Despite some hiccups with the COVID-19 restrictions we managed to have a fantastic term full of laughs, fun and learning.
To keep it fun we use different resources:
We look forward to more fun next term.
In Italian, from 0yo.
The famous tale of the caterpillar who spends his week eating so he can transform into a beautiful butterfly.
This book is ideal to expand children’s vocabulary, such as food, the day and night, the metamorphosis of the caterpillar, colours, days of the week…
For more information visit http://bit.ly/39zCRN0
French workshops 2020 Q1
**We offer fun workshops for children 3 to 6 where they learn how to speak French with fun activities, such as singing, dancing, playing games, colouring and making craft.
On Saturdays, at 10am, at the restaurant El asador, 324 Bulwer street, Perth.
**French for children 6+
In this class our learners already speak well. We expand our vocabulary by learning different topics such as science, art, sports, hobbies… as well as learn how to write and read.
We also organise a few session on culture.
On Saturdays at 11am at the restaurant El asador, 324 Bulwer street, Perth.
Our Tuesday session at 4pm in Beeliar (Full)
Is a mix of the workshops and a class for 6+ children.
In all our groups we strongly encourage the children to interact between themselves to practise their speaking skills.
Free trial session, then $20/child/class
Email us or comment to find out more.
Spanish workshops 2020 Q1
**We offer fun workshops for children 3 to 6 where they learn how to speak Spanish with fun activities, such as singing, dancing, playing games, colouring and making craft.
On Saturdays, at 9am, at the restaurant El Asador, 324 Bulwer Street, Perth.
**Spanish for children 6+
In this class we follow the methodology for the DELE, we expand our speaking skills as well as learning how to write and read.
We also organise a few sessions on culture.
On Saturdays at 8am at the restaurant El Asador, 324 Bulwer Street, Perth.
In all our groups we strongly encourage the children to interact between themselves to practise their speaking skills.
Free trial session, then $20/child/class
Email us or comment to find out more.
Spanish & French workshops designed for children 3 to 6yo.
We learn Spanish & French singing, playing, baking, listening to stories and interacting with the other children.
Cost: $20/child/session
Free trial session.
For more info email info@letoboggan.com.au
Spanish
Saturdays from 8:45am to 9:45am, at the El Asador restaurant, 324 Bulwer Street, Perth.
French
Saturdays from 10am to 11am, at the El Asador restaurant, 324 Bulwer Street, Perth.
Tuesdays, from 4pm to 5pm, in Beeliar.
Starting on Saturday 4th May until Tuesday 2nd July 2019.
A bientôt ! Hasta pronto!
Our Spanish and French workshops for children 3 to 6yo are back in 2019.
We find children learn better when they are having fun so we play while learning Spanish or French. We encourage interactivity between the children so they get to practise their language skills.
Some of the activities of our workshops are:
Reading stories, craft, playing games, singing songs, baking, drawing, colouring, writing, treasure hunting, etc…
Time and places are as follows:
Spanish
Saturdays – 8:45 to 9:45, at the restaurant El asador, 324 Bulwer street, Perth
French
Saturdays – 10:15am to 11:15am, at the restaurant El asador, 324 Bulwer street, Perth .Tuesdays – 4pm to 5pm, at 78 Lesueur Pass, Beeliar (SOR)
Starting on Tuesday 5th February
Cost is $20/child/session. Discount available when 2 children are enrolled at the same time. FREE trial session. Pay as you go. No charge if you cannot attend.
We kindly request that you notify us if you are enrolled and cannot attend and if you wish a FREE trial session. We want to make sure there are enough resources for all the children.
Email us for more info info@letoboggan.com.au
We run Spanish & French workshops for children 3-6yo.
We encourage learning through play-based activities. We sing, play games, read stories, do craft, have fun…
For more information on our free trial class email us at info@letoboggan.com.au
Our sessions run for 1hr including packing time.
Spanish
Saturday 8:45 am at the El Asador restaurant, Perth.
French
Tuesday 4pm, Beeliar.
Saturday 10:15am at the El Asador restaurant, Perth.
Savenger hunts and ‘I spy’ games are among our favourite ways to teach new words to a child while having fun.
It is easy to put organise it just requires a little bit of time.
For our first session of this term we went to Naturescape in Kings Park for a scavenger hunt. I went a few days prior to take pictures and see what the children could collect.
