All Blog Posts Tagged 'xmas' (15)

Thanks to Jamie at Languagenut.com for sharing this link  to free KS2 French, Spanish and Chinese resources for Christmas.

Click HERE to find songs with soundfiles and lyrics,…

Track Santa around the world live tonight!

It's true! You can track le Père Noël tonight as he travels around the world delivering presents to all the children.



NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command track Santa live each year and plot his…

Christmas at Gorseville - as a huge fan of Monsieur Gorse's work, I would like to share the above movie with you - and heartily recommend you subscribe to the 'Mrgorse' channel on…

 Another festive online game - this time from German site http://www.adventsweb.de/onlinegames/geschenkesammeln.htm that requires no language to play: simply use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move Santa from left to right to catch as many…

 German today - instructions to make festive finger puppets free from…

Christmas isn't Noel without…

Can you count to 24 in French?

Good!

Then try this interactive advent calendar - click and count each door on the clock - but watch out for the cuckoo!…

Here is another online game from the French website fete-enfants.com that you do not need any language to be able to enjoy:



Can you rearrange the puzzle pieces to make a penguin?…

Many households in France, particularly those which are catholic, will have a 'crib' scene - a selection of figures to represent the Holy family in Bethlehem.



You can print out paper templates to colour and make your own class crib or…

Calendrier de l'avent en chansons - as featured before, this is an online advent calendar that I never tire of... Each numbered 'present' is a different carol. Simple but genius.…

'Tete a modeler' is a great site to find simple craft activites for children with step-by-step illustrated instructions that are easy enough for English children to follow.

The link below will take you to a make'n'do Father Christmas made with cones of red and white paper and some 'pinking shears' (those wavy-edged scissors, though you could just as easily skip that and use ordinary scissors.…

Looking for some festive video clips for a last minute language class? YouTube has great clips. My favourites are the Pigloo series which comes in French – Moi J’aime skier…

Here’s a list of easy activities as we prepare for Christmas in school.

• Get crafty - use greetings in target language to make Christmas cards - but make it an activity to practise colours by making your own colour-by-numbers…