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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...

“Not a Stick”: A Creativity-boosting Activity with More Dash than Cash!

In his video, Changing Education Paradigms, the late Sir Keith Robinson mentioned that as children grow older, they become more rational,...

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...

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:...

Memories in a Matchbox to Integrate Social Studies

Can you fit your life into a cigar box? Can you imagine leaving home forever, never to return? The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleishman,...

The Power of Storytelling

Every family has its own stories, passed down from relatives or taken from beloved books. And an older teacher can see how the same...

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...

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)

Sometimes less is more and with this particular Eric Carle story, this does appear to be the case. The simplicity of "Little Cloud" is...

Teachers: What are You Still (very) Hungry for? (Inspired by Eric Carle)

Eric Carle, illustrator and author of many a classic children's book, passed away on 23 May 2021. Following on from our last two blog...

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...