It is the same principle with the “I spy” activity, take a few pictures and add a fun and short comment to make it easy for the children to memorise. You can either do a monolingual version or a bilingual. Since not all the parents do not speak French or Spanish, I tend to produce bilingual worksheets.
Once the pictures are taken, paste them onto a word document and add a comment or in this case I just wrote the names in Spanish next to the pictures.
Then you give the children each a bag and explain that they are little explorers on a mission, they have to find all the items of the list and put them inside the bag.
I like collaborative games rather than competitive, so I encourage them to help each other. You can give them a prize but it is not necessary, they are so happy going on a hunt!
Be mindful of always keeping safety in mind first and do not produce a list too long, you do not want them to lose interest half way through the game.
You can always ask questions about what they have found when you all get together and give them a chance to practise the language they are learning.
Questions such as:
Where did you find this? What is it? Is it heavy or light? Is it big or small? Where does it come from? (a feather from a bird, a leaf from a tree)…. Can you tell me about the colours or the shape? etc…
Click here for a sample of our worksheet so you can get some inspiration and make your own.
Below are the items collected by one of our little explorers.
Never forget that children learn best when they have fun. You can organise and ‘I spy” at home, in your backyard, in your child’s bedroom or toy room. No need to make it really hard.
Children get tired quickly, so keep it short and interesting.
Spanish workshops starting soon!
Enrolment is now open.
Our language workshops are designed for children 3 to 6.
We learn the language through songs, games and craft activities.
What?
We use different themes and cultural events to teach Spanish, it is not just about the language but also about appreciating other cultures while having fun.
Last term we did activities on Africa, Halloween, for science week, Christmas, treasure hunting…
Where?
While it is warm workshops are ran in playgrounds across Perth (South Perth, Hyde Park….)
When?
Saturdays at 8:30am. For 1 hour including breaks and packing time.
How much?
A$20 per session per child (discount if more than one child from the same family is enrolled). All craft supplies are included.
Trial class is FREE.
Term 1 to start on Saturday 28th January.
PM us for more info or email info@letoboggan.com.au
Children learn better through play. They are having fun and they even do not realise they are assimilating facts and knowledge.
At Le Toboggan’s workshops we encourage play and since a few weeks we are trialling “French/Spanish in the Park”. We hold our workshops outdoors at playgrounds across Perth. We alternate study, play, activity such as craft or a game related to the day’s lesson, play and so on… Everyone enjoys the experience. I get more of the children’s concentration by allowing them short breaks on the slide or in the sandpit. After all a 3-year-old’s attention span does not run for 45 minutes in a row.
I am often asked where and how I find all the ideas for the activities we run in our language workshops. Well, I get my inspiration from several sources, games I used to play when I was a child at school or at home, the internet is full of great ideas for lessons and craft activities adapted to all ages, children’s books are a great source of information, songs, rhymes, short stories, activity books…. and also from other carers. What do they do to keep their children busy? I also check what they do at the childcare my children go to. Ideas are everywhere, time is a more finite resource.
When I start with an idea, I usually get a second then a third. It is almost as ideas snowball so does the enthusiasm.
I am passionate about multiculturalism and I already mentioned in previous posts that I am raising my 2 toddlers trilingual French, Spanish and English.
As soon as they will start their schooling it will become harder and harder to keep up with languages other then English, hence the huge emphasis we place on French and Spanish now. I use the same tools with them as in the workshops and today I am going to describe how I make language flashcards.
Children like flashcards. It is fun, there are colourful and attractive pictures. The issue with language flashcards is they often come by theme, i.e. the home, animals, etc… I wanted to make my own so we would get a variety of themes but I was free to add a short sentence describing and action or the image.
First, I chose the themes, i.e. home, farm animals, wild animals, clothing, food, bedroom. You can also choose family, colours, shapes, a celebration such as Christmas, Chinese New Year and Easter.
Then I browsed the internet and found free pictures that I could download. I copied and pasted them on a table that I made on MS Word. If you are graphic design savvy, you might want to choose another software. I made sure that all the cell with the pictures had identical dimensions.
Printed it all off and cut out the flashcards. Then I laminated the cards so they are more durable. If you do not own a laminator you might want to print on thicker paper.
Memory cards are a variation of flashcards. You can choose a specific theme such as the ones I did for Halloween, but it could also be your family pictures, children’s own drawings or colouring in that you could photocopy. You will need 2 of each card. Then you know how it works.
Next time we will be describing how to keep your children’s full attention by sending them on a mission: explore the museum, the art gallery or the aquarium.
