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Playground Craft
We had a lot of fun making, and playing, with this playground set in our Kinder classes.
The children have been learning playground vocabulary such as slide, swing. see-saw as well as the verbs, run, jump, climb etc. This craft allowed them to bring all the words together as they moved their character around the playground.
Big thanks to the Welcome to Our World teacher resource book for the idea.
More new Books for our School Library
More books for our library. These twelve books from the Disney World of English programme were given to us by a student who no longer had a need for them.
While they're designed to used with the Disney World of English programme, on their own they still are quite usable. Each book has content rich pages featuring all your favourite Disney characters, and questions on each page encourage the child to speak English.
Penfriends in Argentina
As part of englishpool's involvement in the Penfriends from Cambridge system we recently completed our match with Like English Institute in Argentina.
The students really enjoyed reading the card sent and as with all penfriend completed matches we plotted the school on our world map!
Student Passports
These are englishpool's new passports. Initailly 'issued' to students in our elementary A classes they contain pages listing the words and key phrases that should be mastered each unit.
Once mastered the page is stamped and they can move onto the next unit. Bon voyage!
a b c d e f....
While knowing the alphabet song is not so important, I thought it may be useful to have a alphabet strip in the classroom.
After looking at what was available commercially, or for download, I decided to make my own.
Quite easy really...don't know why I didn't think of it before now.
ペンフレンド
イングリッシュプールはケンブリッジEnglishペンフレンドの登録校なのを、ご存知ですか？
世界中の英語を勉強している子ども達と、手紙を介し交流を図っています。
このケンブリッジEnglishペンフレンドは世界138か国、１万校以上の登録がありますが、
おそらく日本では唯一イングリッシュプールだけだと思います！（すごい！）
既に、ギリシャ・スペイン・ロシア・ウクライナの子ども達とのやりとりが始まっている中、
新たにアルゼンチンから手紙が届きました。
イングリッシュプールでは、小Bクラス以上の生徒たちが、早速その返事を書いている最中です。
もともと母国語でアルファベットを使っている国の子ども達からの手紙なので
字の癖もさまざま（笑）読み解くのに苦労することもありますが、分かった時の喜びもひとしおです！
それぞれの国により、イラストの雰囲気が違うのも面白いですね＾＾
さて、日本からの便りは世界の子どもたちの目にどんな風に届いているのでしょう？
Front Page!
Surprised to make the front page of the Shinjuku local community newspaper last week.
It was in connection with the annual Shinjuku Kosodate Messe event, held last weekend.
Funny thing is, that this year, englishpool wasn't involved...
テキストのご紹介
新学期が始まって、2か月が経ちました。新入生の皆さんもイングリッシュプールの教室に慣れてきた頃でしょうか？
ベテラン（笑）の生徒さん達は、新しいクラスメイトと仲良くなれましたか？
今日はイングリッシュプールで使っているテキストのご紹介をしたいと思います。
まずは年中・年長さんの通うキンダークラス。
さすがナショジオから出版されているだけあって、とても素敵な写真を使っています。
まるで図鑑のようなので、それを見るだけでも価値があり！です。
あ！そうそう！
テキストの表紙裏にはパスワードがついているのをご存知でしょうか？
インターネットに接続して、パスワードを入れると
テキストのUnitごとの音声・ビデオ映像を見ることができます。
レッスンの復習はもちろん、本当は見せたくないのに、つい見せてしまっているYouTubeの代わりに
活用できること間違いなし！です
是非！是非！ご活用ください！！
テキストにはセットのワークブックがついていて、主にレッスン中に使用します。
色を塗る、線をなぞる、クラフトワークなどは一見、単純作業のように思えますが、
手を使うトレーニングも兼ねています。こういったトレーニングは、文字を書く作業に大変役に立つので、
しっかりやっていきます。
読む、書く、聞く、話すの4技能をバランスよく備えたテキストです。
お父さん、お母さんも是非！お子さんと一緒にテキストを開いてみてください。
その中に書かれてあること、なんでも良いです。話し合ってみてください。
一緒に興味を持つことが、子供たちの学習のモチベーションんをUPさせてくれることでしょう。
Friends in South America
As part of the Penfriends from Cambridge programme we are involved in, englishpool now has friends in Argentina. Time to get creating some new cards!
At the Shops
Over on the gallery page I've uploaded some of our upper-elementary students work on the theme of 'At the Shops'.
Can you find your child's work?
More...
Eiken Tests
The Summer Session EIKEN tests will be held from June 2nd. While we don't explicitly teach EIKEN in our regular Elementary and Junior High School classes I do sometimes use past tests as part of our classes. The children are normally surprised at how many questions they can answer, despite having never studied for the test (Although it doesn't surprise me at all, after all learning is not just about studying to pass a particular test!)
If I've heard they passed the first test then we will spend a bit of time practising the interviews to remove some of the fears they have about speaking English in front of a stranger.
And remember if your child is taking an EIKEN test please tell me and I can maybe offer some practice in class.
More info about EIKEN in English.
Clearwater Beach
A big thank you to one of our English Cafe Class students who brought back this gift from her recent visit to Clearwater Beach in Florida.
We also enjoyed munching through the Dove PROMISES chocolates she brought back and reading the messages inside each individually wrapped chocolate.
Toyama Kindergarten
Today we were asked if we could display this poster for Toyama Kindergarten, and as we have every year we said, 'yes'. Especially as many of our own students at englishpool attend, will attend or have attended.
The poster looks great, and is a departure from their usual hand made and cut posters.
And to be fair to other child-care facilities/kindergartens in the Wakamatsu-cho, Kawada-cho, Okubo and Toyama areas here's a list:
Chacha Higashi-toyama Kodomo-en
Comming Soon... (???)
Advertising poster for the new udon shop that will open soon in the same building as englishpool.
Can you spot the mistake?
Maybe there's an opportunity to offer English classes for the staff!
