LEARN TO READ WITH STARFALL

STARFALL is a very funny and interesting page to learn reading in English for Pre-Primary and 1st cycle of Primary.

STARFALL es un página muy divertida e interesante para aprender a leer en Inglés, para de Ed. Infantil y 1º ciclo de Primaria.

Click on to enter - Pica para entrar

MARCH, 17th, SAINT PATRICK DAY

Learn the story of Saint Patrick with this song:

Aprende la historia de San Patricio con esta canción:

St Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin (Ireland), 17/03/2012

Desfile del Día de San Patricio en Dublín (Irlanda), 17/03/2012

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

IN THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S RIGHTS DAY: 

CONGRATULATIONS

EN EL DÌA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS DERECHOS DE LA MUJER:

FELICIDADES

HERO

 by Mariah Carey

There's a hero 

If you look inside your heart 

You don't have to be afraid 

Of what you are 

There's an answer 

If you reach into your soul 

And the sorrow that you know 

Will melt away 

And then a hero comes along 

With the strength to carry on 

And you cast your fears aside 

And you know you can survive 

So when you feel like hope is gone 

Look inside you and be strong 

And you'll finally see the truth 

That a hero lies in you 

It's a long road 

When you face the world alone 

No one reaches out a hand 

For you to hold 

You can find love 

If you search within yourself 

And the emptiness you felt 

Will disappear 

And then a hero comes along 

With the strength to carry on 

And you cast your fears aside 

And you know you can survive 

So when you feel like hope is gone 

Look inside you and be strong 

And you'll finally see the truth 

That a hero lies in you 

Lord knows 

Dreams are hard to follow 

But don't let anyone 

Tear them away 

Hold on 

There will be tomorrow 

In time 

You'll find the way 

And then a hero comes along 

With the strength to carry on 

And you cast your fears aside 

And you know you can survive 

So when you feel like hope is gone 

Look inside you and be strong 

And you'll finally see the truth 

That a hero lies in you

MAGIC ENGLISH from Disney

Have fun and learn with "MAGIC ENGLISH", the famous  course from Disney.  Here you can see the the playlist with the 32 videos (and also on the left column of this blog, look for the logo).

Diviértete y aprende con "MAGIC ENGLISH", el famoso curso de inglés de Disney. Aquí puedes ver  la lista de reproducción con los 32 vídeos (y también en la columna izquierda de este blog, busca el logo).

LIST OF CONTENTS - LISTA DE CONTENIDOS:

1 Hello - Hola

2 Familia- Family

3 Friends - Amigos

4 Happy House - Dulce Hogar

5 Animals friens - Amigos animales

6 It's Deliciosus - Es delicioso

7 Happy Birthday - Feliz Cumpelaños

8 Tick Tock Time - Que hora es

9 Night and Day - Noche y dia

10 Lets play - Vamos a jugar

11 the Numbers - Los numeros

12 At Home - En casa

13 My Body - Mi cuerpo

14 Party time - Tiempo de fiesta

15 Cooking - Cocinando

16 The forest - El Bosque

17 The sea - El mar

18 Let's Travel - Vamos a viajar

19 Colours - Colores

20 Wild animals - Animales salvajes

21 Funny Faces - Caras graciosas

22 Country Life - Vida de campo

23 Music - Musica

24 Mountains - Montañas

25 Changing Seasons - Estaciones del año

26 Fairyland - Mundo magico

27 The city - La Ciudad

28 Wild West - Oeste Salvaje

29 Everyday Life - Vida diaria

30 Big and Small - Grande y pequeño

31 Faraway Places - Lugares Lejanos

32 Villains – Villanos

If you want to keep on learning with Disney by watching original videos and movies, singing songs or playing games, visit the official American website:

Si quieres seguir aprendiendo con Disney viendo videos y películas originales, cantando canciones o jugando a juegos, visita la página oficial americana:

Here you can free download crafts, recipes, printable and colouring pages from the characters of Disney.
Aquí puedes descargar gratis manualidades, recetas y páginas para colorear y para imprimir de los personajes de Disney.

And on this link you can visit all the different websites all over the world from Disney International.

Y en este enlace puedes visitar todas las distintas páginas de todo el mundo de Disney Internacional.

THE BEATLES, 50 YEARS

In 2012 has been celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legendary pop music group "THE BEATLES" and there is a new musical in London that goes over its repertory.  To enter the official website, click on the picture:

In 2012 has been celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legendary pop music group "THE BEATLES" and there is a new musical in London that goes over its repertory. Para entrar en la página oficial, pica en la imagen:

WHAT DID YOU LEARN AT SCHOOL TODAY? by Pete Seeger

WHAT DID YOU LEARN AT SCHOOL TODAY? 
¿QUÉ APRENDISTE EN LA ESCUELA HOY?
Pete Seeger

Lyrics

(Translation is on the video
La traducción está en el vídeo)

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

I learned that Washington never told a lie.

I learned that soldiers seldom die.

I learned that everybody's free,

And that's what the teacher said to me.

Chorus

That's what I learned in school today,

That's what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

I learned that policemen are my friends.

I learned that justice never ends.

I learned that murderers die for their crimes

Even if we make a mistake sometimes.

Chorus

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

I learned our Government must be strong;

It's always right and never wrong;

Our leaders are the finest men

And we elect them again and again.

Chorus

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

I learned that war is not so bad;

I learned about the great ones we have had;

We fought in Germany and in France

And someday I might get my chance.

