Friday, June 19, 2009

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

School is finished! Congratulations for your wonderful works on this blog, kids!
I hope you continue using it during your summer holidays. As you know, you´ve got lots of resources on the sidebar (games, music, videos...) to improve your English.
Until next school year, children. SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS

The end of the school year is coming, kids. It´s time to review all the vocabulary and grammatical structures learned at Linguasnet English Course. This program includes 14 lessons with animations, interactive exercises, listen & repeat activities and games.
Have fun with Xia, Ivan, Akil, Max and the teacher!

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Monday, June 15, 2009

SACKBOY GENERATOR

Create and play with your own Sackboys or Sackgirls at Little Big Planet.
First name your Sackboy and then customise him however you like. You can change his expression, style and costume. When you´ve finished, click on your Sackboy to play (the toy will do some actions like "walking", "waving", "shaking head"...)
*To save and share your Sackboy you need to register. It´s free.
Enjoy!

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

BUILD A STORY AT KERPOOF STUDIO

Click on "Make a Story" at Kerpoof Studio, select a background, decorate it with several matching stamp objects (all objects can be rotated and resized) and add text speech bubbles.
On this website you can also make a drawing, a picture, a movie or a card!
Enjoy becoming a cartoon artist!

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Friday, June 12, 2009

LEARN AND SING YOUR FAVOURITE ENGLISH SONGS

On the Karaoke Party website you can find lots of songs with the lyrics and videos of the original singer.
Choose your favourite song, click on "INFO" button and then "PREVIEW" to listen to the song, watch the video or look at the lyrics (words of the song) at the bottom of each page. Then try to sing along but... don´t use microphones in the classroom, please!
Have fun improving your pronunciation and listening skills!

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

SINGING TELEGRAM MACHINE

KakoMessenger lets you send a singing telegram instead of a simple text email (click on the image to hear my message).
Now try it yourself: select the singer that you would like to sing your text for you (Humphrey or Gina) and then type the message in the box (make sure that you are careful with your spelling and punctuation). Once you are done, click on "PLAY" and check out the result. If you like the message, send it to someone by email.
Be creative and have fun!

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

CREATE FUNNY PICTURES WITH PIZAP

PiZap is a very fun photo editor that lets you create wacky images easily with your digital pictures. You can add photo effects, change eyes, mouths, noses, hair, ears, add hundreds of original stickers and much more. Finally type something funny in English into the speech bubbles or add colourful phrases from the gallery.
*Remember: save your work sending it to your friends and family or into your computer folders.
Enjoy playing with your pictures!

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

SING WITH THE PIRATES

Listen to this catchy song "I sail the sea" and travel around the world with these intrepid pirates!

You can read more animated books, listen to musical stories and play games at Silly Books. So much to do on this website, children. Click on any picture and enjoy!

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

EXPLORE MODERN ART

Travel to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and P.S.1 Contemporany Art Center in New York City with an alien creature!
On the Destination: Modern Art website you can look carefully at artworks, learn about artists, their techniques, their inspirations and play online activities.
Click on an artwork to go to the activities and use the arrow buttons to move back and forth.
Enjoy your journey exploring modern art, kids!

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

BEN & JERRY´S ICE CREAM MAKER

Make your own Ben & Jerry´s Ice Cream flavour in four easy steps: pick up your ice cream base, add some chunks, add some swirls and then name your ice cream. You can also add an image to your ice cream carton. When you´ve finished, share your creation with your friends.

My flavour combines caramel, milk chocolate, hazelnut and almond chunks and chocolate cookie swirl. Yummy!
Mix your own, children!

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

MAKE NEW DOG BREEDS!

You can create your own crazy little mutt by combining different parts of different dogs into one at Mutt Maker. Then you can put on funny pet accessories to the new breed. Finally, get your certificate of legacy giving a name and send it to your friends or print it out.
Look at my creation: It´s a "Huskbassweilerdog", it´s wearing cowboy boots and glasses and it´s smoking a pipe!

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