Hello! I'm back to tell you what book has been always my favorite. 
This is Pinocchio. When I was little my father used to read me the classic and original one. Later, once I started reading I had a good version adapted to my level and age.
It is important to bear in mind that not all the children books are adapted properly for their level. Sometimes we find books which use a difficult vocabulary and grammar structures. It is important that children find a book motivating and, kind of, easy to read. This is the best way to encourage our children to keep reading and improve their reading skills.
I liked pinocchio because it was full of fantasy and had a good message behind. I truly believed that my nose would grow if I dare to lie. 
 What was your favorite book? 
here you have a selection of some english books that I consider amazing for children!! Hope you enjoy reading them to your children! 

Alba xx

Purpose & benefits of using songs in the FLC.

Hello!

It is time to talk about the use of songs in the FLC and its benefits.

Other than listening songs just because they are enjoyable and motivating, it can be used in the FLC with specific linguistic and cultural purposes.

Songs and music, with other tones, rhythm and stress can provide for some languages a suitable way to teach and practice the several skills we group together under the term of pronunciation.

Songs are especially useful to present sounds connected in speech. But the most obvious uses of songs regarding phonetics have to do with the characteristics of the English language being a stress-timed language, as opposed to Spanish, that is a syllable-timed language. Therefore, every song in English could be used to work on this aspect of pronunciation.

Songs, as poems, are also an effective vehicle for practicing a particular grammar structure because to work on songs repetition is compulsory. And with each repetition the structure becomes more deeply internalized.

Carolyn Grahan, aware of the enormous potential of songs for working grammar developed her Jazz chants and gave one of her books the title of Grammarchants which is very useful for esl teachers.

Jazzchants, action songs, and other songs in which some structures are repeated several times are usually adequate for practicing vocabulary too, as students find easy to pay attention to them.

It is important to mention that in the FLC learners must come into contact with the foreign culture in order to learn its aspects that contribute to the comprehension of the messages.

The cultural contents appearing in a song can constitute an excuse for developing further activities on those cultural aspects.

Put in on practice! Use songs in your esl classes and tell me about the results. What are the songs you usually use with your students? Share it with me!

Thanks for reading,

 Alba xx

What a great teacher!

Hello :)

Today, while I was having a coffee I had a memory of my favorite teacher.

I was in 3^rd course of Preschool and she had the whole class amazed. All of her students were enchanted by her kindness and endless smiley face.

She taught us a lot of things using songs and acting out stories that she used to tell us daily.

However, what I liked the most was her teaching style fostering our imagination and creativity.

Nowadays, I believe that a good teacher must lead the students out of their comfort zone.

Bring the learners out of such a comfortable place and motivate them to do so is not easy.

The unknown causes us doubts and frighten us because we have no control over the situation. We must learn to accept uncertainty and what we find along the way, as it will lead us to the discovery.

The road ahead is very important and our students have to enjoy it. It is full of magic, surprises, joy, creativity and much prominence. They have to learn how to be protagonists of their own lives. This way they can enjoy more daily, feel useful and be creative in what they do. To do this, we need to let our students to be brave, make mistakes, lose and discover their talents.

We, as teachers, must be open to do new and different things as usual and take our students to face themselves.

Thanks for reading.

Much love,

Alba xx

Welcome on board!

Hello everyone,

I'm Alba a Spanish kindergarten teacher, I love teaching, travelling, laughing, singing (even though I'm a terrible singer), glitter and always see the bright side of things. 

Creating a blog is a good way to express yourself and also to show the world what are your thoughts, ideas or interests about something ( no matter if it is in particular or in general). So, I've decided to write about education which is my major and passion.

I love teaching because it brings me a satisfaction that I could never have asked for. It’s very gratifying to see how the students improve while we lead them teaching how to learn. Also, it’s a rewarding profession since every day the learners enlighten me with their thoughts and imagination which raise me as a person emotionally and professionally.

Hope you enjoy reading me and you find this blog useful when reading further posts I have in mind. 

Welcome to my blog & thanks for reading me.

ENJOY THE RIDE.... Alba xx