November 5, 2022
El Día de los muertos
The kidz were celebrating el día de los muertos the Day of the Dead in class this week by making calaveras. They did an amazing job!! Muy buen trabajo chicos!! This gorgeous video clip below is a beautiful visual description of el día de los muertos. The kidz loved watching it.
Read More ->March 18, 2015
Hello! ¡Hola! Olá! Bonjour!
Welcome to Kidzlingo! I decided to set up this blog to provide a space where language students and teachers alike can find ideas and tips for learning and teaching languages. I have been a language teacher for over twenty years and more recently worked as a teacher trainer and director of studies. I teach English, […]
Read More ->October 15, 2024
Los colores
We had so much fun in class today learning about los colores. The kidz learned how to say and identify the different colores. They coloured helados, and learned how to say and ask about their color favorito. The kidz enjoyed the colouring so much they all wanted to take home the pencil worksheet and colour […]
Read More ->October 1, 2024
Más partes del cuerpo y algunos animales
This week we have been building on what we learned last week about las partes del cuerpo (parts of the body) and we introduced movements using Eric Carle´s De la cabeza a los pies. New vocabulary partes del cuerpo We also learned a new song to introduce the verbs: gritar, aplaudir y reirse.
Read More ->October 1, 2024
Starting back with the infants
¡Hola todos y todas! What a fabulous first class with the infants. We revised parts of the day, greetings and body parts. We practices with a couple of songs. I´ll add the clips so the kidz can sing them at home. Un juego para practicar ¡Qué pasen una buena semana! Hasta luego,
Read More ->November 7, 2022
La oruga hambrienta / The very hungry caterpillar
#la comida # días de la semana
Read More ->November 6, 2022
Los días de la semana
Buenods días a todos/as, This week in our classes the kidz are going to continue learning about los días de la semana the days of the week los días de la semana lunes – Monday martes – Tuesday miércoles – Wednesday jueves – Thursday viernes – Friday sábado – Saturday domingo – Sunday ¡OJO! – […]
Read More ->July 28, 2021
False friends / Los falsos amigos
Los falsos amigos son aquellas palabras que, a pesar de pertenecer a dos lenguas distintas, presentan cierta semejanza en la forma mientras que su significado es considerablemente diferente. Pueden hacer que el aprendizaje de un idioma nueva sea más difícil y resultar en situaciones avergonzadas. False friends are words from different languages which appear to […]
Read More ->March 17, 2021
Teaching very young learners online
It is hard to believe that one year on we are still in the midst of yet another lockdown. Even though, our primary aged kidz are back at school on a day to day basis, after school activities are still on hold, or where possible online. As humans were are amazingly resilient and more than ever […]
Read More ->September 9, 2020
Can you help Rex find his zapatos?
Hola chicos, Rex has lost his zapatos. Can you help him find them? Look at the picture and how many shoes you can see. How many zapatos negros can you see? How many zapatos marrones can you see? How many zapatos naranjas can you see? How many zapatos rosas can you see? How many zapatos […]
Read More ->August 14, 2020
After school classes in St Joseph’s and St Catherines.
SPANISH UPDATE As you all now know unfortunately no after school classes will take place on site in schools for the first half of the term. This is disappointing news but understandable as the priority is keeping the children and their families safe. However, our classes will still continue to run. We will offer online […]
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