“There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly” free printables and lesson ideas

What I love about this book is the repeating vocabulary and funny storyline that captivates children. It's the perfect book to build a lesson around for little English learners.

Learning English Outside in Nature

There are so many ways to teach English through busy outside activities, it just takes a little creativity! On Mondays I had part of my lesson outside.  It's Autumn here in Switzerland and that means beautiful leaves, crisp evening and morning air and harvest! Yesterday we were collecting chestnuts, opening them, and looking to see … Continue reading Learning English Outside in Nature

five little ducks -song, book and craft

(This post contains affiliate links) This is one of my all-time favourite English lessons for toddlers and young children, they just love this song and book combination.  I own the book with CD, which gives me the option to read to the children and also to let it play in the background while we are doing … Continue reading five little ducks -song, book and craft