Chorus

VOCABULARY ABOUT JOBS

http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/jobs/index.html

CARNIVALS IN TRINIDAD

ENJOY THESE VIDEOS ABOUT THE CARNIVALS IN THE ISLE OF TRINIDAD: 

DISFRUTA DE ESTOS VIDEOS SOBRE LOS CARNAVALES DE LA ISLA DE TRINIDAD: 

 ¿Don't you know where Trinidad is? Here you are to go for a little walk... 

¿No sabes dónde está Trinidad? Aquí tienes, para darte un paseito...

Ver mapa más grande

If you want to learn about TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO:
Si quieres aprender sobre TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago

SPANISH CRISIS FROM A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW

A very optimistic video and useful to practise a bit of Business English.

Un vídeo muy optimista y útil para practicar un poco el inglés de negocios.

A very good dictionary and something more.

Un diccionario muy bueno y algo más.

Click on the image. Pica en la imagen.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang es una película musical, de 1968, dirigida por Ken Hughes y protagonizada por Dick Van Dyke ySally Ann Howes, adaptación de un libro de Ian Fleming (creador del Agente 007), llamado Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. LosHermanos Sherman escribieron las canciones muy elogiados y la música para la película. La canción "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (como el título de la película) fue nominada para un Óscar a la mejor canción original.

Para saber más:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang

Here there is the original song. 
Aquí está la canción original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTTzcXSLjhI

ENGLISH STORIES TO READ ALONG

13 videos - 13 story books to see and read at the same time. 13 vídeos - 13 libros de cuentos para ver y leer al mismo tiempo

First in English - Primero en Inglés

Then in Spanish - Después en Español

TWO GREAT PAGES TO LEARN ENGLISH FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

DOS PÁGINAS ESTUPENDAS 

PARA APRENDER INGLÉS

 EN PRIMARIA Y SECUNDARIA:

Let's Have Fun With English

Learn English.de

THE SOUND OF MUSIC - SONRISAS Y LÁGRIMAS

The sound of music Do Re Mi Fa
Version from the original film:
Do Re Mi Fa
"El sonido de la música" (Sonrisas y lágrimas)
Versión de la película original:
    

DO RE MI (The Sound of Music)

Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A-B-C
When you sing you begin with do-re-mi

Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi

[Maria:] Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
[spoken] Let's see if I can make it easy

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do

(oh-oh-oh)
[Maria and Children:] [Repeat above verse twice]

[Maria:] Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do So-do!

[Maria: (spoken)]
Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on
are only the tools we use to build a song.
Once you have these notes in your heads,
you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up.
Like this.

So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[spoken] Can you do that?
[Children:] So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[Maria:] So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Children:] So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Maria:] [spoken] Now, put it all together.

[Maria and Children:]
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Maria:] [spoken] Good!
[Brigitta:] [spoken] But it doesn't mean anything.
[Maria:] [spoken] So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this.

When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
[spoken] Together!

[Maria and Children:]
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

Doe, a deer, a female deer…

Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re

[Children:]
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
[Repeat above verse 4x as Maria sings]

[Maria:]
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

[Maria and Children:] 

  Doe, a deer, a female deer…

[Maria:] [Children:]
Do . . . So Do
Re . . . La Fa
Mi . . . Mi Do
Fa . . . Re
So . . . So Do
La . . . La Fa
Ti . . . La So Fa Mi Re
Ti Do - oh - oh Ti Do -- So Do

Easy to sing version from
the "Muffins songs" with lyrics
Versión fácil de cantar de 
"Canciones de magdalenas" con letra

 

Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film is based on the Broadway musicalThe Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and screenplay written byErnest Lehman. The musical originated with the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. It contains many popular songs, including "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Do-Re-Mi", "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", and "The Lonely Goatherd", as well as the title song.

The movie version was filmed on location in Salzburg, Austria; Bavaria in Southern Germany; and at the20th Century Fox Studios in California. It was photographed in 70mm Todd-AO format by Ted D. McCord. It won a total of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and displaced Gone with the Wind as thehighest-grossing film of all-time. The cast album was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry as it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

(Copied from the Wikipedia on this adress:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music)

The Sound of Music (1965, Sonrisas y lágrimas en España yLa novicia rebelde en Latinoamérica) es una película dirigida porRobert Wise y protagonizada por Julie Andrews y Christopher Plummer. Basada en el musical de Broadway del mismo nombre (con canciones escritas por Richard Rodgers y Oscar Hammerstein II) y con un guion de Ernest Lehman, la película es una adaptación de la novela La historia de los cantantes de la familia Trapp, publicada por María von Trapp que tuvo version de cine en 1956, Die Trapp-Familie. El rodaje tuvo lugar enSalzburgo y en los estudios de la 20th Century Fox en California. La película ganó un Oscar a Mejor Película y es uno de los musicales más exitosos jamás producido. La imagen de Austriaen los Estados Unidos así como en muchos otros países asiáticos y latinoamericanos ha sido, hasta el día de hoy, altamente influenciada por la película.

(Copiado de la Wikipedia en esta dirección:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music)


Two performances made in two different train stations based on this song:
Dos representaciones hechas en dos diferentes estaciones de tren basadas en esta canción:

Do Re Mi - Tawa College
Wellington Railway Station,
New Zealand 
 

Sound of Music | Central Station
 Antwerp (Belgium)

The spanish version of  the musical "The Sound of Music" is now being represented in Spain, in The Coliseum Theatre in Madrid. Click on the picture to enter in the official page of the play:

La versión española del musical Sonrisas y Lágrimas está representándose ahora en España en el Teatro Coliseo de Madrid. Pica en la dibujo para entrar en la página oficial de la obra: