Love is precious like a pearl

 Love is really important in life. We need to love others and to love ourselves. Students create two simple writing activities about why they love their friends and about what they really love in their lives.

Reading about Flamingoes

Students read about these wonderful birds and discover they can find them very near. We can see flamingoes in Murcia.

We learn a lot about flamingoes and we create a beautiful  Valentine cards. ´

         

What do you love?

 To celebrate Saint Valentine´s week we write and talk about things we love. Then, we create a nice display in the school hall.

Here you are some activities about Saint Valentine we did last years.

Valentine´s ideas

Challenge: Love messages

Children talk about love . It is a great opportunity for them to say : " I love you" to their families and friends.

Instructions:

1. Record a video with your mobile phone sending a message of love.
2. Be creative and original.
3. Send it to me by whatsapp.

Art and crafts

Students create beautiful pictures using finger painting to show the word "LOVE". It is time to love family and friends.

Love, love

Let´s listen to this song and complete the activities.

What is love? What does it mean for you? Listen to these children and give your own opinion about love. Then complete the big poster for the school display.

What is love for our students? Here we are some of their ideas and opinions.

Love is in the air

Valentine´s day is a great day to celebrate love. We love our family, our friends, our pets...

Today, students learn about  the story of Romeo and Juliet and its famous writer: William Shakespeare.

After watching this video, students do a funny activity about the story.

Activity

Art and crafts

February is here and love is in the air. Today, we are going to make some beautiful Harry Potter Valentines cards.

Let´s watch this video and learn how to do it. If you want, you can try to do a different model.

Art and craft: Valentine´s arrows

Students create Valentine´s arrows using pencils, foam, scissors, glue... They write love messages and give the present to the people they love.

Love display at school

Our students write love messages using Typorama app and show them in a wonderful display at school hall.  Little students create beautiful hearts using different colours and help us to decorate school.

Love songs

Songs and music is a perfect tool for students to learn English. We can use them in class in many ways. Today, we are going to use some famous songs to celebrate Valentine´s day.

Activities about love

We can use lots of different activities to work the feeling of love. Here we are some examples of activities we do in class.

Valentine´s day vocabulary

Let´s review the vocabulary related to Valentine´s Day.

Challenge: Editing loving texts.

Valentine´s day is coming and we want to decorate the hall of school with hundreds of beautiful messages of love.
How can we do it?

• First, you need to have a mobile phone. (ask your mother or your father)
• Then, download  Typorama app.
• Search a photo or an image you like to write about love.
• Now, choose a type of text.
• Write a text about love. You can use this structure: Love is.....
• When you finish, share it by mail with the teacher.
• That´s all! Let´s decorate the school with our messages of love. 

Our ideal boys and girls

Students work in groups to decide how their ideal boys and girls are. They have to talk about:

• physical appearance
• personality
• hobbies
• likes and dislikes
• daily routines
• nationality
• age
• family
• interests

Challenge: messages of love

Children talk about love . It is a great opportunity for them to say : " I love you" to their families and friends.

Instructions:

1. Record a video with your mobile phone sending a message of love
2. Be creative and original
3. Send it to me by whatsapp

Saint Valentine´s crafts

To celebrate Saint Valentine´s Day, children create this wonderful craft. We have enjoyed a lot in class today.

CLIL: Learning about heart

Heart is a very important organ in our body, but the heart also represents love and romance. For Valentine´s school week, we are going to study different aspects and ideas about our hearts.

 

Love songs

Today, students listen to these songs and do the activities proposed. Songs and music in English class provide a lot of opportunities not only to learn vocabulary, but also to show sociocultural aspects.

             

The History of Valentine´s day

We learn about the History of Valentine´s day watching this short video. Then, we learn about the vocabulary and expressions related to this beautiful day.