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Revising Clothes Vocabulary Again? Great Ideas With More Dash Than Cash!
Anita Demitroff
  • Apr 23
  • 4 min

Revising Clothes Vocabulary Again? Great Ideas With More Dash Than Cash!

The lockdown and online classes opened a whole world of possibilities. Learners could show their favourite objects, get out their musical...
First Steps in Learning to Learn in Early Primary
Anita Demitroff
  • Mar 28
  • 3 min

First Steps in Learning to Learn in Early Primary

Lots of teachers use animal guessing games in their classes. Here's one for younger learners (5 to 8 years old). It's different to its...
Now You’re Cookin’
Anita Demitroff
  • Jan 7
  • 5 min

Now You’re Cookin’

Cooking activities can play a crucial role in language learning and CLIL. In this post, we look more closely at the benefits. Here are...
Anti-bullying: Start at the Very Beginning
Margie Marc
  • Nov 24, 2021
  • 6 min

Anti-bullying: Start at the Very Beginning

As a KiVa trainer in Spain, who trains teachers about how to implement the KiVa anti-bullying programme in their schools, I'm often asked...
The More We Get Together. An Interview with Carla Rocha.
Anita Demitroff
  • Oct 13, 2021
  • 4 min

The More We Get Together. An Interview with Carla Rocha.

Many of us are waiting for the chance to travel again. There are foreigners who haven’t seen their families in such a long time. And...
A school like no other: Gola the Toy Library in Teo (Galicia, NW Spain)
Anita Demitroff
  • Sep 14, 2021
  • 3 min

A school like no other: Gola the Toy Library in Teo (Galicia, NW Spain)

Have you ever heard of an English school with its very own … pig? Porky lives alongside a dog, rabbits and some chickens that hatched in...
EFL and Early Education Teachers: Powerful Project Partners!
Fran Seftel
  • Sep 8, 2021
  • 3 min

EFL and Early Education Teachers: Powerful Project Partners!

I've been teaching young learners for a long time now, but in recent years there has been a significant shift in my approach after I...
What About this One? Finding the Right Picture Books by Ana Demitroff, with Fran Seftel
Ana Demitroff and Fran Seftel
  • Aug 31, 2021
  • 4 min

What About this One? Finding the Right Picture Books by Ana Demitroff, with Fran Seftel

Teachers and parents face the same problem when they look for a book in English. There are so many factors to take into account:...
Learning About the Phases of the Moon with "Papa Papa, please get the moon for me" by Eric Carle
Margie Marc
  • Jul 20, 2021
  • 4 min

Learning About the Phases of the Moon with "Papa Papa, please get the moon for me" by Eric Carle

The idea that the Moon can change in size and follow cycles is a difficult concept for small children to understand. They accept its...
Is this a metre?  Allowing learners to get a sense of proportion and scale (5 tips)
Anita Demitroff
  • Jul 6, 2021
  • 3 min

Is this a metre? Allowing learners to get a sense of proportion and scale (5 tips)

It’s not just a question of age. Ask Primary or Secondary students to estimate how long something is, like a table in the room, for...
Look up and open your eyes to what's above you!
Anita Demitroff
  • Jun 29, 2021
  • 3 min

Look up and open your eyes to what's above you!

Last Tuesday's blog was based on a "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle, a book that encourages its readers to watch clouds and to open their...
Firing children's imaginations with Eric Carle's "Little Cloud" (3-6 years)
Margie Marc
  • Jun 22, 2021
  • 3 min

Firing children's imaginations with Eric Carle's "Little Cloud" (3-6 years)

Sometimes less is more and with this particular Eric Carle story, this does appear to be the case. The simplicity of "Little Cloud" is...
Selecting Picture Books (It’s a Monkey Puzzle)
Margie Marc
  • May 31, 2021
  • 4 min

Selecting Picture Books (It’s a Monkey Puzzle)

There are many attractive picture books available to use in the CLIL classroom, but how do we decide which to use? What are the key...
5 Tips for Fostering Creativity in the Art Class
Anita Demitroff
  • May 17, 2021
  • 3 min

5 Tips for Fostering Creativity in the Art Class

How can we get our learners to feel confident enough to be more innovative in art class? Many of us want to break away from uniform craft...
Crossing paths and sowing seeds: how colleagues from other fields can inspire you
Anita Demitroff
  • May 7, 2021
  • 5 min

Crossing paths and sowing seeds: how colleagues from other fields can inspire you

Today's installment of “C is for collaboration” is about Andrea Bettinelli, a teacher trained in Argentina who has helped many children...
What CLIL means to me
Itziar Hache
  • Apr 30, 2021
  • 3 min

What CLIL means to me

In the second in a series that celebrates the contribution of our colleagues, we asked this challenging question to Itziar Hache, who...
Loose Parts: a child-led approach that requires more dash than cash (7 tips)
Anita Demitroff
  • Apr 26, 2021
  • 7 min

Loose Parts: a child-led approach that requires more dash than cash (7 tips)

When the teacher takes the child’s lead: using Loose Parts in nurseries and the three-year-old classroom As an English teacher, do you...
C is for Collaboration
Anita Demitroff
  • Apr 23, 2021
  • 3 min

C is for Collaboration

On Fridays, we feature some of the people who have influenced those of us who make up You First Education, starting with one of Ana...
7 tricks to help align your English teaching with Pre-primary projects in the first language(s)
Anita Demitroff
  • Apr 19, 2021
  • 5 min

7 tricks to help align your English teaching with Pre-primary projects in the first language(s)

Up until recently, many teachers thought that CLIL started in Primary and that there was no place for topics like outer space or Egypt in...
How to give 9-layer lessons and get you (and your 3- to 9-year-olds) loving on-line CLIL classes!
Anita Demitroff
  • Apr 8, 2021
  • 6 min

How to give 9-layer lessons and get you (and your 3- to 9-year-olds) loving on-line CLIL classes!

A great on-line lesson is like a layer cake, because each layer has a different texture and a different flavour, according to this CLIL...
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