Sweet Family Portrait

Here is an easy Valentines craft for your young students.

Materials:
4 wood craft sticks per student.
1 family picture or drawing.
Heart cut outs (enough to cover the sticks)
String
Glue

Instructions:

Glue the craft sticks together to create a square frame about the size of the picture. Then, let the students cover the front of the frame with heart cut-outs. Next secure the front of the picture to the back of the frame by gluing it around the edges. Finally glue a loop of string at the back of the frame for hanging.

Origami Heart

Here are the instructions to make an Origami Heart, enjoy it with your students!!

1. Start with your paper white side up. Fold in half and unfold. Then fold in half the opposite way and unfold.	2. Fold the top and the bottom edges into the centre line	3. Fold the two bottom corners up to the top centre point and unfold

4. Now fold the 2 top corners down to the bottom centre point and unfold.	5. Fold the outside edges in to the points shown and unfold.	6. Fold all four corners in to the creases just made.

7. Now we are going to form the heart. Hold the model by the corners, as shown, and bring these corners together.	8. Still holding the model together, bring the outside edges toward each other.

9. The model should now look something like this. Push the two triangles together underneath the model.	10. Lay flat on the table. Fold the two top corners down to the crease shown and unfold.	11. Use these creases to inside reverse fold these corners, so the model now looks like this.

12. Fold the uppermost flaps down. Then fold the tips inward	13. Fold the triangles back up.	Finished Heart!

Christmas tree decorations:

Materials:


Small balloon (water balloon)
White Glue
Yarn (green and red)
Glitter 


What You Do:



Blow up a small balloon for each child. Dip yarn pieces into a mixture of glue and water. Then have children put the yarn over the balloon until it is mostly covered. Finally, pour glitter over the balloon and let dry.
When it is dry you can pop the balloon and remove it.
These are fabulous tree decorations.

Teaching songs and rhymes

Music is one of the prefered activities of preschool students. A wide selection of songs and rhymes increases concentration, attracting students' attention and improving memory. Tracks are a fun and effective way of exposing children to new lexical sets and language structures as well as of reviewing them. To teach songs and rhymems, play the track for exposure. Then model the words with the actions without the music and have students repeat chorally. Then repeat the track and have students join in.

MI activities / preschool

The MI activities (Multiple Intelligence activities) are designed to help students develop their different intelligences as well as to cater to students with different learning styles. Choose the activities that best suit your students' interests and needs.
Tips:
- Prepare material ahead of time and make sure there is enough for everyone to complete the task successfully.
- To extend language practice, talk students through the activity while demonstrating what you are saying.
- Warn students not to swallow paint, glue, ink or any other substance.
- Make sure there is enough room for physical activities such as jumping or running.
- Demonstrate the activity in front of the class. Have all material ready in advance and use simple but clear language as you guide students through the activity.
- Exhibit and praise students' work equally, without making comparisons.

Teaching Tip / Preschool

Since children have diverse learning styles, classes are more effective when material is presented through a variety of media. For example, manual activities appeal both to visual and kinesthetic learners. By using story books with CD, you can engage both auditory and visual learners. TPR activities simultaneously benefit children's kinesthetic, auditory and visual skills. Remember to include a variety of activity types in each lesson to keep all students motivated.

I went to the Zoo

Have students sit in a circle. Choose a student to begin. This student will say, "I went to the zoo and I saw a lion." The next student will then say, "I went to the zoo and I saw a lion and a cheetah." Game continues, with each student recalling all previously mentioned animals and adding another zoo animal. If a student misses an animal or cannot think of one to add, start all over again. Challenge students to remember all of the animals presented in the class.
You can use most of the vocabulary you introduce in class to play this game.