6-7 YEAR-OLD KIDS

SESSION PLANNING:

8:30H-9.30H CLASS

9:30H-10:00H BREAKTIME

10:00H-10:30H CLASS: STORYTIME ACTIVE LISTENING

10:30H-11:00 BREAK

11:00-11:30H PLURILINGUAL ACTIVITIES

11:30H-12:00H LUNCHTIME

12:00H-14:30H DUS (FINISH LUNCH, WATCH A SHORT FILM, PLAY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE)

14:30-15:00H ELF ACTIVITY

8:30H-9:30H. THEY STARTED THE CLASS SHARING THE PLANNING OF THE DAY. THEN, THEY WATCHED AND LISTENED TO A SONG AND THEY SANG IT. THEY OPENED TOGETHER THE ADVENT CALENDAR. 

THEY PRACTICED NUMBERS. THEY CHOSE A NUMBER AND THAT NUMBER EXPLAINED A CHRISTMAS TRADITION. TODAY, IT IS "TIÓ" TURN. I EXPLAINED OUR CATALAN TRADITION SHOWING A TEDDY "TIÓ" FROM CATALONIA. WE SANG TOGETHER THE "TIÓ" SONG.

SECRET SANTA MOMENT. ONE KID OPENED A PRESENT THAT ANOTHER KID HAS BROUGHT. EVERY DAY A DIFFERENT KID OPENS A GIFT.  

LATER, THE TEACHER OPENED AN ENVELOPE AND READ A SANTA’S MESSAGE. STUDENTS HAD TO DO AN INDIVIDUALLY ACTIVITY TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE STOLEN SANTA’S SLEIGH.

10:00H-10:30H. STORYTIME ACTIVE LISTENING:

THE TEACHER TOLD A STORY, FIRST WITH THE BOOK AND THEN, THE STORY WAS RETOLD FOLLOWING THE IMAGES OF THE SCREEN. AFTERWARDS, SHE ASKED TO THE STUDENTS COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

THEY SANG A SONG OF THE DANISH ALPHABET. 

THEY MAINLY FOCUS ON ORAL ACTIVITIES, SINCE THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFICULT SOUNDS TO LEARN IN DANISH. 

10:30H-11:00H BREAKTIME.  USING A SNOW SUITE DUE TO THE COLD DAY.

11:00-11:30H. PLURILINGUAL ACTIVITIES:

THE TEACHER INTRODUCED A PLURILINGUAL ACTIVITY THROUGH A VIDEO ABOUT KIDS FROM UGANDA AND THE WAY THEY LIVE. AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO STUDENTS COMPARED ORALLY ABOUT HOW IS THE STYLE OF LIFE IN UGANDA AND IN DENMARK. THEY ALSO COMMENTED HOW THEY HELP AND COULD HELP IN THEIR HOMES. LATER, WE WATCHED A VIDEO AND KIDS FROM UGANDA TAUGHT US THE NUMBERS IN THEIR LANGUAGE.

WE PRACTICED THE NUMBERS, AND SOME KIDS TAUGHT THE NUMBERS IN THEIR MOTHER TONGUE (FINNISH & POLISH) OR IN A LANGUAGE THAT THEY KNEW, BECAUSE IT WAS LEARNED WHILE TRAVELLING ABROAD (ENGLISH & GREEK). FINALLY, THEY TAUGHT ME THE NUMBERS IN DANISH AND I TAUGHT THEM THE NUMBERS IN CATALAN AND IN SPANISH TOO. 

12:00H-14:30H DUS:

“DUS” IS THE MOMENT, AFTER LESSONS, WHERE KIDS CAN CHOOSE FREELY WHAT TO DO.

THIS MONTH OF DECEMBER, AS IT IS SPECIAL FOR CHRISTMAS TIME, THEY ALSO WATCH A SHORT FILM ('30) WHILE THEY FINISH EATING THEIR LUNCH BROUGHT FROM HOME, BECAUSE THERE IS NO SCHOOL CANTEEN.

• Start the day singing together and congratulating a child for her birthday in front of the rest.

• Sharing with the classmates the planning of the class.

• Ring a bell just once to keep children's attention and so that the teacher avoids speaking louder.

• Give more importance to the oral activites rather than the writing ones.

• Promoting active listening and speaking.

• The chance to let children participate into a plurilingual activity.

• Short activities with breaks between them (1h class-30' break-1h class-30' break).

• In this level they mainly introduce the alphabet sounds, they do not focus on writing.

• Introcude in print and uppercase letters from the very beginning (no use of joined-up writing).