It's Christmas time!

Christmas is getting close and we are dedicating part of our class time to Christmas activities.

We are decorating the classroom with materials produced by the children themselves. The teacher comments on the material as the children produce them.

We also learn and sing Christmas carols. The older children have chosen the carols themselves and we have selected carols for the younger children which are suitable for their level of English. 

We work on the specific vocabulary and pronunciation of these carols and we also brainstorm other Christmas vocabulary which the children write on the board.

All of these activities are designed to give children practice with the two most basic skills of language learning: listening and speaking.

We have also included the concept of solidarity as part of the Christmas spirit.