Reading map

Some days ago, the teacher told us we had to do an activity, which at first, it did not seem very useful, but now I find it very educational and fun. It consisted of creating a drawing by way of map which appeared the books we have read throughout our lives indicating those have been the most important.

This activity helped me to:

      - Remember the books that have influenced me.

      - Point out the kind of reading is the one I like.

      - Know schematizing my literature life.

      - Learn new vocabulary related to the subject of literature.

These kinds of activities could be applied to other subjects for making visual summaries of what has been studied in previous years, such as: murals for the subject Arts and posters with planets or Earth cycles for natural sciences.

Finally, I liked the idea of ​​the museum with all reading maps exposed for the people; in this way the whole class can see all books read by the partners and share opinions about them.

nursery rhymes

One of classroom activitiesthat I really like so much was the nursery rhyme, which is a series of short songs with rhythm that tell a story or make reference to any historical period.

An example of nursery rhyme song:

It has been argued that nursery rhymes set to music in a child´s development. Research also supports the assertion that music and rhyme increase a child´s ability in spatial reasoning, which leads to greater success in school in the subjects of mathematics and science.

Finally, I have learned that nursery rhymes is a very effective method for children to learn new vocabulary, while they sing and have great time, and also they acquire new knowledges about historical facts.

 It has been a fun activity!!

JOLLY PHONICS

The pronunciation of children is a very important factor to keep in mind from an early age and as teachers, we must start working on this topic with children from the first moment.

The method we are studying in this moment is:

Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve.

Jolly Phonics teachs five skills:

1. Learning the letter sounds.

2. Learning letter formation.

3. Blending. 

4. Identifying the sounds in words (segmenting).

5. Tricky words.

In summary, Jolly phonics is a method that works the pronunciation of children using simple songs for students, for they can  understand them without problems.

Jolly Phonics songs are formed by new sounds, images related to the new sounds, pictures that introduce vocabulary and gestures that represent sounds.

Finally, I have done this type of activity with children in my practicum period I must say that is an activity that students love because they have a great time while they learn new vocabulary and pronunciation.