Rejoice! Christ is born!

“Gaudete” (“Rejoice”) is a sacred Christmas carol, composed sometime in the 16th century, in Latin. Listen to it! You may like it as much as I do!

Christmas at last!

Merry Christmas!

Wonderful Christmas time

Isn' it wonderful when you spend it with your family and friends and those who love you?

Wonderful Christmas Time

Once upon a time there was a tree...

Watch the Greek fairy tale The boy and the tree.
A moving story...

Last Christmas I gave you my heart...

... and now I keep wondering why I made such a mistake! (LOL)

Jingle Bell Rock

 Let' s rock a little - or a lot!

Deck the halls

...and be happy!

Rudolph the reindeer!

...red-nosed and everything! This is his story.

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen.,
But do you recall?
The most famous reindeer of all?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names;
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say,
Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
You'll go down in history.

Santa Claus is coming you-know-where

We wish you a Merry Christmas!

Today at school we had a merry time while singing some of our favourite Christmas carols and songs. If only we could sing them for each one of you!

What' s in my schoolbag?

I asked my 3rd Graders to draw their schoolbags - either the real ones or the ones they dream about - and what' s in them. Do you want to see?

My family tree

Do you want to see some of the family trees my 3rd graders have made?
Aren' t they lovely and imaginative?

 

A word a day

 cosy (or cozy) - adjective (cosier, cosiest; cozier, coziest)

1. (of small spaces) comfortable and warm
A cosy little room or apartment
A cosy armchair

2. (of a relationship or conversation) intimate, friendly and relaxed
A cosy chat
A cosy dinner with the whole family 
A cosy evening in front of the fireplace

3. convenient
A cosy arrangement
A cosy deal

Where do you feel cosy? Do you feel cosy in your room?
The singer in the next song feels cosy in a rocket! Actually, the lyrics about the rocket come from Ted Hughes (1930 – 1998), English poet and children's book writer, from his poem Crow and Mama, where a little crow’s actions result in harming his mother; then he gets in a rocket and crashes on the moon:
... ... ...
He jumped into the rocket ...

And it was cosy in the rocket, he could not see much 

But he peered out through the portholes at Creation 

And saw the stars millions of miles away 

And saw the future and the universe 

Opening and opening 

And kept on and slept and at last 

Crashed on the moon awoke...

But I' ve said a lot. Enjoy the song!

The fifty-cent piece

Do you like ghost stories? Here is one for you!

Click here to read the story

Click here to listen to the story

Letter to Santa

Have you written a letter to Santa asking him for a present? What? Not yet? Never mind! It' s never too late!

Send a letter to Santa here and he' ll answer right away!

Only songs!

Thank you, Disney, for all the magic you have given us!
Happy Christmas to all!
No pain, no hunger - only music!
Only magic!

Christmas Advent Calendar

Count the days left until Christmas and learn or do something fun every day.

Advent Calendar

Start by clicking on the 6th December to find out which saint we celebrate today and who Santa Claus really is.

Did you know you' re a star?

Do you want to be the star in one of Santa' s stories?
Click here and write about yourself - then read your story!

Naughty or nice?

How good have you been this year? Will you get a present or not?
Answer the questions honestly and see if you' re on Santa' s Naughty or Nice list! 

What' s inside?

A storybook about Christmas and gifts.

Christmas traditions around the world

Christmas is celebrated all over the world. Do you want to know how?
Click here and learn about the different traditions!

Tinkerbell, the tiny-winged fairy

Enjoy playing some online games with your favourite fairy!

Tinkerbell Colouring Page

Tinkerbell Makeover

Tinkerbell Dress Up

Fantasy Tinkerbell Dress Up

Tinkerbell Memory Match

Tinkerbell Spot-the-Difference

Tinkerbell Maze

Tinkerbell Find-the-Objects

Loads of colouring pages here

 

Andrew's favourite heroes

Nothing compares to you...

Hi, kids! Have you learnt you grammar lesson today? Are you ready for a quiz?

Comparative - Superlative Quiz

Fair enough!

Have you got any idea about what is "more" and what is "less"?
What is fair and what is unfair?
Watch Bert and Ernie and remember: everything is relevant, my dears!

Such competitive flowers!

Which pair of shoes is right for this girl?

Watch three small men with saws trying to saw a log.

Olympic sports

Another project of the 4th Grade.

  

 

Shrek, Ulysses and Polyphemus

Do you remember Shrek the ogre? He was the ugliest guy in town - yet, proud of himself!

       

How about the story of Ulysses (Odysseus) and the Cyclops Polyphemus? Do you remember how cunning Ulysses was?
In this video the narration and graphics belong to Emily, a seven-year-old girl, who frequently refused to go to bed and made animation instead! Well done, Emily!

Draw a monster!

Do you want to learn how to draw a monster step by step?

Draw a monster
Click on the monster you like, then follow the instructions.

Or you can draw a monster online. It' s your choice!

Anyway... Grrrrrrrrr!!!

Santa' s village

Do you want to...

• check your Naughty or Nice rating?
• choose your very own Elf Buddy?
• play games in Elf School?
• print your Honorary Elf Diploma?
• sing along with new original Christmas songs?
• try funny holiday recipes? 
• visit the amazing Toy Workshop?
• send E-mail to Santa Claus?
• follow Santa Claus in his sleigh on Christmas Eve?
• see how many cookies Santa Claus eats on his trip?

Then CLAUS. com is the site for you. 

Visit it and explore Santa' s village!

Christmas countdown

I don' t know about the end of the world, but one thing is for sure: Christmas is on its way!
That' s why, starting from today, you will be able to see a Christmas countdown clock on my sidebar. Just in case you lose track of time...

ATONIN

Imagine a pyramid 

 

A pyramid invented by Marcelo Montecinos, creator of Phrazzle me

	At the top of the pyramid you have “AT”. You use it for the smallest in time: hours I’ll see you tomorrow AT 5 p.m.
	In the middle of the pyramid you have “ON”.  You use it for bigger time: days Let' s go out ON Sunday.
	At the bottom you have “IN”. You use it for everything else that is bigger than hours or days I was born IN 1978. My birthday is IN January. I was a teenager IN the 90's.

- Can I help you?

- Yes, I' d like a cheese and tomato sandwich, please.
- Of course. Anything else? 
- Let me see... and a bottle of water, please. How much is all that?
- 2,85 €.
- That' s a lot of money for just a sandwich and some water, you know! You can keep them! I' ll get something from the canteen next door which is cheaper!

In order not to walk away from their canteen empty-handed, I asked my students to make their menus as appealing and reasonably priced as possible. Who is the winner in your opinion? Which student' s canteen would you like to visit again and again?

 

European countries and capital cities

Practise pronouncing the names of the different European countries. Then admire their beautiful capital cities in the second video. Don' t you feel like travelling?

By the way, the right name of one of the countries you' ll see in the first video is North Macedonia now.

My school things

Let' s practise our vocabulary a little!

Ouch! My little finger!

Learn how to count to ten with this nursery rhyme:

Cool text-images

Did you like the post about micrography?

Here you can upload a picture from the Web or your own and, with only a few clicks, see it converted in HTML, ASCII, or MATRIX. What are these? You can find out for yourselves!

I tried it out myself to see how it works. It was fun! Have a look at my picture of a church in Matrix: