factor in maintaining cultural diversity.

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage meets annually to evaluate nominations and decide whether or not to inscribe those cultural practices and expressions of intangible heritage on the Convention’s Lists.

By clicking on the link below, you can discover the nominations, photos and videos. 

A very interesting tool for teachers for sensitising young people to the importance of preserving intangible cultural heritage.

https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists

Toy Theater. Language arts

Since 2001 Toy Theater is an online game website for kids, full of interactive art games, reading games, and math games.

Focused on early learners, thesse fun Language Arts activities include word finds, typing, word searches, alphabet doodles, word scrambles, original & classic stories & more.

Visit:

http://toytheater.com/category/language-arts/

Netsafe by @PlanetNutshell

This series produced by Planet Nutshell in collaboration with Utah Education Network explains to kids what the Internet is and many contents related to Internet safety (personal information, ciberbullies, netiquette, sexting, mobile location privacy, public WI-FI network safety...).

The videos are labeled with grade levels.

Visit:

https://planetnutshell.com/netsafe/

Also on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4twzw4BAfFFVS9O4lhru3AWOh06MEAhj

Watch an example:

Factious

Factitious is a game developed by the American University JoLT team to playfully show how to detect fake news.

Visit:

http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/

SolveMe Puzzles

SolveMe Puzzles is an educational website with a collection of Algebra-related puzzles for children. Three types of puzzles are provided: Mobiles, Who am I and Mistery Grid. They are free and no registration is required. You can create your own puzzles using the Build option.

http://solveme.edc.org/

Word Search Creator

ABCYa.com Word Search Creator is a very useful template to generate word search puzzles in 3 easy steps. First of all, you name the puzzle, then you type or paste up to 15 words and select how you want to play (online or generating a printable document). 

Visit:

http://www.abcya.com/make_a_word_search.htm

Women's Equality Day

Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It was first celebrated in 1973 and is proclaimed each year by the United States President. (Source: Wikipedia)

Some resources:

http://www.nwhp.org/resources/commemorations/womens-equality-day/

https://kidskonnect.com/social-studies/womens-equality-day/

https://www.pinterest.es/wisdpisocstu/womens-equality-day-resources-for-teachers/

https://www.depts.ttu.edu/wstudies/events_womensequalityday.php

http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2017/08/25/five-ways-to-teach-womens-equality-day/

NPR (#radio #podcast)

NPR is a nationally acclaimed, non-profit multimedia organization and the leading provider of noncommercial news, information and entertainment programming to the American public. Launched in 1970 as a radio network by a group of public radio stations, today NPR is among the most successful news organizations in America and a growing presence in digital media including podcasting, mobile applications and social media. (Source NPR) 

An amazing resource to improve listening skills and to enrich your vocabulary.

https://www.npr.org 

On Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/NPR 

On Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/NPR/ 

On Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/npr/

What's the Difference? @LEARNDlFFERENCE

En esta cuenta de Twitter se expresan muy gráficamente las diferencias entre palabras que pueden confundirse en inglés por su uso o por su forma. Un buen lugar para repasarlas y seguir aprendiendo.

https://twitter.com/LEARNDlFFERENCE?lang=es

How the food you eat affects your brain by Mia Nacamulli

What does the food you eat have to do with how your brain functions? Food has a powerful effect on our brains, especially as we age.

This TED-Ed original lesson takes you into the brain to explain how the different nutritional parts interact with the brain.

Discover it on:

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-food-you-eat-affects-your-brain-mia-nacamulli

Nelson Mandela International Day

Each year on 18th July (Mandela's birthday), Nelson Mandela International Day or Mandela Day is celebrated in his honour. The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009.

Mandela Day is a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world, the ability to make an impact.

This year as we celebrate 100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth.

Resources, news and ideas to celebrate this day on:

https://www.mandeladay.com/

NRICH #mathematics

NRICH is a team of qualified teachers who offers advice and support to both learners and teachers of mathematics. It provides free enrichment material for all ages, interesting mathematical games, problems and articles.

NRICH aims to:

Enrich the experience of the mathematics curriculum for all learners

Offer challenging and engaging activities

Develop mathematical thinking and problem-solving skills

Show rich mathematics in meaningful contexts

Work in partnership with teachers, schools and other educational settings

(Source NRICH)

Visit NRICH on:

https://nrich.maths.org/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/nrichmaths

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/nrichmaths

The English Hall

Blog de Cristina Cantonero, profesora de inglés y traductora. En él podéis encontrar muchos recursos para desarrollar distintas destrezas, información sobre el aprendizaje del inglés, consejos para afrontar exámenes. Igualmente, se ponen a vuestra disposición numerosos e-books con recomendaciones, ejercicios, materiales, etc.

Visita muy interesante:

http://www.theenglishhall.com/

En Twitter:

https://twitter.com/TEH_Learning

En Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/theenglishhall

En Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.es/theenglishhall/

En Google+:

https://plus.google.com/+TheEnglishHalllearning

PreKinders @prekinders

Amazing site created by Karen Cox, a Pre-K teacher in Georgia. Hundreds of classroom tested lessons and ideas to teach Pre-K in English (activities, printables, themes, etc.)

Visit it on:

https://www.prekinders.com/

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/prekinders/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/prekinders

On Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/prekinders/

On Pinterest:

https://www.pinterest.es/prekinders/

Appu Series on Youtube

If you are interested in stories, nursery rhymes and other resources in English this YouTube channel for kids offers a wide range of animated and live action videos.

https://www.youtube.com/user/APPUSERIES/featured