MUSIC
Music is everywhere... on the television, on the radio, when you're driving in the car to the school... kids are listening to music involuntarily a lot of hours daily. May be and probably, they like some songs in english... why not to help them to understand the meaning of the song by using translation? Be sure that your children will be happier if they are able to sing them favorites songs properly!
Some good resources for achive it are these:
On www.songstraducidas.com (you can go directly to the page by making click on the photo below) you will find all the lyrics of your favorites songs in english and in spanish.
Cantanding.com ( go to the page by clicking on the picture below ) it's like a real karaoke, you can sing with the music!
TALES
Another way of learning english by using listening resources is using stories. Probably kids know Goldilocks story in his maternal language, but have the ever listen to them in english? Will they recognize it? Try it, in class or in home!
In this Youtube channel, BritishCouncilLEKids, you can find lots of stories, like Little Red Riding Hood:
CAN WE SING MATHS?
Another interesant resource for introducing english in diferent subjects, by listening and speaking, it's playing with maths. Can pupils learn maths singing in english? Let's look at this video!
